It would be nice if they listened to me... but I seriously doubt it.
However it can't be a coincidence that lots of members have requested several watches (I have started a few threads too) and the factories have answered the bell: Omega SMP Chrono (awesome), Breitling Chronomat EVO (excellent), Hublot Big Band (looks very promising), and now we finally got almost perfect 45mm PO. But now the members started complaining about the weak AR. Nobody complained about the lack of AR 6 months ago.
I have my PO 4th on my wrist now, and besides the clasp this rep is freaking awesome. The lack of AR is only visible when you put it side-by-side with the genuine... and in certain lighting. True... the blue tint won't show in the pictures but it's not as apparent when you have the watch on your wrist. There IS some kind of AR on the watch, just not that strong.
I've been wanting a rep of the black GMT for ages. Andrew has one rather good looking GMT with Asian movement... but when members have received their copy the watch had a white datewheel... insted of black that's shown in the picture. The minute hand is short but it wouldn't bother me, personally.
This watch is an older model, so I'm not sure if the factories want to do it anymore. But all the new reps that have surfaced lately have been excellent. People's exceptations have raised too... bad reps simply won't sell here. The black SMP rep isn't as good as the Bond, but I don't think it's THAT bad... have you seen HighDef's version?
We can only hope that we'll see these 2 classic Omegas repped properly. I'd be happy with the watch that shown in the Andrew's picture. Too bad the sales pics are deceiving... the watch comes with white datewheel.
