Asheron82 thanks for the information .... hope we can meet up sometime ..
sure dude! catch up with ya soon!
Hey people I am staying in Singapore too

Jurong East anyone here?
Anyway I thought I should just share - There is this guy in chinatown lucky who can fix ur 6497 movement. I went to him when my pam 127 was DOA. He charge me $50 and now my watch is in awesome condition
PM me if you guys wants his contact
sounds good bro, but does he also have the spares available to fix the watch? most of the time when i approach any watchsmith, they say they can fix it but do not have the spares to do so and ask me to provide the parts while they put in the labor required.
hello im a newbie here too. stays at bukit batok. just ordered a few rep. trying to survive the torturous waiting period. lol
welcome bro, so what have you ordered? has it arrived yet?
Hi, guys.. Warm hello from Indonesia..
I' have some reps that I've bought locally here, but haven't have any experience buying any reps online..
From what I've read so far, the reps from the RWI Trusted Dealers are of better quality.. especially the ones that are made by noob factory & h factory.. And some reps are unique, like the modified movement of AP ROO sec@12, etc..
After reading much.. I've decided to take the plunge and buy online.
Can you guys kindly share advice on which Trusted Dealers to choose from? Experience? What to expect? How many days it arrived? Troubles?
Thanks guys :cheers:
indeed, the reps that this 2 factories produces are really a notch above what you usually can find in those night markets in JKT, KL or BKK etc. however they would usually cost more as well due to the supposedly high quality finishing process and attention to detail.
Hfactory is famous for certain PAMs such as the 088, 104, 005K as well as the Hublot v6 range, NoobFactory is famous for PAM243, 029, AP ROO Sec@12 which you've mentioned as well as the current popular AP Diver v3.
So far I've personally owned and change hands with rep probably 10-20pcs since starting this hobby and bought from various dealers such as Hontwatch, ReplicaMake, Tevor and lately quite a handful of pcs from Puretime. all my experience has been very forthcoming xcept the latest purchase from PT which met with some hiccups.
well for a start, you could try to approach Puretime, though they are currently having payment issues with Paypal so they only accept CreditCard/Western Union modes of payment among others. do check it out if you are comfortable before proceeding.
upon placing an order, you would be asked to make payment via several methods as mentioned above. once payment is confirmed, you will be sent QC pics of the said watch(es) you have ordered and if its not to your liking, you can request for another piece. undoubtedly this would also definitely prolong the process of you receiving the watch so it really depends on your individual preference.
Delivery wise is quite fast for me, upon shipping out from CN via EMS, it reaches me within 2-3 days in Singapore, Indonesia maybe add another 2 days more or so if there are no issues with Customs.
hope the information above gives you a better idea buying from the dealers directly.