Post Pics Of Your $1000 Replicas

[johnnydeepsea]

I have been on the forum for a few days and have been reading every thing I can. Today I came across a thread about the best Subs and one of the members stated that their are $1000 Replicas. What is the difference with these Replicas are they 100% perfect copies? Do they use actual Rolex Bezels and Pearls. I would really like to see some of these watches and learn more about them. Do they make a Sub no date or a GMT?

 

[jamesnye1982]

Hi Johnnydeepsea

As you will learn, the only 100% perfect Rolex are........from an Rolex AD.
Good to have you on board fella.

James

 

[OmegaPOFL]

usually for submariners.. when the price goes over $1k it's because the watch has at least gen crown/tube, bezel, insert, maybe dial. etc etc..

 

[Wiz]

+$1000 reps that does not contain gen parts are almost exclusively Panerai watches.

 

[MrYesterday]

the only 100% perfect Rolex are........from an Rolex AD.

Even Rolex doesn't sell a good enough Rolex for some people. Rolex today is kind of like winchester back in the day. They make a good quality product, but only "one in a thousand" is what would truly be considered perfect. I'm not trying to be a douche, just stating that if you go on the search for flaws, you will find them, even in a gen.

 

[shizm23]

Even Rolex doesn't sell a good enough Rolex for some people. Rolex today is kind of like winchester back in the day. They make a good quality product, but only "one in a thousand" is what would truly be considered perfect. I'm not trying to be a douche, just stating that if you go on the search for flaws, you will find them, even in a gen.

Like what? I'm not doubting you, I'm genuinely curious. Do you mean tolerances? As in, things might be off by a certain amount from one watch to another, etc... or something else?

 

[MrYesterday]

As in, things might be off by a certain amount from one watch to another

That's exactly what I mean.
Once you break out a loupe, it's game over for a lot of Rolex.
Here's a great thread about it.
I'm merely trying to say that, you can spend more, and buy a rep with a few less flaws, but most gens are flawed too. That is, if you take the time to take a close look. That's why I'm just as happy with my cheap reps, as I am with expensive ones, and my gens.

 

[Wiz]

Even Rolex doesn't sell a good enough Rolex for some people. Rolex today is kind of like winchester back in the day. They make a good quality product, but only "one in a thousand" is what would truly be considered perfect. I'm not trying to be a douche, just stating that if you go on the search for flaws, you will find them, even in a gen.

I'm not sure what you mean either If it's gen, by definition it can't have flaws

 

[MrYesterday]

I'm basically saying "perfection" is a subjective term.

 

[QinetiQ]

I'm not sure what you mean either If it's gen, by definition it can't have flaws

+1 lol. Gen rolexes have flaws compared to what? Chuck Norris's rolex?

 

[Wiz]

That's exactly what I mean.
Once you break out a loupe, it's game over for a lot of Rolex.
Here's a great thread about it.
I'm merely trying to say that, you can spend more, and buy a rep with a few less flaws, but most gens are flawed too. That is, if you take the time to take a close look. That's why I'm just as happy with my cheap reps, as I am with expensive ones, and my gens.

A very few gens are flawed, you can't say most gens are flawed. Anyway if you want to say that kind of thing you'll need to show way more than these few pics

 

[MrYesterday]

If it's gen, by definition it can't have flaws

Here again, I'm not trying to argue, Wiz. But if it's a gen, by definition, it merely means it was genuinely produced by the manufacturer who's name is printed on the dial. I've seen a lot of gens with flaws.
I'll just stop posting now, because there are certain points that people will argue about till' they're out of breath. I was merely trying to help out deepsea, and this has gone too far.

To answer your question Johnny. No, the rep subs don't use genuine parts. No reps do, unless they are "frankens" and modified AFTER purchase.

 

[KBH]

There are lots of $1000 reps sold all over the Internet. Check out any of the better known scam sites to find them. They'll even promise you that their watch will fool a Rolex dealer. Unfortunately, what you'll get is the same thing we buy for $200.

 

[Wiz]

Here again, I'm not trying to argue, Wiz. But if it's a gen, by definition, it merely means it was genuinely produced by the manufacturer who's name is printed on the dial. I've seen a lot of gens with flaws.
I'll just stop posting now, because there are certain points that people will argue about till' they're out of breath. I was merely trying to help out deepsea, and this has gone too far.

To answer your question Johnny. No, the rep subs don't use genuine parts. No reps do, unless they are "frankens" and modified AFTER purchase.

It's just that when you say that kind of thing you'd better have some solid material to back it up
I've also seen a few gens, even had a few on the bench, and so far I haven't seen one flawed.

 

[johnnydeepsea]

Flaws must be very rare given how anal gen owners are I know I checked out every nano meter before I purchased my Gen. Rolex would not be able to command the prices they do if their was many flaws in their watches. I looked at the other thread and I do not know how a buyer would walk out the store with one of those watches.

 

[slimslim]

i know a guy who bought a gen sub from an AD and within a month the bezel had popped off and and the crystal cracked. they fixed it. the swiss don't sh*t gold. any manufacturing will have problems. remember the concorde? or how about the A380? and there is far more put into a jet than any watch.

 

[Wiz]

remember the concorde? or how about the A380? and there is far more put into a jet than any watch.

wtf ?!?

 

[sawalke4]

When I started this hobby I said I would never spend more than $500 for a rep. Thats how I found this forum because I almost spend 800 from a scam site. A rep is a rep and at the end of the day, 99.9% of the population will not know. When my friends ask me if my sub is a rep i say yes, then they usually make up some false "tell" to agree with the fact that its a rep. The other night a friend commented on my datejust and I told him it was a rep and he replied "oh yea I can tell because the second hand is ticking really fast, its should sweep completely smoothly" it was ETA clone with 8 bps.

 

[slimslim]

also i think that mr.y's link is a great example of the point. there are huge variances in manufacture coming at least from rolex. the bunch of gmt bezels is another great example, they are all different. so they are all correct? the logic there is that if it comes from a rolex factory it is correct. but i too am done, as this is way off topic. an opinion is not evidence of anything. photos of gen "flaws" (but if it is a gen it can not have flaws?) on the other hand make a point. the example of the airplanes is that if major flaws can exist in aerospace engineering (hull falls apart in flight, qantis A380) than watches must share the same manufactureing pitfalls (as anything) and even with high levels QC some products that are not up to snuff will leave the factory. no matter whose name is on the building and dial. sorry for the off topic post. wiz what would you call the wide variance of color and style and non alignment of 12o'clock and engraving in said photos?

 

[Wiz]

I'd said that these are only a few watches out of the thousands that have been produced and that neither me or you can actually have a clue if that's a common phenomena or not.

That said, Concord = French/British, A380 = French. What does it has to do with Swizerland and/or horology?

This was a rethorical question, no need to answer.