No worries mate. Members tend to give too much credit to gen RG, but scientifically, RG contains copper and copper develops a patina over time according to its exposure to its environment. RG does not tarnish, but it does change color over time. Both RG plating and gen RG contain pure gold and copper, with silver added to dilute the color of the copper. AP RG, like any other RG compound, is not immune to color changes as long as copper is involved. So imagine a rep RG plated watch and a gen RG after 6 months of daily wear.. say under the Australian sun. Both will 100% change color. So in order to meaningfully compare the colors, you need to compare both watches worn under the exact same conditions for the exact duration of time, to call one out as "wrong". Zoom out to the real world scenario, and you will see basically how this protects most of the rep RG owners from having their watches called out based on color alone. My friend's alinghi looks more coppery red than any rep RG which I have seen. And a lot "heavier" in tone than any of my RG watches. Yet that watch is a gen (yep I have tried it on myself).
So wear your watch worry free. I have stated many times that confidence and attitudes are keys to pulling off any watch. To put it in essence, a guy wearing a gen, and a guy wearing the rep with confidence, will appear to be the same to the casual non-specialist observer. Forget the color and focus on your own preference. I bet that you can carry off any watches you love in real life.
Last but not least, as with
Jobe0074 and all Aussie members here, I charge a pound of kangaroo for every snippet of watch related advice given. Jobe currently owns me about 3-4 full grown roos. I do accept shipment via DHL and Fedex. Will PM you my address later thanks K. :legend: