Intimidating Rep - does it exist?

[Sir-Lancelot]

Maybe I should not have spoiled it, would have been funny seeing people mailing Ruby for pricing on this 1:1 rep.

[JohnG]

[ExtraExtra]

I think asking to have a closer look is offensive. Probably because you think or feel that it is not real....you gauge the person who wears it and size it up. I know a fellow at work who is a sales rep and wears a rep daytona and panerai. You can tell it is a rep on the daytona because the subdials are not lined up, they dont move except the large seconds hand. Same goes for the panerai...u can tell without a closer look that it is a rep. I did not call it as I did not want to embarass the person or mess up his fun. It was just fun for me to know that they were reps.

Oh and yes, a breitling super avenger on ss bracelet IS intimidating.

[Nightstroker]

I am skeptical of all high end watches that I see on the public wrist....

However....when I see an old man or woman wearing a Rolex....the odds of that watch being a rep is probably less than 8%....so I dont question the old folks very much....I cant really draw a line where the age referring to "Old man" is defined....It just varies from person to person....

Also....If I see someone wearing a watch that has not been repped yet then that is a for sure gen....

So with that in mind....I am skeptical of all high end watches....there are clowns like us all over the place ....some are just more into it than others....most people will buy a rep and whether or not they are aware of it....will wear it regardless of how awful or good of a clone it is....others will dive deep into the rabbit hole and not settle for less than spot on quality....

Also....let it be stated for the record that no man or woman will ever fool me with their replica watch....

I saw a fellow the other day wearing a rep Patek....today he was wearing a gen Rolex GMT....

[Katerchen]

I think asking to have a closer look is offensive. .

Hmm... interesting thread we always have these once in a while.

Its funny to read what other people come across.

I dont think that it is really offensive to ask in agently manner to take a closer look

on ones guys watch

you have to differentiate imo pretty much on "where" you do ask,

on which occasion and "who" you ask.

It can be completely fine to ask if for example you do subsequently

explain that you just want to take a glimpse because you are too a

watch-nut person

I dont want to hijack but i just had 3 "encouters" of this kind

dealing with the topic "gen watch/nice watch or not":

The firts one where i was 101% sure that the watch was a rep

was a short attendance in a shop for cell phones...

I was just entering to ask about a certain celly i was interested in

when i immediately spotted a fake rlx gmt on the wrist of the

shop-owner... it was easy to tell, the watch wasnt at all in a decent

condition and had some really large water drops on the inside of the

dial as if he went swimming with the crown released lol.

They didnt had the type of phone i was interested in store altough

it was advertised by the company.

During the sales conversation i could "filter out" some excuses of

the owner that sales werent that good during past months.

In this case, i would never mention something about his watch

or about the water damage! Ok, i could be wrong as well about my

valuation of his "rep" but cmon who the f**k would spent the money

on a genuine rolex and NOT send it for service when he runs

a shop for mobile phones with customer attendance??

When i got out of the shop i couldnt restrain myself of a big grin sorry

The second encounter of this kind was during an external training course

of the insurance company i work. This time i was the one that somehow

should have been playing the "victim part". We were mixed together,

all in all about 20 persons including senior management of the company.

Some of the faces known for years, others completely new to me.

I wore my daily beater (mbk ap jumbo) as usual for biz attendaces,

all people came dresses in suits... one of the senior manager

did spott my watch during training excursion.

We werent familiar/known to each other at all before that time.

Maybe he didnt also know my name before he asked me about my watch.

In a short smoking-break of the training course i was standing together with

some colleagues and executives i know for many years.

Then this coarsely son wearing a ss quartz tag-heuer chimed inside

our group, standing about 4 feet away of my shoulder,

the first think he said was "Is this a gen one?"

lol

I instantly replied "Yes, what did you expect?"

lol... what an a**hole!!

Beeing inside this biz for about 12 years, i would never

ask something like that in front of other people or in private.

I dont care too much about other peoples clothing habits

but i know for sure many associates of mine wearing almost

everything from rolex over breitling to omega and panerai.

Ok... i leave the comments to you.

The last encounter where i (somehow) did behave like

a stupid a**hole was when i was in town (frankfurt on the main)

visiting an AD i just know passing by:

I was wearing an VC Overseas rep, did just have a client date

nearby and was just glancing at some AP ROOs and a AP jumbo

is saw in the display window. This area (street) is very well known

for its ADs and fashion boutiques. Before entering the shop,

i first had to give a sign to one of the securities to push the

button for the release buzzer of the shop door. Its not that unusual

in that area of the city and often you can hear of attempted robberies

but i wasnt going to shot somethin like this.

After beeing asked by one of the salesgirls, replying i am

interested in AP watches, i was told to wait... they will send me

somebody "special". A minute later one of the head salesman

and watchmaker did arrive at my table. I said i wanted to take a

closer look at one of the AP watches, a ROO displayed in the window

and furthermore id like to see both AP jumbos (15202 and 15300).

We started a little conversation then... just general bla bla and small talk

on what my occupation is and what watches i wear usual.

When i sat there, talkin and holdin the watches in hands... trying

them on my wrist i didnt notice the sound of the door buzzer

anymore. Our table was near the shop door. Everytime somebody

wants to enter or to leave the shop, somebody of the sales ppl has to

push the button first. Irritating sound, but i was so immersed inside

the beautiful pieces i held that i ignored this surrounding.

