Please STOP with the "Rare" version 2.0

[QueTip]

Yup, but don't piss me off as much as FRANKEN!!! ONLY THING Gen on the build is a Crystal:lolcina:

Hahaha, na man gen springbars - Franken
Gen springbars and link screws - SuperFranken

 

[tommy_boy]

So, how about "mint"? Pretty vague, but it should mean, "not worn". I think Col covered this a while back.

This is for sure mint:

 

[jttou]

+1

Sellers shouldn't ask for the shipping costs they paid.

People buy watches wear it a couple of times, decide it's not their thing and try to get almost full retail price back, including shipping. Ridiculous.

Eating up the TD shipping costs should be a rule imo.

 

[Alex_P1]

So, how about "mint"? Pretty vague, but it should mean, "not worn". I think Col covered this a while back.

This is for sure mint:

Mint in this instance refers to "freshly minted" condition, i.e. an uncirculated coin or note being perfect when coming out of the mint.

We should say "Vanilla" instead of "Mint" to show the watch still has that dubious, sickly vanilla smell that brand new (another corruptible term!) replica good have...

 

[Locknload]

There are 3 Rare!!!!! reps on the first page in the sales section right now. Ha!

 

[Radman]

"Rare" is being used so much that a search of Rare took me 3 pages to get to this thread.

 

[rankiba]

flooded with rare rep sales now omg

 

[tommy_boy]

There are 3 Rare!!!!! reps on the first page in the sales section right now. Ha!

Yes, by including many !s in the listing we should expect that the rep must be even more rarer.

Most rarest?

 

[Mandreas]

I thought about this today. There's like 4-5 "Rare" reps on the front page and only one of them qualifies IMO.

Out of the reps I care enough to know about, I only qualify two of them as "rare."

The Guilloche version of the Vacheron Constantin Overseas w/ bracelet
The IWC Ingenieur 3227 w/ bracelet

That's all I got.

 

[chronomate]

There are about 4 truly rare replicas out there. Yours isn't no matter what you've been told.

If you really think it is you'd better explain why in your sales thread. It mostly sounds like a trap set for noobs and I don't like it.

That raises the question which reps are truly rare ones?

I'm really interested in your opinions as I really am one of those noobs that would eventually fall for the "rare".

Thanks in advance!

 

[tommy_boy]

My question, and it is sincere, is this: How does anybody really know if their rep is one of only a few (and therefor rarely found) unless they built it from scratch, using their own CNC machine make the case, for example?

The rep market cannot possibly have the infrastructure to catalog watches as does the gen market, can it?

If I am missing something here, please enlighten me. I have an open mind.

 

[frigpig]

That raises the question which reps are truly rare ones?

I'm really interested in your opinions as I really am one of those noobs that would eventually fall for the "rare".

Thanks in advance!

1. MEISTURWERK MACHINEN Rolex .618 Panerai. Don't care what model. BEFORE the drama.

2. Mint (notice MINT) IWC Slevin with bracelet.

3. WatchMakerNine Complete 2 Tone from back in the day.

Some reps are hard to get. These are damn near impossible.

Rare means IMPOSSIBLE TO GET..........VERY DESIRABLE..........and...........VERY VERY ACCURATE.

Some rare rep of some obscure model is not RARE. it's IRRELEVANT.

 

[Retina]

Some rare rep of some obscure model is not RARE. it's IRRELEVANT.

+100

 

[QueTip]

1. MEISTURWERK MACHINEN Rolex .618 Panerai. Don't care what model. BEFORE the drama.

2. Mint (notice MINT) IWC Slevin with bracelet.

3. WatchMakerNine Complete 2 Tone from back in the day.

Some reps are hard to get. These are damn near impossible.

Rare means IMPOSSIBLE TO GET..........VERY DESIRABLE..........and...........VERY VERY ACCURATE.

Some rare rep of some obscure model is not RARE. it's IRRELEVANT.

+1 on the WM9's. They are rarer than hens teeth.

 

[chronomate]

1. MEISTURWERK MACHINEN Rolex .618 Panerai. Don't care what model. BEFORE the drama.

2. Mint (notice MINT) IWC Slevin with bracelet.

3. WatchMakerNine Complete 2 Tone from back in the day.

Some reps are hard to get. These are damn near impossible.

Rare means IMPOSSIBLE TO GET..........VERY DESIRABLE..........and...........VERY VERY ACCURATE.

Some rare rep of some obscure model is not RARE. it's IRRELEVANT.

Just started browsing the forum to get a picture

Always interested to learn.

Thanks mates

 

[chronomate]

1. MEISTURWERK MACHINEN Rolex .618 Panerai. Don't care what model. BEFORE the drama.

Not much to find about any of those but the "Slevin" - mostly sold-marked sales threads on RG.

So these models obviously are really rare. No wonder as their makers seem to have disappeard. Again no wonder as the big makers like noob, KW etc. seem to control the market and flood it with mass production (though some of their products seem to be really good since they're rreferred to as 'super reps')
[MENTION=21839]frigpig[/MENTION]: What do you mean by "drama"?

Thanks again!

 

[frigpig]

MM had a "falling out" at hommageforum. It was "dramatic".

 

[tommy_boy]

Bump.

 

[Tucker]

Hmmmm. Several rare watches currently for sale.

 

[lethalspectre]

I would say closed factory SMP Omega is rare as I have never seen one come up for sale in almost a year and they are highly sought after by frankeners