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How is the rose gold on them? Always read it flakes off or something on other gold reps. Is it the same with these?
 

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How is the rose gold on them? Always read it flakes off or something on other gold reps. Is it the same with these?
Too little info to tell mate. Noone has even gotten a rose gold model here yet and noone has owned one of these for more than 2 months. But most replicas nowadays don't "flake off", the bigger concern is they tarnish and change color after long term use depending on environment and wearing condition.
 

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Too little info to tell mate. Noone has even gotten a rose gold model here yet and noone has owned one of these for more than 2 months. But most replicas nowadays don't "flake off", the bigger concern is they tarnish and change color after long term use depending on environment and wearing condition.
Same issue with gens. Gold tarnishes and changes color. The gens you see online for sale has been through service and polished to get rid of the surface blemish. Very easy to do at home with some simple tools.
 
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Same issue with gens. Gold tarnishes and changes color. The gens you see online for sale has been through service and polished to get rid of the surface blemish. Very easy to do at home with some simple tools.
That method doesnt work on reps because its not real gold

After a nasty experience with a Clean Daytona I refuse to buy expensive gold reps, only PVD BP reps for me!
 

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Just received my QC pics, and I noticed two issues I would like to share and ask for your comments. Firstly, the bezel screws at 10, 11 and 1 seem to be misaligned/crooked, and secondly, it looks like there are some scratches, especially right next to the crown. Any advice is highly appreciated.

 

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Light or not there seems to be a huge difference.

Just look at the date wheels which are supposed to match the dial, same shade difference between them as with the dials.

Not to say it’s bad, but it’s definitely nowhere near perfect. Same thing with blue.
I agree with what you said pending my side by side comparison with the gen.
It’s a very good rep but nobody should expect a sub $1000 watch to be exactly the same as a $40-50k one.
But also to be objective, a lot of the differences we see, are a lot more obvious when seen in the forum pictures than when encountered in real life. Often real life tells are holistic in nature beginning with the wearer. And that’s also why many times I get the “hey nice watch and I’m 100% sure it’s a rep and we are fellow RWI members” sidelong glance. That’s when I also realize that I need to show more class instead of wearing the Legion of Doom spiked shoulder pads and being in the screaming, rowdy and jostling crowd to grab the $1 clearance sale items along with the desperate housewives. Lesson learnt.
 
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Just received my QC pics, and I noticed two issues I would like to share and ask for your comments. Firstly, the bezel screws at 10, 11 and 1 seem to be misaligned/crooked, and secondly, it looks like there are some scratches, especially right next to the crown. Any advice is highly appreciated.
The bezel screws are a very simple fix that you can do yourself. The marks next to the crown could just be residue from the protective stickers - just reply with your highlighted picture and ask them to check/clean the area and send you an updated pic.
 

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The bezel screws are a very simple fix that you can do yourself. The marks next to the crown could just be residue from the protective stickers - just reply with your highlighted picture and ask them to check/clean the area and send you an updated pic.
Thanks, just did that and will of course let you know the outcome.
 

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Just received my QC pics, and I noticed two issues I would like to share and ask for your comments. Firstly, the bezel screws at 10, 11 and 1 seem to be misaligned/crooked, and secondly, it looks like there are some scratches, especially right next to the crown. Any advice is highly appreciated.

Ask the td to wipe away the area near the crown to take more pictures. I think 2 areas you circled are dirt but the first circled area on the left could very well be scratches.
 

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I agree with what you said pending my side by side comparison with the gen.
It’s a very good rep but nobody should expect a sub $1000 watch to be exactly the same as a $40-50k one.
But also to be objective, a lot of the differences we see, are a lot more obvious when seen in the forum pictures than when encountered in real life. Often real life tells are holistic in nature beginning with the wearer. And that’s also why many times I get the “hey nice watch and I’m 100% sure it’s a rep and we are fellow RWI members” sidelong glance. That’s when I also realize that I need to show more class instead of wearing the Legion of Doom spiked shoulder pads and being in the screaming, rowdy and jostling crowd to grab the $1 clearance sale items along with the desperate housewives. Lesson learnt.
The macro pictures also blow things up way bigger than the eye can see.

I recently got my first ever Rolex submariner rep and was reading about the floating M issue. I tried to identify if it’s present on my rep and the font is so small, combined with the 40mm watch size that I got eye strain trying to look for it 😂