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Puretime advertising with gen watch pictures?

higginsd

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Hi all!

I find the omega Speedmaster moonwatch moonshine gold on their shop page. This is obviously a gen watch picture…

Look at the “AU750” at the dial, the correct length of indices @3 and @9, the correct spacing of subdials @3 and @9 and the matching gold color.

I have the gen and the rep of this watch. And the rep is far away from the green in exactly this details.

So Puretime is advertising with gen watch pictures?!?


 

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To my eyes the subdial spacing is wrong. The subdials are too far apart. Also it is clear that the subdial @6 is following the hour hand rather than an hour accumulator like the gen.

It honestly looks like all the Moonwatch reps to me. This is one I would love the factories to get right.
 
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I wouldn't say the subdial spacing is correct, like this one.

 
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You are correct, my fault. I just looked at the subdials @3 and @9, which are almost correct in the perspective of the picture
 
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You are correct, my fault. I just looked at the subdials @3 and @9, which are almost correct in the perspective of the picture
Because it has an ST-19 in it, not a 7750. It has closer spacing but still not correct. It also means the 12 hour subdial does not work correctly.
 

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Don't look at the subdial distance between each other. Look at the subdial distance to the center pinion. It becomes clear this is a rep. Also the 24hr subdial at 6 moving while chrono is stationary is a clear indicator that this is a rep.

I think PT is pretty honest about their pictures!
 

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Steer clear of sites that don’t use actual pics of reps and use pics from the sitesof the gens. There are still dealers who do this. I just came across one today and although prices seem good, it just screamed scam to me. Luckily, I see all of the rep dealers discussed here are good about pics
 

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There are still dealers who do this.
The only dealers we care about are our TDs and none of them would purposefully do that. If you ever find a gen phot labeled as a rep on one their sites, I need to know immediately.
 

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i feel bad for those who don’t know about RWI and fall victim to the scammers. I was happy my cousin is into watches and might get a rep. I passed along this community and a few TDs to him