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You should be happy I saved you some time reading. The answer was in the forum.
You should be happy I saved you some time reading. The answer was in the forum.
I do not mind sharing knowledge on my gens, or of what I know. My knowledge is far from complete of course, but enough generally for meaningful contribution on the forum.
What irked me in an unforgettable way was a certain member of the forum holding court and pretending to be a guru, posting youtube videos and google pics to substantiate his points, as well as flaunting his impressive experience of looking at the gen watch through a shop window one time. He placed all these above the input of the gen owner holding the watch 30cm from his eyes, and handling it day in and day out. Totally asinine I have to say. Said member would hold Q&A sessions and tried to present himself as the epitome of gen AP knowledge, saying what gen AP is and isn't like and getting more than 50% of his facts wrong. The same wrong knowledge would be spread in the community and guys here will get the wrong idea that their reps aren't adequate, or spend money otherwise to mod them in a way which achieved nothing but wasted money. That is what I am dead against.
Gen is gen and rep is rep, yes, this rule will never change, BUT if you know your reps and what to do with them properly, they can be worn like the gen at least on a VISUAL level in the real world. Yes the rep will lack pedigree, papers and such, but if we are talking about wearing them on the wrists, I am sure gen owners do not lug the papers and box around when wearing their watches too. I know I don't. So I see the ultimate level in the rep hobby as being able to truly enjoy one's watch on the wrist. And there are far too many ways to do so without the need to slap a gen watch on one's wrist. The wrong knowledge and information will bring owners further away from this and I am against that. For example, I had far too many members PMing me about how a double AR crystal will make their APs more gen like, or how they can plate their rotors with a "more accurate shade" of rose gold, or how their bezel screws "aren't sunken enough". The wrong knowledge can inhibit enjoyment of rep watches and its a common but cunning adversary we all have to deal with.
The truth of the matter today is that for $500, one can get a very nice automatic watch to wear, and one with very awesome novelty value for the owner to slap it on his wrist and feel that he is putting on a luxury watch. When the mind and emotion feels this, then the watch has served its purpose successfully, no matter how much it cost. You do not need to own a gen AP to feel like you do. We live our lives largely from our own perspectives anyway, and as long as our perspectives keep us happy, they are good enough.
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FrankyLee77
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FrankyLee77
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Amen
raying: Thanks for putting our defenses up. Especially for new members in a forum (like myself), it's tricky at the beginning to separate the good advices based on real knowledge from other types of so called "guru"...
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I don't feel better or more happy in anyway when wearing a gen than I do when wearing a well made rep. Especially when it's a new one and you are in honey moon state
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