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I was a watch nerd when I was a kid. Then I turned 16 and my interest in girls ruined that and most of my other hobbies (I guess depending how you look at it).

Now I'm 40 and I started nerding out on watches a few months ago. Started with buying a gen Deep Sea off the grey market (I'm a bigger guy, so was pleasantly surprised that the largest Rolex watch is currently not super 'desirable').

From there, I got paranoid that my watch wasn't real. Started heavily researching replicas, and in my search, felt sort of dumb that I bought a gen to begin with.

My journey started on Reddit, but for many reasons, it's very hard to figure out what vendors are legit and which are scams. Stumbled upon a post about RWI and here I am. It's been less than a week and I have bought 3 reps :). Knowing my personality, I'll probably buy several more.

Reasons why I'm moving to reps:

  • AD attitude. I really have to kiss up to some AD and buy a bunch of garbage I don't want just so that I can wait months or years for a $10k watch? No thanks. Out of pure principal
  • The movements coming from China are pretty legit. With the new machinery, one could argue that a superclone rep could last as long as a gen (ok maybe i'm pushing it here)
  • I'm truly interested in doing some of the servicing / modding myself, and doing it on a $500 piece is a little less daunting then a $10k piece.
  • I'm like a bull in a China shop sometimes, and wearing a $10, $20, or $30k watch on my wrist is a bit problematic

I'm glad I came across this group. It's probably saved me $50k dic*ing around with Rolex ADs.
 
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Welcome & enjoy exploring the rabbit hole ;)

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Now I have permission for a larger cabinet, I was thinking of going for 100 spaces, (current holds 50), but sod that, might as well just go for 200 off the bat :D

That way it might take me more than 11 months to fill that one, well, possibly, maybe, perhaps etc etc ;)
 
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wildrage said:
I was a watch nerd when I was a kid. Then I turned 16 and my interest in girls ruined that and most of my other hobbies (I guess depending how you look at it).

Now I'm 40 and I started nerding out on watches a few months ago. Started with buying a gen Deep Sea off the grey market (I'm a bigger guy, so was pleasantly surprised that the largest Rolex watch is currently not super 'desirable').

From there, I got paranoid that my watch wasn't real. Started heavily researching replicas, and in my search, felt sort of dumb that I bought a gen to begin with.

My journey started on Reddit, but for many reasons, it's very hard to figure out what vendors are legit and which are scams. Stumbled upon a post about RWI and here I am. It's been less than a week and I have bought 3 reps :). Knowing my personality, I'll probably buy several more.

Reasons why I'm moving to reps:

  • AD attitude. I really have to kiss up to some AD and buy a bunch of garbage I don't want just so that I can wait months or years for a $10k watch? No thanks. Out of pure principal
  • The movements coming from China are pretty legit. With the new machinery, one could argue that a superclone rep could last as long as a gen (ok maybe i'm pushing it here)
  • I'm truly interested in doing some of the servicing / modding myself, and doing it on a $500 piece is a little less daunting then a $10k piece.
  • I'm like a bull in a China shop sometimes, and wearing a $10, $20, or $30k watch on my wrist is a bit problematic

I'm glad I came across this group. It's probably saved me $50k dic*ing around with Rolex ADs.
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Hi buddy

Welcome to the RWI Community!

Sell the genuines and you can buy lots of rep watches to start a collection.

If there is anything we can help you with any queries, please feel free to EMAIL me at [email protected] or PM us here.

I have been one of the longest standing Trusted Dealer since 2002 - Trusty Time and I am Andrew here.

www.trustytime88.io

We hope to be able to serve you soon.

Cheers. Have a nice day.
 
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trustytime said:
Hi buddy

Welcome to the RWI Community!

Sell the genuines and you can buy lots of rep watches to start a collection.

If there is anything we can help you with any queries, please feel free to EMAIL me at [email protected] or PM us here.

I have been one of the longest standing Trusted Dealer since 2002 - Trusty Time and I am Andrew here.

www.trustytime88.io

We hope to be able to serve you soon.

Cheers. Have a nice day.
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You posted that as I was looking through your website :). Just dropped you an email.
 
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Dave2302 said:
I think OP means a DSSD ;)
I wore my Deepsea Challenge at our Wedding Blessing on 24th August this year, the reps are heavier than the Gen being SS.
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I never see this in person but the spec sheet said the thing is 300g. Also, it looks kinda weird IMO, 50mm case but the dial is not that big.

Got any pic of the rep on your wrist?
 
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