I agree that the bracelet is a novelty. I agree that 485usd is cheap considering its a 8k usd watch. Some of us buy reps because it's cheaper than gen.
However, some of us buy reps because it shows off the fact that some of these gen watches are purely branding, and that the Chinese watch industry has caught up with manufacturing some of these NWBIG super reps. We're not complaining that it's not gen like enough, but it excites us that there is an arms race between kor and v6 on a watch brand we like (ie, cartier). It baffles me to think abt how much time and effort v6 went on ahead and do up the smartlink bracelet, whilst kor went on the perfect the dial and head. The discussion isn't about oh this isn't good, oh that isn't good enough, but that wow there is so much room for improvement and its getting so close its exciting. Just so much potential to combine their efforts together to get to another cartier super rep.
Not talking for the rest of the members, but this is how I feel. That's the excitement of reps whilst we buy gens because we love them as well.