Aquaracer said:
babola said:
Hmm, a bit of an improvement over some old Auto PAM reps but still with many issues...dial color is not even close to gen, as the gen comes with electric blue/anthracite finish, the rep comes with flat navy color
As for the price, @ $320 delivered, hardly a good deal IMO. :?
babola
You guys KILL me.
You google the model #- come up with a factory picture taken by a professional photographer using a Leaf Digital back on a Hasselblad 553elx- compare it to a picture taken by a Chinese guy in a $9 light tent using a $99 point and shoot camera and make pronouncements.
The dial texture and color on this rep looks pretty damned good to me- Look at Kings pics. And furthermore- Until you saw this rep listed- had ANY of you heard of it or seen one in person?? I've worn my older, BAD 104 rep into AD's and First Class lounges and NOBODY knows it isn't real- and it's BAD. These are good- really good in fact. $300 for a rep of a $7K watch that is nearly identical?? Sounds OK to me...
But I think what others are trying to say is that this rep may be worth closer to $200 with such flaws, thus ~$200 (not $300) for a rep of a $7k! Honestly, I have seen some nicer PAMs on this forum going for that price range... now, I'll be the first to admit that pictures can distort assessments of reps, so that rep could indeed look better "in hand."
As for your "First Class lounges" comment... most people who can afford expensive gens (which is what I hope you were trying to convey) don't know squat about watches and we certainly would not expect most people to be able to tell the difference (check Fakey's sig for confirmation)... but by that rationale, why pay $300 then, instead of $100? Particularly when, and I disagree with you on this, folks at ADs could tell any great $500+ rep from a real one anyway (btw, who gives a rat's ass about ADs... I certainly don't and that's why my most expensive rep so far was $135, I think)...
No, if folks pay more for a rep, it's because THEY can tell and it's worth it to THEM to pay for something ever so slightly closer to a gen... so if folks think that Firenze doesn't look like it's worth $300 to them, I won't say they're wrong... quite frankly, that Firenze looks good to me, but it's not worth $300 of my money... not even close!
