d6876 said:Dead on. Just got my first rep a Davidsen brown dial 232 radiomir, it's a good watch period! I have a Fiddy on order (hopefully in my paws this week) and am about to weigh in for a Ti 082 and something more vintage like.
I own a gen base dial and the gulf in quality is not massive, the rep seems more functionally accurate and I feel far more relaxed wearing it as the financial penalty of putting a ding in it not so great.
My only caveat is that you must always allow a budget for a top end strap, while Davids bands are fine they would be the biggest indicator of rep status. Having said that i'm not keen on many Gen straps either.
bigdoggy said:One of the best if not THE BEST post I have ever seen on ANY board.
Accurate, detailed, informative, educational, well written - with magazine review quality photography.
Thank you for the time and effort that went into this extraordinary post.
This one illustrates in spades what these boards should be about and stand for!!!
Thanks again.
Aquaracer said:Thanks for the kind words guys-
There have been so many really detailed posts here I thought I could add a different perspective- as a Panerai owner who stumbled across RWI while googling for "Panerai Straps". I was SO sure that I was being scammed when I ordered my first rep- lo and behold a perfectly serviceable Tag Link showed up, and I was hooked.
I have a watch box stuffed with gens and reps- and if you weed out the weak reps and only buy the really great reps- after a while there really is no functional difference. At some point I am sure the Chinese government will shut this industry down- so I'm going to enjoy it while I can and not fret too much over the shape of the "A" in Panerai!!
bigdoggy said:One of the best if not THE BEST post I have ever seen on ANY board.
Accurate, detailed, informative, educational, well written - with magazine review quality photography.
Thank you for the time and effort that went into this extraordinary post.
This one illustrates in spades what these boards should be about and stand for!!!
Thanks again.