Franken PAM = Cool custom watch, but rep Rolli = Cheesy?

[naturopath]

Ok, I want to see who shares in this thought process?

I don't like to own Rolex, Breitling, and Omega reps, rather prefer gens. I have a few, but once again, I just prefer gens on these brands.

But with PAMS, it's different for me. With so many incredibly nice reps/Frankens of PAMS, I almost PREFER the idea of having frankens. I own about 12 Franken PAMS right now, and one gen, and really could take it or leave it. A beautiful Pratt made vintage PAM or a vintage PAM with a nice Cortebert movement just makes me drool with a nice strap. The idea of what a piece of the same caliber of one of these as a gen costs is not only insane, but most would never consider wearing it. Where, as it is, I can choose a different PAM framken to match wardrobe with ease and not regret wearing them wherever.

I am just wondering how many others share in this thought process? Rep Rolex = a little Cheesy, yet Franken PAM = cool custom watch? Is this an indicator of our perceived quality of the brand itself?

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[villalobos.erick]

I'm a PAM lover lol I would rather have Gen rolex and Pratts work is so amazing:-)

[Sogeha]

I need to get up to speed on who Pratt is and what he does. Wearing a Canal Street Rolex to make oneself look big is cheesy and desperate. In fact wearing any watch including high end gens to impress others is sad. I wear watches that make me smile. One day it might be gen, the next a rep and on another day it might be something pretty cheap like a Luch. 

[villalobos.erick]

I need to get up to speed on who Pratt is and what he does. Wearing a Canal Street Rolex to make oneself look big is cheesy and desperate. In fact wearing any watch including high end gens to impress others is sad. I wear watches that make me smile. One day it might be gen, the next a rep and on another day it might be something pretty cheap like a Luch. 

Pratt is an amazing watch maker here is the watch he did for me.

[naturopath]

My current favorite. Just came in last week from Pratt....

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[villalobos.erick]

My current favorite. Just came in last week from Pratt....

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That's really nice

[508-Fanatic]

These could get me into PAM's

[naturopath]

Honestly, I would rather have 6 Franken PAM vintage pieces from good builders than 1 of any watch.. They are addictive.

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[Sogeha]

I love looking at vintage Pam builds. The two posted above are pure porn. Sadly oversized watches and undersized wrists doesn't look good. 

[508-Fanatic]

19 minutes ago, Sogeha said:

I love looking at vintage Pam builds. The two posted above are pure porn. Sadly oversized watches and undersized wrists doesn't look good. 

Had a college chum we called "bitch-wrists" because he had girl arms/hands and yet insisted on wearing gob-smacking awful huge watches. 50mm fashion watches like Nixon and Diesel and other garbage. I mean he's very successful now, so bitch-wrists has a Panerai lol, but he still looks absurd.

 

[Sogeha]

[censored] wrists is a catchier user name than sogeha which is my children's initials. From now on friends may call me [censored] wrists. Diesel is interesting. How much longer are we going to laugh? Diesel is Fossil and Fossil are going places. I don't like the watches, but I like the company a lot. Huge market presence, selling well in Asia, buying Swiss watch houses and now have their own Swiss in house automatic, partly for their own high end watches and partly speculating on demand now ETA is no longer selling. I keep looking and thinking it could be worth a punt.