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Those of us who hang out mostly in the Panerai section likely have a few other brands in their collection as well. I thought I'd start a thread for us to be able to see other watch brands and models that we may not be familiar with and add a little variety to the Panerai section.
Post a picture or two along with a brief description of the watch so that those not familiar can understand what they are viewing.
I started buying replica AP's when I first got into the rep hobby because I always thought they were fun but knew I'd never be serious enough about them to pay ~$30-50k for a gen.
This one is a Royal Oak Offshore Sincere Tantalum - 42mm on a genuine AP grey hornback gator strap. It was a special edition of 100 pieces that was released exclusively by Angus at Puretime in 2017 and made by JFactory. The bezel and plots on the gen were made of Tantalum, though on the rep they are titanium for obvious cost reasons. Unfortunately this model suffered from a manufacturing defect that caused the lume 'varnish' on the dial indices to melt onto the dial causing brown stains. I believe hot humid climates were the main catalysts so it's pretty rare to see them with perfectly clean dials - luckily both of mine have lived in cocoons since new!
This one was also modded to make it more gen like with a 2x AR xtal, shaved hand bases, tachy ring, re-lumed hands and thinned caseback to bring it closer to gen thickness.
Post a picture or two along with a brief description of the watch so that those not familiar can understand what they are viewing.
I started buying replica AP's when I first got into the rep hobby because I always thought they were fun but knew I'd never be serious enough about them to pay ~$30-50k for a gen.
This one is a Royal Oak Offshore Sincere Tantalum - 42mm on a genuine AP grey hornback gator strap. It was a special edition of 100 pieces that was released exclusively by Angus at Puretime in 2017 and made by JFactory. The bezel and plots on the gen were made of Tantalum, though on the rep they are titanium for obvious cost reasons. Unfortunately this model suffered from a manufacturing defect that caused the lume 'varnish' on the dial indices to melt onto the dial causing brown stains. I believe hot humid climates were the main catalysts so it's pretty rare to see them with perfectly clean dials - luckily both of mine have lived in cocoons since new!
This one was also modded to make it more gen like with a 2x AR xtal, shaved hand bases, tachy ring, re-lumed hands and thinned caseback to bring it closer to gen thickness.
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