anton Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 Someone from the General Public made my day as I was coming home from work. This person liked the 116520 I had on and asked to see it. Even held it in his hand and said the following things and tell you all the GP is ill-informed about this type of replica market: HIM: "Wow, it's hefty and it moves so smoothly. I don't know why people still buy knockoffs when even people like me could spot it a mile away. " ME: "Really? How?" HIM: "Simple. The seconds hand ticks like a Timex. And the fake gold looks so...fake." I smiled to myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfreeman420 Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 Simple. The seconds hand ticks like a Timex. And the fake gold looks so...fake The 116520 is all SS. Is he so stupid to think it was white gold plated or did you get the model number wrong? As fro the ticking issue I have heard that many times. I was wearing a GENUINE Persident circa 1981. The movent in the older rolex models don't have as high a beat as the newer ones and some schmuck told me it was fake. Idiots. Even with the ETA movements you have a little jump from time to time but that is the case with all auto movements. The people that think they are the brightest are usually the most misinfomed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anton Posted June 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 The 116520 is all SS. Is he so stupid to think it was white gold plated or did you get the model number wrong? As fro the ticking issue I have heard that many times. I was wearing a GENUINE Persident circa 1981. The movent in the older rolex models don't have as high a beat as the newer ones and some schmuck told me it was fake. Idiots. Even with the ETA movements you have a little jump from time to time but that is the case with all auto movements. The people that think they are the brightest are usually the most misinfomed. The 'feller' (note I didn't say 'fellow') I had a conversation with was referring to a past experience he had on the subway when he saw someone wearing a DJ and it was ticking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itreeman Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 Just another testament to the fact that all the work (mods, tweaks, etc..) is probably all unnecessary except for .01% of the population. the other 99.99% could not spot most of the current reps right out of the box. Guess that's why this is just a hobby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 But it is that 1 out of 100 who ends up seated next to you in a restaurant that may call you out after spotting your fake dial, crown or pearl -- each of which can easily be spotted several feet away And these are the types of guys that keep modders up late at night (sanding, filing, polishing & planning the next set of mods). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dak244 Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 LOL.. I had a co-worker say the same thing to me. I was wearing my new SOSF and they were like "Ohh how nice and big... but it's not as nice as those rolex's that go around without ticking like yours" Mother F&*ker... my SOSF isn't ticking.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itreeman Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 But it is that 1 out of 100 who ends up seated next to you in a restaurant that may call you out after spotting your fake dial, crown or pearl -- each of which can easily be spotted several feet away And these are the types of guys that keep modders up late at night (sanding, filing, polishing & planning the next set of mods). LOL...I hear you..after probably 6 different subs over the last few years I finally have an MBW which I plan to start modding... just as soon as I figure out exactly which way I am going to go with it. It's probably more like 1 in a 1,000,000 or at least 1 in a 100,000 though that has as much time on their hands to try to "catch" us as we do to try and fool them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eunomians Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 But it is that 1 out of 100 who ends up seated next to you in a restaurant that may call you out after spotting your fake dial, crown or pearl -- each of which can easily be spotted several feet away. And these are the types of guys that keep modders up late at night (sanding, filing, polishing & planning the next set of mods). Be glad I'm not sitting within a 30ft radius of your rep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 Be glad I'm not sitting within a 30ft radius of your rep Rest assured, Euno, I will be burning the midnight oil well into the night preparing the artillery for the challenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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