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MAKING REP AP WATCHES LOOK GENUINE
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Sorry but I’m actually 100% sure you can’t reliably call a rep 50m or even 10m away. The crystals and finish on the modern reps are actually pretty decent these days and without a side by side at say… 30cm (1 foot in American distance) from the naked eyes, the differences are generally not salient enough to spot in the wild. I have pretty keen eyesight myself, and even armed with the intimate knowledge of what to look for, I cannot call out a rep reliably at 10m.
So you must either be exceptionally gifted or have the eyesight of an eagle on lutein steroids, or just plain mistaken. I’ll just put it down to the latter and move on unless you wish to clarify what definitively gives a rep away at say, 5m. This ability is something new to me so I’ll like to understand more. For me, I have mentioned that I can spot a rep ROO or RO reliably at 2-3m tops and when the lighting is right and the watch is stationary and facing the right way. Anything beyond that is a toss up or a lucky guess.
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Lol, I’ll like for you to call out any current day rep (the good ones) from 10m alone.
I only know a very small select few that would be able to call out a rep in a passing by motion situation (one of which has replied to you just above @legend)
Just because your brother came home with a turkey special submariner that probably was one of the worst reps available at the time, that doesn’t make you an all seeing and 50m kind of detail focused eagle on steroids that is able to call out a rep on that kind of distance.
I only know a very small select few that would be able to call out a rep in a passing by motion situation (one of which has replied to you just above @legend)
Just because your brother came home with a turkey special submariner that probably was one of the worst reps available at the time, that doesn’t make you an all seeing and 50m kind of detail focused eagle on steroids that is able to call out a rep on that kind of distance.
You guys are all full of bull crap, I can spot it's a rep when I'm doing down on you.
You're all a bunch of short-sighted sissies!
I can easily spot a replica watch from 50m away. Even 200m is abso-friggin-lutely no problem! 500m? You betcha!
By the way, not trying to show off, but I can also smell an open bag of stale chips through six walls and a parking lot, sense a single burnt popcorn kernel from three floors down, identify which house has overwatered its plants from two neighborhoods over, detect a mismatched sock on someone across a crowded stadium, and even tell if a pigeon is having a bad day from half a mile downwind.
That's me, by the way:
I can easily spot a replica watch from 50m away. Even 200m is abso-friggin-lutely no problem! 500m? You betcha!
By the way, not trying to show off, but I can also smell an open bag of stale chips through six walls and a parking lot, sense a single burnt popcorn kernel from three floors down, identify which house has overwatered its plants from two neighborhoods over, detect a mismatched sock on someone across a crowded stadium, and even tell if a pigeon is having a bad day from half a mile downwind.
That's me, by the way:
Yeah but not all of us are super sentient artificial intelligence that had to be dumbed down to create Chat GPTYou're all a bunch of short-sighted sissies!
I can easily spot a replica watch from 50m away. Even 200m is abso-friggin-lutely no problem! 500m? You betcha!
By the way, not trying to show off, but I can also smell an open bag of stale chips through six walls and a parking lot, sense a single burnt popcorn kernel from three floors down, identify which house has overwatered its plants from two neighborhoods over, detect a mismatched sock on someone across a crowded stadium, and even tell if a pigeon is having a bad day from half a mile downwind.
That's me, by the way:
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I can't help with your hearing.
Which is scheduled for next week, for public indecency I think.
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And I thought Reddit was full of people who can’t read/don’t want to read the rest of threads before replying. I clearly said in my reply that I was exaggerating when I said I can see a rep at 50 meters. Again, unless you’re
Sorry - I didn't realize this was Reddit. Did you actually read what I said two comments after my post when I said I was exaggerating or just decide to to state the obvious? Of course I can't see a rep 50m away, as I've confirmed.
And I thought you were supposed to be some magic wizard when It comes to AP's? I'm not trying to sound like an asshole. But when I purchased my first rep AP the instant tell that it was a rep was the crystal, not the color or the shine on the metal. Not the dial. And I could easily tell my self from afar when others wore it, and I was even called out about it when an event manager at my friends wedding who had a genuine AP on himself came up to me, made conversation about my watch and his, and then told me that the glass gave it away that mine wasn't real.
My cousin from Switzerland (who has an extensive collection of gen watches) called me out on my GMT Batman this past summer saying that the glass didn't look high quality and that something was off about it. He explained that good quality sapphire shines and reflects in certain conditions. That Batman was purchased from a TD two years ago and I paid $500+ for it. So not a shitty turkey rep special.
The rep my brother purchased in Turkey was also not a bad rep. Everything other than the crystal and the date wheel was indistinguishable from the real thing.
So with all due respect, i'm not trying to be a jerk on here, I believe all of you have far more experience and knowledge than I do when it comes to gens and reps, but telling me I can't spot a fake that the factories take 2 hours polishing cases on and who put on lower tier glass vs the real thing is just funny. Or maybe you're all just super experts and can see things in a different light vs all the people who've called me out on my reps and from what I've seen in the past.
