How many of you guys have taken a real closeup look at a gen Rolex? I ask because y'all obsess over details that are, as a rule, better and more consistent on the rep than the gen and often miss things that stand out like dog's bollocks (none of which I have any intention of pointing out and increasing your paranoia over our little trinkets). I say this as someone who makes a part of his living teaching jewellers and pawnbrokers how to spot fakes.
Y'all need to remember, these are toys, these are less than a tenth of the cost of the real deal. Everyone bitches about how expensive reps have become well, guess why? Because you lot want better and better every year to the point where the top tier factories such as Clean are turning out a product that is 99% as good as the real deal and still you find stuff to pick and then in a week you will be bitching about prices again.
This obsession for perfection is taking all the fun out of the hobby. If plastic model makers or model railroaders insisted on the level of perfection some of you think is the minimum acceptable both hobbies would have ceased to exist as the companies would just give up.