Help with 359 please!

[Pt250]

View attachment 21615Hi Gents, I was told this is the perfect forum for help with this. Is this watch real or a rep? Please see attachment... Thanks!

 

[rhp1462]

I was told to direct you towards search function.


Sent from 1:1 app made with gen tapatalk

 

[chromed.]

its GEN.

fonts on the movement is pretty much your assurance.

 

[Pt250]

Chromed: thank you kindly! I noticed a weird "ding" on the 6 o'clock side between the lugs and got really suspicious. Not sure how it got there as its only a week old and I babied it.

I bought it brand new from a trusted non-AD dealer in NY and grew suspicious due to the weird imperfection.

 

[chromed.]

any pics.?

&share some profile pics of the GEN 359 for us to compare to the rep as well!

 

[ALE7575]

It is a gen movement
Rep decorated is inverted to that position
and engravings are worse and inverted too

No posible doubt
ALE

 

[Pt250]

More pics...

any pics.?

&share some profile pics of the GEN 359 for us to compare to the rep as well!

Okay, here are a couple more pics... Let me know please, thanks

 

[Pt250]

Another pic

any pics.?

&share some profile pics of the GEN 359 for us to compare to the rep as well!

With focus on the crown guard

 

[Pt250]

Lume

any pics.?

&share some profile pics of the GEN 359 for us to compare to the rep as well!

Lume shot... Let me know if I should be worried or not. Might stop by the Pam boutique in NYC this weekend for peace of mind but that may seem weird

 

[chromed.]

pics of the ding.?

 

[Pt250]

Took it to the Panerai botique on Madison Ave today. They confirmed it is Gen. I guess the movement is the easiest way to tell. Particularly the font, finishing, screw size and color. ALE7575 was right..: And what can't be sensed in the pics is that the rotor doesn't spin freely in the p9000- it does so in increments, unlike the rep movements where the rotor spins quicker and more fluidly. He also mentioned the crown being pressed against the case being a tell-tale sign. Feeling for that spring against the crown. And the "lume punch", length of time it stays bright... Guess they're pretty familiar with reps.