Oh well, seems like I can't even go to bed lol.
Last reply, i swear.
And TC has stated again and again, he was doing it as a hobby, a place to hone his skills, a place to express his love for the game, passion for the classic 5-digit Sub and most important of all wasn't making a profit building those for the members. So he was basically selling those at cost.
Do you have any proof for this? Is it just speculation, or the result of some kind of fanboy wet dream?
So many logical flaws in your arguments, and frankly they conflict each other.
They don't, it's just that you don't understand them because you read them out of context. You are the one who in the end is cherry picking my points. The 2 things you quoted are not in conflict with each other, one is about Ginault being 2 times the price of the average NWBIG rep (and i was wrong, it's actually 3 times as much), and the other is about how a rep, if fitted with a gen part, will reach the top of the quality scale for that specific part, since the gen part represents the top quality level for that part of that watch. You can't make a rep better than its genuine counterpart.
It's pretty easy to understand, i'm surprised you don't... Actually, i'm not that surprised.
A gen 116610 crystal set (with proper fitting gaskets and all that) would cost around $400 plus which is about the same price of an entire VSF. Plus the modding fee which is another $150-$200 depending on who you use.
https://forum.replica-watch.info/for...riner-crystals
So that puts the entire VSF a tad bit under $1000. (this is not to mention the fakeness of its hands, ceramic inserts, the normal crown stem length issue and dirty movement issue that needs fixing right out the the box)
1) I find pretty pointless arguing about the volatile price of gen parts, but since you named it you can easily find gen blistered crystals with all the gaskets for less that that here in the forum, keep your eyes open, they get posted for sale once in a while. Also, you don't even need to get them blistered, so you can save some money.
2) idk about what VSF you are referring to, but if we go back and use the RXF that i used as an example before it would be 388$
3) who the hell is your modder? 200$ for mounting a crystal? LOL it's a 10 minutes job. Don't get ripped off.
4) we are now at roughly 888, since you like playing with numbers. Just a bit more than a new TC, right? lol
5) nothing needs fixing out of the box unless it's broken or you want to change it, so that's just false. Wtf is that about the stem lol? You are describing a top rep as a piece of crap that needs fixing ootb, even if it's been praised all around the forum as the best rep OOTB in the last years
So my confusion is howcome on one end, you are saying Ginault's quality is definately not double compared to VSF, but on the other hand you acknowledge that having gen parts on there is absolutely worth it while that one gen part alone cost almost as much as the VSF Sub itself?
I suggest you reread what i wrote, it's pretty easy to understand. Those were two different POVs that you could apply to a rep, not a Homage, since a homage is already at its "maximum" level, you don't need to change any of its part in order to improve its quality.
Gen-ness aside, is that gen crystal double or tripple the quality than what is used on the VSF?
What do you mean "gen-ness aside"? the whole point of modding a rep with gen parts is in order to improve their quality, it's not a matter of "how much more quality" you get by modding, since as soon as you put a gen part you reach the top of the curve, you already reached the maximum quality you could achieve with that part.
If a gen part is double, triple, quadruple the quality of a rep part is arguable, i can't be sure about it, could be double, could also be subjective if perceived as such, or could not. What I can be sure is that as soon as you put that gen part in there, it will NOT be distinguishable from gen, since it will be gen, and therefore, for a marginal expense, you will get something that is not possible to tell from gen during daily irl use.
That's it for tonight, readying too much fanboying makes my stomach hurt, I don't really think this is worth my time. I'm pretty sure that sleeping is worth double than trying to beat a dead horse