If that's the case, why not wear your reps to the stores since the sales people won't be able to see that they're fake without a loop or holding it in their hands? No dealer would ever know! They might even shake your hand and say, "sir, your watch is so nice, that glass you have on your gen gives the most shine off of any watch i've ever seen in my life" and proceed to give you a gen for free.
No. He'll probably stay silent because he see's 10000 gen watches a day and knows how that little crystal/case/bracelet actually shines and gives off certain reflections etc. But in his head he'll know it's not genuine and laugh inside his head.
Sorry - I didn't realize this was Reddit. Did you actually read what I said two comments after my post when I said I was exaggerating or just decide to to state the obvious? Of course I can't see a rep 50m away, as I've confirmed.
And I thought you were supposed to be some magic wizard when It comes to AP's? I'm not trying to sound like an asshole. But when I purchased my first rep AP the instant tell that it was a rep was the crystal, not the color or the shine on the metal. Not the dial. And I could easily tell my self from afar when others wore it, and I was even called out about it when an event manager at my friends wedding who had a genuine AP on himself came up to me, made conversation about my watch and his, and then told me that the glass gave it away that mine wasn't real.
My cousin from Switzerland (who has an extensive collection of gen watches) called me out on my GMT Batman this past summer saying that the glass didn't look high quality and that something was off about it. He explained that good quality sapphire shines and reflects in certain conditions. That Batman was purchased from a TD two years ago and I paid $500+ for it. So not a shitty turkey rep special.
The rep my brother purchased in Turkey was also not a bad rep. Everything other than the crystal and the date wheel was indistinguishable from the real thing.
So with all due respect, i'm not trying to be a jerk on here, I believe all of you have far more experience and knowledge than I do when it comes to gens and reps, but telling me I can't spot a fake that the factories take 2 hours polishing cases on and who put on lower tier glass vs the real thing is just funny. Or maybe you're all just super experts and can see things in a different light vs all the people who've called me out on my reps and from what I've seen in the past.
If that's the case, why not wear your reps to the stores since the sales people won't be able to see that they're fake without a loop or holding it in their hands? No dealer would ever know! They might even shake your hand and say, "sir, your watch is so nice, that glass you have on your gen gives the most shine off of any watch i've ever seen in my life" and proceed to give you a gen for free.
No. He'll probably stay silent because he see's 10000 gen watches a day and knows how that little crystal/case/bracelet actually shines and gives off certain reflections etc. But in his head he'll know it's not genuine and laugh inside his head.
The main reason I don’t wear reps to the AP and Patek ADs, both of which I have substantial profiles in, is because I don’t own reps. When I need one I’ll definitely call on you to lend me one with the polished crystal. Thanks for the education.
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Also apologies to the mods - I just realized I mentioned another forum (reddit) where reps are discussed. I didn't mean to insult reddit or the people over there. I will proof read what I say before saying it next time 
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No need to call me, just buy a rep from a TD and you'll have an indistinguishable replica from the real thing
No need to thank me.
Oh lord. There are hills to die on. Trying to have this debate with @legend and not come off on the wrong end is something I've seen 2 or 3 times here. The end result is always the same.
I think the major problem here is that your initial post did NOT come off as if you were joking. And you're continuing on about the polish of steel or the "clarity/shine" off of crystal when the reality is that even gens that are worn in the wild will not look fresh or as good as even some reps finish wise even in close proximity when wear and tear is involved and the rep has only been lightly worn or polished or has a deep stall etc etc. Not to mention the ability to tell good reps from gens changes be it with lighting, and a thousand other variables. You're just making comments that are not really substantiative, are purely anecdotal, and doing so while challenging a guy who frankly knows more than just about anyone on this forum about a large number of topics from what I can see.
I think the major problem here is that your initial post did NOT come off as if you were joking. And you're continuing on about the polish of steel or the "clarity/shine" off of crystal when the reality is that even gens that are worn in the wild will not look fresh or as good as even some reps finish wise even in close proximity when wear and tear is involved and the rep has only been lightly worn or polished or has a deep stall etc etc. Not to mention the ability to tell good reps from gens changes be it with lighting, and a thousand other variables. You're just making comments that are not really substantiative, are purely anecdotal, and doing so while challenging a guy who frankly knows more than just about anyone on this forum about a large number of topics from what I can see.
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Sorry - I'll work on my jokes. Us NY people are not the best at telling them.
And you're absolutely right. The GMT Sprite I just bought was near perfect. I couldn't tell it apart from the real thing (other than the serial number on the case) until i took a magnifying glass and looked at the hands, to see that they weren't 100% as sharp and polished as my gen Rolexes. The other thing that I saw right away was the CF crystal that didn't have the clarity that my gens have. So I swapped it out for a deep xtal, and after I installed that, I am putting in a gen xtal because it's still bothering me.
I didn't mean any disrespect to any of you, i'm just telling you guys what I've seen and what i've been called out for. I understand @legend is an actual Legend, and I think it's super impressive what he does.
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Have you ever considered just taking out the crystal of your reps? Sounds like that might just be the recipe to success for you.