After a while (must have been about 15 minutes inside shop) the

head salesman noticed my VC Overseas i had to lay off

the table to try on the APs. Beautiful watch - he said - may i have

a closer look? Without beeing able to make a clear thought about it,

i said - yes. After the AD took the VC in hands, turning it around

and inspecting it, my indisposition arose thanks god i ended my

exploration on the 3 APs he brought to our table and i could

lay all of the 3 watches on the table - giving him a grin -

just as if i wanted to say without words - "fine watches, can i have my

VC now and leave?". He then said, "fine piece you have there" laying back

the VC on the table... puh.

I just asked somethin about prices of the ROO and the jumbo models

and put my watch quick on again. I said, im sorry i have to leave because

my "midday break" is over now but im interested in one of the jumbos.

He said, about the price we can talk about a deduct in discount and he

gave me his card. We shook hands, i turned around and left the shop

after he pushed the door release button for me. I must have sweat under

my sports coat. Believe it or not, before i got inside my car - i took a

closer look on his card - besides watchmaker it said: AD for Audemars Piguet

bla bla and ---> Vacheron Constantin! lol

I dont know if he detected my watch as a rep, but one thing is for sure:

i would have never do this again, if i knew the guys inside the shop were

ADs for Vacheron Constantin!

lol

Everything mentioned aboved is for entertainment purpose only

George

[_brian_]

Anyone wearing a Nardin is wearing a genuine, unless it is a total POS.

Ask me how I know, there is no decent rep of them and that makes me sad.

Me too... I

[_brian_]

I was wearing an VC Overseas rep, did just have a client date

nearby and was just glancing at some AP ROOs and a AP jumbo

is saw in the display window. This area (street) is very well known

for its ADs and fashion boutiques. Before entering the shop,

i first had to give a sign to one of the securities to push the

button for the release buzzer of the shop door. Its not that unusual

in that area of the city and often you can hear of attempted robberies

but i wasnt going to shot somethin like this.

After beeing asked by one of the salesgirls, replying i am

interested in AP watches, i was told to wait... they will send me

somebody "special". A minute later one of the head salesman

and watchmaker did arrive at my table. I said i wanted to take a

closer look at one of the AP watches, a ROO displayed in the window

and furthermore id like to see both AP jumbos (15202 and 15300).

We started a little conversation then... just general bla bla and small talk

on what my occupation is and what watches i wear usual.

When i sat there, talkin and holdin the watches in hands... trying

them on my wrist i didnt notice the sound of the door buzzer

anymore. Our table was near the shop door. Everytime somebody

wants to enter or to leave the shop, somebody of the sales ppl has to

push the button first. Irritating sound, but i was so immersed inside

the beautiful pieces i held that i ignored this surrounding.

After a while (must have been about 15 minutes inside shop) the

head salesman noticed my VC Overseas i had to lay off

the table to try on the APs. Beautiful watch - he said - may i have

a closer look? Without beeing able to make a clear thought about it,

i said - yes. After the AD took the VC in hands, turning it around

and inspecting it, my indisposition arose thanks god i ended my

exploration on the 3 APs he brought to our table and i could

lay all of the 3 watches on the table - giving him a grin -

just as if i wanted to say without words - "fine watches, can i have my

VC now and leave?". He then said, "fine piece you have there" laying back

the VC on the table... puh.

I just asked somethin about prices of the ROO and the jumbo models

and put my watch quick on again. I said, im sorry i have to leave because

my "midday break" is over now but im interested in one of the jumbos.

He said, about the price we can talk about a deduct in discount and he

gave me his card. We shook hands, i turned around and left the shop

after he pushed the door release button for me. I must have sweat under

my sports coat. Believe it or not, before i got inside my car - i took a

closer look on his card - besides watchmaker it said: AD for Audemars Piguet

bla bla and ---> Vacheron Constantin! lol

I dont know if he detected my watch as a rep, but one thing is for sure:

i would have never do this again, if i knew the guys inside the shop were

ADs for Vacheron Constantin!

lol

Everything mentioned aboved is for entertainment purpose only

George

Was it the old version with the date at 3 or the newer VC Overseas? Actually both are pretty good but the croix is in the wrong place. If there is a silix-dial replacement, it

[Katerchen]

Was it the old version with the date at 3 or the newer VC Overseas? Actually both are pretty good but the croix is in the wrong place. If there is a silix-dial replacement, it

[blade007]

all quartz watches are gen in my book and not worth investigating further. If I see a quartz of an automatic thats a sure give away anyway, again not worth investigating.

[trailboss99]

Agreed. Asking if a watch is gen seems like the worst manners, especially if the thing is a blatant fake. Who am I to spoil somebody's fun ?

I wear some great reps to work and I've only been complimented twice. One was my Beginmariner and I told the guy it was a fake. The other was my white SOSF. I said, " Thanks. It's a Breitling." I felt kind of bad about doing that.

I recently had a couple appointments with an MD.

The first time he had the cheeziest of faded gold plated Navitimers on. I said " Nice Breitling !"

Last time I saw him he had on a breathtakingly beautiful TT Rolex with the blue dial.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this is a fantasy watch or else it was made for a limited Japanese market.

Either it was gen or it was one of the top of the line triple plated jobs that TTK was selling at one time.

At any rate, it was an intimidating watch.

There are some stunning examples of the BD sub arround now. Have a looky at eurotimez TT sub. Even the noob TT is quite a piece in the flesh. Their not plate but wrapd gold and it makes a big difference. The blue on the dial of the Euro or the MBK is sooooo deep.

Yep, a LL Bean rep! What is the world comming to? I quite like it as a watch but come on, the gen is hardly expensive.