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I imagine that in a forum of like-minded individuals I'm not the only one that feels this way, but every time there is something 'off' about my rep I can't take my mind off of it - even though no one else would notice.
I went down a bit of a Submariner rep rabbit hole back in 2019 after I sent my beautiful Noob Sub to the dealer for service and a chipped crystal replacement when and it was returned in worse shape than when I sent it in (I ended up refusing to pay for the service but wasn't compensated for the damages). Consequently, I looked for a replacement, but not wanting to buy the same watch I bought the same reference from different factories (at one point having 5 different 116610ln reps).
3 years later, I've sold most of them and ended up with 2 subs.
1. A sort of rep Franken - a VS3135 inside a Noob ETA case which I've only kept because I wouldn't know how to name it to a seller.
2. An ARF with what I believed to be a gen datewheel.
In some bizarre mess-up when the ARF was being serviced, the crown stopped working correctly and now doesn't have a wind position. It goes right from screwing up/down to date setting.
It's the stupidest thing and even my friends who've seen the franken Noob think it looks good. But to my eyes, they are now just... damaged goods.
Has anyone else had a similar experience/feeling? I blame the appalling servicing level locally (I paid premium prices) but anyone could have had a similar problem whilst modding.
I went down a bit of a Submariner rep rabbit hole back in 2019 after I sent my beautiful Noob Sub to the dealer for service and a chipped crystal replacement when and it was returned in worse shape than when I sent it in (I ended up refusing to pay for the service but wasn't compensated for the damages). Consequently, I looked for a replacement, but not wanting to buy the same watch I bought the same reference from different factories (at one point having 5 different 116610ln reps).
3 years later, I've sold most of them and ended up with 2 subs.
1. A sort of rep Franken - a VS3135 inside a Noob ETA case which I've only kept because I wouldn't know how to name it to a seller.
2. An ARF with what I believed to be a gen datewheel.
In some bizarre mess-up when the ARF was being serviced, the crown stopped working correctly and now doesn't have a wind position. It goes right from screwing up/down to date setting.
It's the stupidest thing and even my friends who've seen the franken Noob think it looks good. But to my eyes, they are now just... damaged goods.
Has anyone else had a similar experience/feeling? I blame the appalling servicing level locally (I paid premium prices) but anyone could have had a similar problem whilst modding.