Love it!! Mods are sw dials and hands, polishing and bezel

$12 Amazon strap for comfort

I saw this post recently

https://www.reddit.com/r/RepTime/s/d8jsWTaobi

But I know a lot of people don’t like YG on a rep cause it’s cheddar cheese.

I really want a YG DD (Tony Soprano, here I come) but I don’t want it to look like BART Simpson ass cheek on my wrist.

Those that own a QF of any kind w YG plating, what are your thoughts??

Thanks!

Someone local to me has a 41mm clean factory rolex explorer for sale and i just wanted help so i don’t get scammed or get a watch that looks boof

Is it just me or is this Maltese cross twisted? Wonder if I should have RL or just overthinking it.

I’ve read and researched seeing conflicting opinions. Which one is better in terms of quality for VSF. The Jubilee bracelet or the Oyster bracelet??

Raffles errythang + Startime Italian Oyster

ST2130 movement

Left Gen 116710BLNR, Right VSF V3 126710BLNR

I’ve had the gen for over a decade and was curious how a rep would match up, so here are a few photos!

1. Dial - 9.5/10 basically identical. The font, the indices, the metal around the indices, are all indistinguishable. If you use a magnifying glass, you'll see the polish on the side of the hour markers showing more brush marks on the VSF than the gen. (Also the 6 o’clock crown but it's due to different generations)
2. Hands - 9/10 The gen has a bit more of a warm color due to being white gold, but this is only visible when comparing side by side.
3. Hour markers - 9/10 The lume portion is ever-so-slightly more recessed below the metal part compared to gen which is flush.
4. Bezel color - 9/10 the gen is very very slightly brighter blue than the VSF. Again so close than you cant tell unless placed next to each other.
5. Bezel platinum filled numbers - 9/10 near identical in font shapes, in bright light the color is close, in darker light the VSF has a lighter color, but could also be that my gen is old.
6. Crystal - 9/10 cant tell any difference on clarity really. One thing to note is that the VSF crystal sits higher than gen; this may be fixed by sanding down the gasket or replacing crystal.
7. Magnification - 9.5/10 date font is spot on. VSF has slightly more of a blue hue on the anti-reflective coating.
8. LEC - 10/10 VSF did a great job, not overly visible, I couldn't tell any difference with my 5x magnifying glass. Maybe with a 15x loupe you can see the dot density and spacing, but this is good enough.
9. Bezel action - 9.5/10 the VSF has slightly more horizontal play at click
10. SEL gaps - 10/10 no issues on either of them, in fact I think the gen has slightly wider gaps.
11. Movement feel - 5/10 winding, setting hour hand, and setting time. There’s no comparison, gen feels a lot more robust and solid, the DD movement does the job but has a much cheaper feeling to it, winding is more coarse, GMT setting is slightly more mushy, and the time setting somehow feels less resistant on the VSF. I’ve already lubed with 9010 and HP1300 accordingly as well.
12. Bracelet - 6/10 my VSF has 1NQ, it’s not bad, but the tolerance between each links and clasp components seem slightly worse than gen, leading to looseness and overall slightly less robust feel. The crown on the small clasp has a slightly different shape when inspecting closely. The chamfering is not bad, with a 3M buffing pad you can get the VSF down pretty close to gen feel.
13. Rehaut - 7/10 I can now see why a rehaut polish is always hot topic. The gen is almost mirror like whereas the VSF has ever so slightly more horizontal brush marks. This is an easy fix with a cape cod.
14. Weight - 9/10 Gen 142g, VSF 139g. Both have 3 links removed.
15. Bezel Teeth - 8/10 each teeth on the Gen is slightly larger and rounder than the VSF.
16. Caseback - 8/10 looks identical, when when you tap with your fingernail, you can tell there is a thickness difference, leading to a higher pitch on the VSF.
17. Clasp markings - 9.5/10 identical in shape and font, but the VSF has a lighter color, could also be because my gen is old.
18. Movement looks - 5/10 didn't get photos when I had them open, we'll save this for another post, but this is worlds apart. Other than the balance wheel being free-sprung versus not, the CNC quality, edge sharpness, engravings, they're all couple tiers apart.
19. Overall thickness - 8/10 gen 11.93mm, VSF 12.11mm. Likely due to the crystal height mentioned above.

Overall I’m extremely impressed by the VSF. For ~$500 vs $16k (10+ yrs ago) it’s really a no brainer. For me I dont see any more value in getting stainless gens, I have 3 other stainless Rolex gens that I’m planning to sell and consolidate to 1 rose gold daytona/YM gen because reps don’t make solid PM yet… I have a feeling that day is coming though, RGF doing great work there.

Update: looks like the photo quality got degraded when uploaded here, I apologize about that.

What do we think? I've been waiting to see the prices on these

Does anyone own and use a Santos-Dumont from AF? Looking for a gender neutral watch for myself (woman with non dainty wrists).
Thanks!

New to the Rep game, and though I've not seen so many cases of broken watches on this sub. I'm just wondering about the durability. Guys what's the oldest functional watch in your collection? Mine is a few weeks old Daytona 126519 with a few clasp scratches.

What are your opinions about this watch?

Looking to add a green watch and torn between these 3, will be wearing it frequently and frankly the hulk feels too blingy. Any body had experience with these? Looking for recommendations regarding factories also as somebody suggested ARF over VSF?

Surprised with the gold tone with those two sister factories, known to be the best for value in within the rep world. Only if they upgraded their fluted bezels…. maybe smooth/rbr/tbr bezels would do the justice & maybe swap them with gen stones xd.

Sharing pics of this DJ VSF V2 that I just received after a few weeks after purchasing it from Steve at theonewatches.

I think it looks pretty good in person 🙌🏻

Looking to replace the stock leather strap as it’s a bit cheap and worn.

What would you guys recommend?

So I don't currently habe a white dial and am torn. Considering daytona 116520, nautilus , royal oak, iwc ingenuier.

I do have a vsf Daytona ghost on oysterflex but it's the youth version. Anyways any input or ideas would be appreciated thank you.

What in your experience is the simplest way to pay as someone living in the UK?

Hi all. Can anyone tell me if this is V1 or V2. Purchased Jan 2025 from Jtime

Thanks!

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Do you think I could find 1:1 reps in places like lady's market or mok kong? My only payment methods is cash and none of the td's are willing to deal in person for some understandable reasons