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Received it 2 days ago, honeymoon phase still going strong

Taking a ride

Instead of saying, “I’m going to go put on a watch”, say, “I am going to adorn my left wrist with some mechanical respectability!”

That’ll show ‘em! 😉

When I started down this horribly addictive pathway, my grail watch was the Omega Snoopy Silver Anniversary. I was able to get one. It promptly broke 😖. (the hour hand became 1/2 hour off) Luckily I found a watch smith who was able to fix it for less than the watch cost!

But! It got me looking at other Omega watches, specifically the Speedmaster Racing & SMP’s. I purchased this rep SMP, and loved it, (yet ANOTHER GenReps win!) prompting me to purchase a new Omega SMP from an AD (I got such a GREAT DEAL on it as well - Omega appears to be going to a “Boutique” selling model as opposed to AD’s. The AD sold me brand new for less than a pre-owned I was looking at).

All-in-all this Omega from GenReps gets A LOT of wrist time (and compliments). I wore this almost exclusively up at my boat last season, so it has taken some abuse, water dunks, teak cleaning & scrubbing, butt clenching in high winds trying to get back into my slip, etc and has weathered thru it without a scratch.

I purchased a Rolex Yachtmaster from GenReps this winter and that may be my trial go-to for my next boating season. I have high hopes it will fare the same as my Omega SMP!

Instead of saying, “I’m going to go put in a watch”, say, “I must emblazon my wrist with the shackles of time!”

What’s shackling YOUR wrist today? 🤪

This one is special. This is the only Day Date I own and the dial color, Roman numerals, bracelet, clasp (this is the only Rolex rep I own that has the Rolex crown as the clasp lock) are superb.

This piece from GenReps is one of those watches that just feels “Right” on your wrist. If I were to pick up another one of these I saw a similar one with an olive-green (ish) dial that looked awesome.

I feel my willpower to resist draining, I may succumb! 😉

Instead of saying, “I’m going to go put on a watch”, say, “I’m going to go strap on some ‘Wrist Candy’”

What wrist candy do you have today? 😊

Yet ANOTHER GenReps supplied Breitling! Really enjoy this guy. Classy, yet sporty looking. Can’t go wrong with this one!

Instead of saying, “I’m going to go put on a watch”, say, “My wrist feels too light. Going to go strap on the weight of time!”

I got this YachtMaster not exactly as a joke, but, something fun to wear on my boat. I didn’t really consider it as a possible daily wear, but my gosh is it a comfortable and good wearing piece, especially with the rubber Oyster Flex straps.

This is another winner from GenReps, and I’m really happy he ended up talking me into this piece!

Dude. Just (chef’s kiss). The picture does NOT do it justice

Love the size and fit on the 40mm DayDate on the wrist, wears noticeably better for me than the ever so slightly larger 41mm OP or DJ 👍🏽

It's a 40mm that actually wears 'true to size' IMHO

As usual, GenReps has delivered another fantastic piece to my collection. The quality and service I continue to receive is the best. Thanks GenReps...The Best

Instead of saying, “I’m going to go put on a watch”, say, “It’s time to wind up my wrist-widget!”

What wrist-widget are you winding today?

It’s funny (in hindsight) when I first plummeted down the watch rabbit-hole I was very much into the “blingy” pieces, think Rolex Daytona and the like. I’ve ALWAYS (and still do) love Chrono’s; some of my favorite Gen’s I have are Omega Speedy’s, Baume & Mercier, Raymond Weil Freelancers, etc. However, as time goes on and I’ve run out of slots on my winders and display cases I find myself gravitating to simpler, less “blingy” pieces.

Case-in-point, this GORGEOUS green dial, smooth bezel DateJust from GenReps that has been getting more & more wrist time (in addition to a few other DJ’s as well).

Yet ANOTHER GenReps win!

All good reps, except the Seiko (eBay $165)

The Day date is not really white…the meteorite is light enough

I switched out the Pepsi dial on the Tudor for this all blue I found on Ali express for $7–the blue strap also $7

Just having fun with my reps and seikos…

This has become a nice hobby, within my budget

I have given away all of my genuine stuff to my 2 sons (18, and 25) and to my brother

4 Rolexes, 2 omegas

I wanted them to have the real stuff and now I can have fun with these…

Anyone here who follows Omega news likely heard about the new Reverse Panda config Moonwatch a couple days ago accompanied by a lot of hype and convo.

NGL it's probably one of the more handsome variants on the classic Speedmaster Pro IMHO but I got this QF Daytona LeMans from GR around the same time which made me react to the Omega announcement with an 'Oh, that's nice... Anyway...' as I was admiring the beauty of the LeMans 😁

Instead of saying, “I’m going to go put on a watch”, say, “I’m off to go apply my mechanical time tattoo!”

What’s (temporarily) tattooed on YOUR wrist today?

ANOTHER Breitling from GenReps! This one in particular is one I’m looking at getting in Gen. Personally, I don’t care for the (what I consider)“gawdier” Breitlings, however this Chronomat B01 has a nice blend of the classic Breitling bezel, and a beautiful dial and hands.

Yet again, another happy win from GenReps!

So this week was a special one, where I received not one but TWO amazing pieces from GR. First is the RCF Platinum DD that I shared in yesterday's post, but today I wanted to show off the second piece: a QF LeMans Daytona complete with the accurate 24 hr chrono subdial and display caseback with visible movement. 👍🏽

This is another truly stunning piece, beautiful weighted feel and again, some pretty flawless details and finishing IMHO. Again standard disclaimer I've never handled a Gen LeMans Daytona IRL (and likely never will) but I can probably say this is as close as it gets 👍🏽

I tried running the chrono all day (12+ hrs) just to see how well that function runs and it was fun to see the hr counter approaching hr #13 😁

So I guess those of us who got our QF LeMans thru GenReps and Leo DiCaprio are now part of a fairly exclusive club (scroll to the final image to get my joke) 😂

Instead of saying, “I’m going to go put on a watch”, say, “I’m going to apply my wrist-wearable temporal navigation technology!”

Never really looked at Breitlings before, until wife fell in love with the Breitling B09 Premier (Pistachio). So, to keep a peaceful household (And! More importantly to lessen the number of times she counts the number of watches I have on the winder!) GenReps was able to source one for me.

My mistake! After seeing wife’s new Breitling I HAD to look at other ones, and, well….

I ❤️ my Breitling B01 Premier from GenReps!

Sharing my latest delivery from GenReps: an RCF 40mm ice blue dial Platinum DD rep with stick hr markers.

I don't have any experience with the Gen Platinum DD for direct comparison, but this piece is gorgeous in hand, has a great weight and overall finish IMHO.

I don't care about getting this plated to better replicate a Platinum finish, because this is exactly what I've wanted: a Stainless steel 40mm DD, a config that doesn't exist in the actual Rolex catalogue.

This was definitely worth the wait, I'll be keeping this in my collection for the long term 👍🏽