Hey There

[trendsetta]

I go by trendsetta (or just trend), Im from Washington D.C., Im 27 and I'm a supernoob. I was recently vacationing in St. Thomas when I saw an advertisement in the Airport for a Ulyss Nardin watch that was just damned sexy. This sparked a good conversation between me and my good friend about high end watches and how your average person doesn't know anything about them save Rolex. Anyway, I googled that Ulyss watch using my iphone to see how unaffordable it would be and as expected it wasn't cheap. My friend told me to look up his favorite an Omega Planet Ocean, another great watch, and again pretty expensive. But I did see some ads for replicas...

I remembered a few years ago I owned a fake Rolex YachtMaster that I bought from a guy out of the trunk of his car. The YM was solid, the bezel was tight, and the second hand swept, well it had really small ticks, and you could see the movement through the case, (which I thought was cool). Even though it was fake, it probably was the best watch I owned up to that point (besides I was only 20). I wore the watch daily for about 2 years, and got many compliments (except from this old chinease dude who laughed at me lol). The watch eventually died when the screw down crown just broke off. The watch actually still worked fine, just looked really stupid without a crown so I threw it away

So my first experience with a rep made me feel confident in buying a new one. As I searched the net I found a lot great looking sites selling reps. Then when I tried to find people who bought from those sites I found "forums" that were obviously created by the owners of the sites, warning of other fraud sites. Then I checked those sites and saw they had similar blogs and forums that said to avoid the first site I checked. This made me skeptical of buying on the net at all. Then somehow I found RWG. Ive been looking around for a few days now, and it seems like there are a lot of good people here with a lot of good information.

Now im a little overwhelmed because there are sooo many great watches out there and Im not rich enough to buy them all, so the journey begins to find the right rep from the right dealer. Im both excited and worried at the same time, because this could get addictive lol oh well. You only live once....I think.

[numptyj]

Good luck with the hunt!

There is tonnes of information here so get reading!

Check out the dealers located on the site also as they are the recommended guys that give great products and service

Justin

[MasterOfPuppets]

welcome aboard trend

first of all let me tell u this, donr EVER throw away a watch, it can always be fixed and modified!!

secondly, u came to the right place, tons of information are a click away, all u need to know about in the rep world is right here at ur finger tips

the first thing u need to do is to go over Toad's noob guide, it'll give u the right head start

all of us here at RWG are welcoming u, and tellin u not to hesitate in asking any question, no matter what it is

if u feel the need inquire about something, PM or anyone u think should be any of help,

we're all a big family here

cheers

[maxman]

Welcome to RWG. Just curious about what you paid for your first rep. To get 2 years of everyday use sounds pertty good. The quality of reps as grown by leaps and bounds over the last several years. Take your time and have a good look around. It wont be long before your looking down at your wrist with a big smile Mike

[OmegaPOFL]

hey!!! welcome im kinda new here also check these threads out, it might help ya on the UN's http://www.rwg.cc/members/Ulysse-Nardin-MM...l&hl=nardin and http://www.rwg.cc/members/Ulysse-Nardin-Ma...l&hl=nardin

goodluck!

[dluddy]

Take your time and stick to the trusted sources here and you'll be in good hands.

[gran]

Welcome SuperNoob

If you think Ulyss Nardin watch is damned sexy youre in real trouble and should be very very careful about visiting sites like this....you might become addicted..but what really worries me is that you cant even write its name correctly but then on the other hand replica watches often have such weaknesses as wrongly spelled names etc....h

best wishes

Gran (I'm being tongue in cheekis today)

Edited April 2, 2009 by Gran

[FxrAndy]

Welcome to RWG, i know it may be hard but spend your time reading before you spend you cash, it will be well time spent.

[trendsetta]

Thanks guys for the warm welcome even with the sarcasm of some ( Gran) lol. I have been reading and reading and reading, and I am anxious to purchase my firest (technically second) Rep. I am still a little too aprehensive to go after the more expensive reps. So I think I might start out with with a cheaper $120 ones from Andy or watcheden just to test the waters. There are so many great pics in here of members' watches that I keep changing my mind on what I want. What I do know is that I am partial to big watches, I have been wearing a huge (probably 50mm) citizen eco-drive divers watch daily for the last couple of years, (I can post pics if anybody cares) and it makes any other watch I wear look like a childrens watch. Im sure my first purchase will either be a Britling or Omega because I love that destinguished look, but I think will be lost with anything bigger than a 45mm. Anyway I can already tell Im going to build a small collection of reps. Hopefully I can keep myself from breaking the bank. We will see.

Oh this is more like the Ulysse that I saw

Maxman - I paid about $125 for that watch in 2000. I was in college and it impressed the ladies so I wore it everyday

Master of Puppets - I wish I didn't throw it away, but I was too embarassed to take a fake Rolly to the watch shop to get fixed. I guess they

wouldn't care if was fake as long as my money was real. lesson learned.

[MasterOfPuppets]

Master of Puppets - I wish I didn't throw it away, but I was too embarassed to take a fake Rolly to the watch shop to get fixed. I guess they

wouldn't care if was fake as long as my money was real. lesson learned.

they WOULD care if they were an AD (Authorized Dealer), never EVER take a rep into an AD, dont even wear one if u ever wanted to pay them a visit!

the only watchshop u can take a rep into is one that u trust (not an AD!), or a recommended one by another watch collector

[trendsetta]

they WOULD care if they were an AD (Authorized Dealer), never EVER take a rep into an AD, dont even wear one if u ever wanted to pay them a visit!

the only watchshop u can take a rep into is one that u trust (not an AD!), or a recommended one by another watch collector

Well I thought that went without saying, should anyway. I definitely wouldn't ever take a rep to an AD. Im a noob to rep watches but not to life

Now in a related topic, would a regular watchsmith like the ones found in the no-name jewlery stores in the mall, be able to service thes watches, or do these movements require someone with more specialized training to perform work on them? Let me know if that has been answered in a different thread, or if I should just start a new one for this question. In the mean time, I will do a search for the answer. Thanks again.