Back in 2017 i bought a 5711 with sellita sw200 mov. Back then i didnt know much about different factories and who does the best clone. My only concern was to have a reliable mov and till now i am not deceived.
the problem is that i stopped wearing it because price of gen has become insanly expensive that i feel ridiculous if seen in it.
i cant understand the courage that some have to wear replicas that are in reality super expensive watches that mabe only CEOs of huge companies can afford.
never forget to balance reasonable hobby and logic
You friend have stumbled on what is a very divisive topic for folks in this amazing hobby. Many, many guys in the Rep hobby are also in the Gen hobby and Franken hobby, but the questions are all the same. Are you trying to pass fake as real? For me personally, not much in my life is black and white. The only thing that I do not compromise on is my family. There is no grey area there, I will always protect and do whats best for them. But this hobby is different. All my friends and family know I wear reps and frankens and gens, I am completely honest with the people in my life about my hobby. That being said, I work in an industry where I have clients and my person "image" is very, very important. I need to be very careful how they perceive me and if I wear a super expensive fake to a boardroom with very rich people who are interviewing me for a job, that fake watch is sending a strong message, and sometimes the wrong message.
So without writing a book here, this is a very fundamental component of this hobby. You seem to feel that you cant "pull off" a 70k Patek...but then ask yourself the question, if a stranger asked you about it, are you comfortable telling them its a fake? Or would that damage your ego? Would that make you embarrased? If the answer is yes, I would invite you to think about what draws you to this hobby in the first place? It does no good to listen to anyone but yourself. Intrinsically this hobby as well as the Gen hobby draws in the "status symbol" mentality. Its only natural. But in this rep hobby, I would guide you to be honest when you are wearing your real face. We all wear masks right? We put one on when we go to work or when we go somewhere we are not comfortable. But we should take off our masks when around the people we care about, yes? The goal for all people should be to never put on a mask, right? To reach that place in life where you never have to change anything no matter the circumstance. Thats a special person, a sincere person of very high character...we tend to know them or "feel them" when we meet them. Do you think they would tell you if they were wearing a Rep? Or about this wonderful hobby? I think so, yes. Sorry, I didn't mean for this to turn into a psyco-analyst b.s. session...Just my train of thought on this subject, its a very interesting subject to me....
Bottom line. Wear what you are comfortable wearing and try to figure out what makes yourself tick. Just my 2 cents...
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