rocket754 Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 So rocket girl and I went out to dinner tonight with some friends of ours at a swanky new restaurant. Now these are friends that we both know and hang out with occasionally. So of course I wanted a sport a watch with a little bit of bling for the night and that watch was the Asian movement perfect Yachty. While having dinner the husband did make a compliment about the my watch which was nice and he did mention " I need to get me one of those some day". So by this time my ego was inflated and I felt like my Rolex aversion that I always have had was unfounded. Anyhow we moved to a nice bistro across the street for some dessert and espresso. while talking with each other I reached over to take a drink of my espresso and then I heard a clang like someone dropped a quarter or something -well the bezel of my ultra cool blinged out yachty had fell off . Hoping no one had noticed I picked it up and put it back on and all the while the guy that had just gave me a compliment on my Rolex says "I think your Rolex fell apart" :blush: OMG!!! At that point I could not describe the amount of embarrassment I was feeling. I avoided the subject and just said "what in the world? I better take this back to get repaired" Then his wife added some insult to injury and said "where in the world did you buy that from?" double OMG!!! I just wanted to earth to open up and for me to just fall in. Lucky for us it happened around the time we where getting ready to pay and leave but needless to say I am not sure if I want to have dinner with those people again as I would die of embarrassment Here is a pic of the of the culprit. Just so everyone knows. I am going to fix the bezel and you will see it up for sale for about a 100 bucks. By rocket754, shot with EX-Z750. at 2007-06-22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
normanduke Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 So rocket girl and I went out to dinner tonight with some friends of ours at a swanky new restaurant. Now these are friends that we both know and hang out with occasionally. So of course I wanted a sport a watch with a little bit of bling for the night and that watch was the Asian movement perfect Yachty. While having dinner the husband did make a compliment about the my watch which was nice and he did mention " I need to get me one of those someday". So by this time my ego was inflated and I felt like my Rolex aversion that I always have had was unfounded. Anyhow we moved to a nice bistro across the street for some desert and espresso. while talking with each other I reached over to take a drink of my espresso and then I heard a clang like someone dropped a quarter or something -well the bezel of my ultra cool blinged out yachty had fell off . Hoping no one had noticed I picked it up and put it back on and all the while the guy that had just gave me a compliment on my Rolex says "I think your Rolex fell apart" :blush: OMG!!! At that point I could not describe the amount of embarrassment I was feeling. I avoided the subject and just said "what in the world? I better take this back to get repaired" Then his wife added some insult to injury and said "where in the world did you buy that from?" double OMG!!! I just wanted to earth to open up and for me to just fall in. Lucky for us it happened around the time we where getting ready to pay and leave but needless to say I am not sure if I want to have dinner with those people again as I would die of embarrassment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
normanduke Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 Well, you're a good sport to tell that story which is really pretty funny. And thanks. I'll be buying my 1st rep watch soon and I've 90 % decided to admit it's a fake if someone asks. So thanks for filling in the undecided 10 %. Besides, most of these watches look so good that they won't believe you. Norman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TTK Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 Asian mov't perfect Yachtie.....second hand....repaired....for $100 buxx........I need to revise my pricing structure or perhaps just describe my sale items ar second hand...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket754 Posted June 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 Asian mov't perfect Yachtie.....second hand....repaired....for $100 buxx........I need to revise my pricing structure or perhaps just describe my sale items ar second hand...... good point. Who am I trying to fool here except for myself?? It's only 1 week old and is supposed to be the "perfect" version. What a crock! I will sale it for what the market will bring which might not be much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoTone Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 @M That's just hilarious... Sorry to laugh at your expense... But I can't help myself... Good news is... You are still crawling into bed with one fine woman... TT PS: Sorry Ubi & I missed ya last week... Next time around my friend... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket754 Posted June 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 @M That just hilarious... Sorry to laugh at your expense... But I can't help myself... Good news is... You are still crawling into bed with one fine woman... TT PS: Sorry Ubi & I missed ya last week... Next time around my friend... :lol: Thanks TT. I did want to share my experience cause I just couldn't stop laughing after we left dinner. I am sure that other couple was thinking I had a canal street special when we parted company. Sorry I couldn't meet up with you guys when you came down here. I really wanted to meet up with you guys but just couldn't work it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kollektor Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 Look on the bright side; you have a way cool motorbike. Nobody can take THAT away from you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shabber Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 I had almost the exact same experience with my yachty. Luckily nobody saw, but very dissappointing. Reccomend everyone check theres as a small move could bend that bezel and thats the end of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new & improved osteopath Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 Your Fiddy crystlal could have exloded over a dinner table, spreading shards of glass into everyones food, as has happened to someone on this forum. Cut your losses- epoxy the bezel and enjoy the watch. If your friends are judgemental, they aren't really friends then, are they? -O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dluddy Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 I thought you were going to say that Rocketgirl had a Janet Jackson moment Good story M. Hate when our Grade A Swiss reps let us down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 I thought you were going to say that Rocketgirl had a Janet Jackson moment I can't imagine the world being repulsed by Rocketgirl's wardrobe malfunction, unlike Janet "Evil witch t1ts" Jackson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket754 Posted June 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 I have just never had anyone question the authenticity of any of my watches and to have something like that happen makes a guy look like a huge TOOL :lol: Lucky for me they don't know any of my other friends Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbie Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 If your friends are judgemental, they aren't really friends then, are they? -O Well some may disagree with my opinion on the matter but, while I agree that if they were judgemental about reps in the first place (if there was no misrepresentation) and thought the OP was in idiot/poser/whatever for wearing them that they'd have "issues", the fact is that he was caught trying to pass it off as the real deal; particularly when a comment was made earlier about the watch. I wouldn't think any less of my friend if I caught him/her trying to pass off a replica as a gen but I would kind of go "Hmmnn..." And yeah, you'd better believe that he'd never hear the end of it i.e. I'd tease the crap out of him. Well unless I knew it was something that he were really sensitive about cause I'm not a mean person. I'd also never try to embarrass him in front of anyone else regarding the matter. @ the OP: Thanks for sharing your story. Was pretty funny from the perspective of an onlooker but I'd sure hate if that happened to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmeister Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 You mean you don't check your watches every morning before you head out? Actually I do. I have never had a rep fall apart but I did have the springbar on a metal bracelet gen pop out and didn't notice. I heard that awful clang as I was dashing across 57th street. I wish it had been a rep. But now you know the secret of Rolex bracelet reps. Collect them but don't wear them. Those crappy bracelets fall apart all the time. Happens all the time on my MBW's and DW's. The gen bracelets aren't particularly great either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 Happens to the best of us, M. If it makes you feel better, I had a similar experience with a genuine Submariner I owned a few years back... The screw pin at the last link had worked it's way loose, and to my astonishment, the entire watch fell off my wrist landing on the table with a big 'clunk'. Now, how do I explain that? It's a gen! That shouldn't happen with a gen, right? Well, most people think that when you pay the big money for a watch, that it'll be absolutely perfect, but fact of the matter is that even gens aren't always trouble/problem-free. In my case, it was an oversight when sizing the bracelet... But, I've seen/read/heard about enough QC problems with other brands (one haute brand that immediately comes to mind being Patek) that make me wonder what kind of attention to QC these high end brands are actually bestowing upon their product. For the prices they charge, I'm sure the last thing the customer/owner of a new Patek (or brand xyz) wants to do is send their new toy off to Switzerland for 4+ months- Longer than they have even had a chance to enjoy the watch. Anyways... Sorry for the slight derail on topic... Just wanted to underscore that it's not always reps that have problems, and that something similar could happen to anyone- Even someone wearing a gen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piratedzeus Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 Sitting together with some friends.submariner.. playing with the bezel a bit... bezel insert in my hands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Tracy Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 Great Read Rocket !..... Know you're [censored],.. but think how much more you would be if you paid $7,000 for it.... and no less embarrassed,.. though I think it made R*lex look bad....not yourself ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket754 Posted June 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 Happens to the best of us, M. If it makes you feel better, I had a similar experience with a genuine Submariner I owned a few years back... The screw pin at the last link had worked it's way loose, and to my astonishment, the entire watch fell off my wrist landing on the table with a big 'clunk'. Now, how do I explain that? It's a gen! That shouldn't happen with a gen, right? Well, most people think that when you pay the big money for a watch, that it'll be absolutely perfect, but fact of the matter is that even gens aren't always trouble/problem-free. In my case, it was an oversight when sizing the bracelet... But, I've seen/read/heard about enough QC problems with other brands (one haute brand that immediately comes to mind being Patek) that make me wonder what kind of attention to QC these high end brands are actually bestowing upon their product. For the prices they charge, I'm sure the last thing the customer/owner of a new Patek (or brand xyz) wants to do is send their new toy off to Switzerland for 4+ months- Longer than they have even had a chance to enjoy the watch. Anyways... Sorry for the slight derail on topic... Just wanted to underscore that it's not always reps that have problems, and that something similar could happen to anyone- Even someone wearing a gen I got to tell you it was pretty funny if you think about it. To my credit I wasn't trying to pass it off as gen and I didn't reply to his compliment but after it was all said and done what's a guy to do? You just can't help but laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corgi Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 Owned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 Rocket -- As others have said, you are not the only one this type of thing has happened to. I have had not 1, but 2 experiences similar to what Ubi described, where a watch literally fell off my wrist dropping into a sad heap on the table below. It was a good learning experience that taught me to regularly check the bracelets on all my watches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katerchen Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 lol ROFL... sorry dude Mr. Rocket I just can guess how you felt... anyway [censored] happens! I also heard of similar things happening with gens but that is indee GROSS!! I think i would ahve bursted out in tears letting them think its a gen George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2005SUBMARINER Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 man thats funny ! .. thats why every time i receive a rolex rep , i remove the insert & clean away the cheap bubble gum like glue the reps factory use & re-glue the insert with 3m water proof cement & while im at it , i remove the band screws & apply a lil glue to the as well .. then i will take the watch out ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbie Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 (edited) & while im at it , i remove the band screws & apply a lil glue to the as well .. Something like semi-permanent Loc Tite would be better in my opinion. Never know when you might want to make any adjustments or even sell the watch. Wouldn't be good if you ended up stripping the screws cause you glued them in there. Edited June 23, 2007 by Jumbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmeister Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 Agreed. When you resize the bracelet add a little blue loctite. If it is good enough for the Harley... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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