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DAYTONA V3 CLEAN FACTORY 116500 BLACK

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Noticed the shape of the SEL leaves a big gap underneath the bezel. Although Gen is not consistent, they don't have a gap that's that big. Seemed like an easy call out from 1-2 meters away. Anyone have worked on a solution for this?



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Noticed the shape of the SEL leaves a big gap underneath the bezel. Although Gen is not consistent, they don't have a gap that's that big. Seemed like an easy call out from 1-2 meters away. Anyone have worked on a solution for this?



You don’t even notice that when it’s on your wrist.

Easy tell?

The easy tell is the schnook wearing it, who keeps staring at it. And every other guys watch. You really can spot an RWI noob from the other side of the room.

These ‘instant tells’ not so much…
 

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Noticed the shape of the SEL leaves a big gap underneath the bezel. Although Gen is not consistent, they don't have a gap that's that big. Seemed like an easy call out from 1-2 meters away. Anyone have worked on a solution for this?



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You don’t even notice that when it’s on your wrist.

Easy tell?

The easy tell is the schnook wearing it, who keeps staring at it. And every other guys watch. You really can spot an RWI noob from the other side of the room.

These ‘instant tells’ not so much…
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You can easily wear one of these out the box. No one will notice on your wrist, and 100% no one will call you out, if you look the part.

BUT, if you plan on flashing your stuff on Instagram, no, it wont hold up to a gen, and it is pretty easy to spot the differences.

The new black dial does look better, but it still doesn’t compare to the gen. Pretty much everything is off when you go in for a closer look. ;)

Enjoy it like it is, or spend stupid money like me to satisfy your own ego :) Other people probably won’t care :)
 
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You can easily wear one of these out the box. No one will notice on your wrist, and 100% no one will call you out, if you look the part.

BUT, if you plan on flashing your stuff on Instagram, no, it wont hold up to a gen, and it is pretty easy to spot the differences.

The new black dial does look better, but it still doesn’t compare to the gen. Pretty much everything is off when you go in for a closer look. ;)

Enjoy it like it is, or spend stupid money like me to satisfy your own ego :) Other people probably won’t care :)
Thanks. Totally agree and the point I was trying to make. Don't understand some go defensive when I say easy tell (or easy to spot) and I have a good eyes.
I've just started into reps over my 20 years of collecting gen watches, don't want to pay ridiculous resale now when I use to get them at retail or slight discounts from dealers or ADs. At least not now as I see the correction going all the way deep to next year due to recession. I'm still impressed of how good the reps have advanced, but I agree, it cannot replace the look and feel of a gen Gen.
Anyway, I'm not here to complain, just wanted to ask if anyone had a solution to what I've highlighted.
*I don't have an Instagram or tiktok account.

Have a great day ahead.
 
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Thanks. Totally agree and the point I was trying to make. Don't understand some go defensive when I say easy tell (or easy to spot) and I have a good eyes.
I've just started into reps over my 20 years of collecting gen watches, don't want to pay ridiculous resale now when I use to get them at retail or slight discounts from dealers or ADs. At least not now as I see the correction going all the way deep to next year due to recession. I'm still impressed of how good the reps have advanced, but I agree, it cannot replace the look and feel of a gen Gen.
Anyway, I'm not here to complain, just wanted to ask if anyone had a solution to what I've highlighted.
*I don't have an Instagram or tiktok account.

Have a great day ahead.
there Is not one single thing on the reps that is 100% like the gen, everything is slightly off, some worse then other :)

but you won’t see in when someone passes you on the street :)

Do the mods to satisfy your own desires :)

I enjoy my rep builds as much as my gens. We put a lot of time and effort into each one of them, but I did I 100% to satisfy myself. That should be your main focus, in my opinion:)

 

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Thanks. Totally agree and the point I was trying to make. Don't understand some go defensive when I say easy tell (or easy to spot) and I have a good eyes.
Dont be too quick to agree and contradict yourself after you get called out for bollocks statements.

Seeing those flexing watches on social media is different from seeing a watch 1m - 2m away and going in for a closer look isn't either.

Nobody is being defensive calling out a laughable comment as it is.
 
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Thanks. Totally agree and the point I was trying to make. Don't understand some go defensive when I say easy tell (or easy to spot) and I have a good eyes.
I've just started into reps over my 20 years of collecting gen watches, don't want to pay ridiculous resale now when I use to get them at retail or slight discounts from dealers or ADs. At least not now as I see the correction going all the way deep to next year due to recession. I'm still impressed of how good the reps have advanced, but I agree, it cannot replace the look and feel of a gen Gen.
Anyway, I'm not here to complain, just wanted to ask if anyone had a solution to what I've highlighted.
*I don't have an Instagram or tiktok account.

Have a great day ahead.
Making a good watch is comparatively easy, making an exact copy of other watch is hella difficult, not even geneve watchmaker can do 1:1 replica.
It is very common for new joiner to nitpicking here and there, worrying about getting called out or "instant tell".
You need to be reminded you know they are rep under given information and direct comparison to gen, which is less that 1% likely to happen in real world.
You also need to keep in mind the price you are paying for even the best rep is just 1-2% of the gen market price, and I think they've done pretty well given the cost control. What would you feel if I give you minimum wage and ask for work return like Warren Buffet or Jeff Bezos?
 
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Well. None of my friends have a daytona. I even let them try my watch on their wrist sometime.
I’m not that afraid.
Buy it and enjoy.
 

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there Is not one single thing on the reps that is 100% like the gen, everything is slightly off, some worse then other :)

but you won’t see in when someone passes you on the street :)

Do the mods to satisfy your own desires :)

I enjoy my rep builds as much as my gens. We put a lot of time and effort into each one of them, but I did I 100% to satisfy myself. That should be your main focus, in my opinion:)

Thanks mate! Beautiful pieces you have there. The Franken Godzilla looks amazing and congrats on owning a Gen Panda. Going with your route, ordered the Gen hands and looking for the Xtal. Question : Is that Godzilla a CF or BTF case? TIA, still learning on reps.
 

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there Is not one single thing on the reps that is 100% like the gen, everything is slightly off, some worse then other :)

but you won’t see in when someone passes you on the street :)

Do the mods to satisfy your own desires :)

I enjoy my rep builds as much as my gens. We put a lot of time and effort into each one of them, but I did I 100% to satisfy myself. That should be your main focus, in my opinion:)

left GEN - right CF?
 

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Is there any word on when CF will fix the shiny sub dials on the black 116520 model?
 

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Thanks mate! Beautiful pieces you have there. The Franken Godzilla looks amazing and congrats on owning a Gen Panda. Going with your route, ordered the Gen hands and looking for the Xtal. Question : Is that Godzilla a CF or BTF case? TIA, still learning on reps.
We started out with a complete reshape of a CF case. But I bought a gen case a couple of months after