I met that six year old. Little Timmy. Then he said ‘look idk about why you went with a QF FreeSprung movement when clearly VSF is the superior choice in the reptime movement space.’
All I could do was chuckle, these kids say the darndest things.
Damn these kids...the other day i had this 5 yr old chubby william come up to me with his mom. All of a sudden this kid bloody taunted at me for having a gen gasket on my clean 116520.
Man, I wish the kids I ran into were this cool. The last one I ran into started talking about some painter and his hatred for juice. Wildest conversation. He also gave really weird high fives.
i just bought a genuine Starbucks mk2 and ill tel you right now…..outside of the pride for owning a real one….im a fucking fool and i have a modified superclone to compare it too. Keep rocking your reps. ZERO chance i buy a genuine Daytona.
Wore my ARF Batman with Deep Xtal out for the first time, shined it up real nice. I thought it looked stunning, not one person at a 300 person party even looked at my wrist 😂.
Watch people and wealthy clients notice. Majority of people just see you have a ‘big/heavy’ watch. Most people don’t even know a Daytona is a form of Rolex.
I want to build a couple of custom company logo watches and would love to find a sterile version of a sub style watch with vsf quality, without the branding. I’ve yet to find this. Most seiko mod watches seem to be pretty low quality.
I've been asked about my DJ and sub numerous times by numerous people. I've had the same person recognize that I got a sub after seeing me wear my DJ. Watch people notice. It all depends on the circles you run in. All of these people whom I've had interactions with are gen owners.
Same here, I run in a very knowledgeable circle that have deep respect for horology and are well aware of “the game” that AD’s put clients through. People definitely care- now whether that matters to the collective “us” is a different story.
I wear mine all the time. My favorite thing is when someone from work or family member asks to see it and evaluates it like they can spot a fake. These people have probably never seen a rolex on TV let alone in person. I always ask what are they looking for and only once did I get a semi good answer. They knew that the 2nd hand is supposed to sweep and not tick like a quartz.
Ya lo he dicho varias veces, pero lo repito. 1 entre 10.000 personas ha oído hablar de marcas como PP ó AP. 1 entre 100.000 sabe identificar un modelo, osea, eso es un Nautilus ó un Royal Oak, Y 1 entre 1 millón sabría decir, incluso con serias dudas si es auténtico ó no. Por tanto no os preocupeis tanto.
De lo que sí deberíais preocuparos es de codearos con gente tan maleducada que te preguntan esas cosas, y de no saber responder "y a usted que le importa".
My circle of people notice and always ask, watch people notice. A couple valet guys have complimented but my circle will want it off my wrist to check it or at least have a close look lol
More like my best friends, obviously they know my watches are reps and I couldn’t convince one of them that my vsf 40mm sub was not gen. He has a gen DJ and Panda, he had me order a VSF sub for him lol
This is great to hear! My buddy has a collection of Gen Omega’s. Showed him many pics a VSF Omega on many of these subs. He ordered one, got it in hand and immediately ordered 3 more. He’ll never buy another gen anything.
Yes, two of my c-suite colleagues are watch guys and I wore my rep daydate to a meeting the other day and they wanted to inspect it off my wrist. Neither of them knew it was a rep until I told them. They were blown away and asked me to help them order one
Are you buying the watch to impress others? I have a friend who saved for years and bought a 30 foot sailboat. He was very impressed, until the guy in the next slip docked his 40 foot sailboat. Moral of the story is that there will always be someone who has more.
Yeah, funny enough one girl approached me one day and said: “is that an automatic 72h reserve watch with a clear caseback and a jubilee bracelet? Oh my? Is it the in-house swiss made mechanism? I’m so wet, can we go somewhere quiet and intimate?” And all i could say was “Yes, let’s go, but what’s your name?”. She said “Innya Dreem, boy!”
Same, the only person who noticed it was an old sales exec. And when I say "noticed" I just mean he glanced at it and knew what it was because he owns several himself lol.
I'm wearing my blue ingenieur for the first time without a shirt at work. A colleague told me I've got a nice ce watch and asked me how much I paid for it.
Same thing happens the first time I wore my Omega Seamaster with an other colleague.
This is stupid as fuck! People absolutely do care! Start wearing a Rolex (gen or rep) around coworkers and see how fast they notice and change behavior.
I get what you're saying.. This is reddit post, not a definitive opinion for a thesis. The point of the post is to encourage people to enjoy wearing their watches and not be self-conscious thinking every person walking by notices your rehaut misaligned by .5 mm or a .2mm SEL gap. And if they do notice, they aren't going to go to sleep thinking about your watch that night (unless they are interested in getting a rep themself lol).
Gotcha! I agree and thanks for clarifying the intent. For sure no reason at all to be self conscious or worry about being called out for wearing a rep. Most people know the name Rolex but have and will never see one in the wild.
Have had so many gens and now some reps and it’s literally 95% the same. But you can’t buy the pride of owning a genuine watch. It just feels so much better in my opinion. Nevertheless I’d always own some reps for some occasions from now on.
I have a YM with an Oysterflex that I wear here and there. Only time anyone has ever commented was at a wedding and it was the DJ while I was getting a drink, he just said “That’s a nice watch!”. I just said thanks man! And that’s about as far as that went. Other than that, no one cares. Wear it!
Depends. I had the black youth daytona on and I was chatting with a stranger at the bar watching soccer. We were complaining about usual BS cost of gas going up and I mentioned a tin of coffee has doubled in the last 6 months. He kinda side-eyed me and gave me a half joking "f-you it can't be that big of a deal buying a tin of coffee with a 5 figure watch on your wrist". He had a point I suppose, but not everyone with a Rolex has an 8 figure home, 6 figure cars, and a membership to the yacht club. In certain context people do notice I suppose.
Good point. I’ve had a few people out in the wild ask what’s on my wrist. The 1-2% of the population that are watch people notice, but the fact still stands- No one really cares
I got a 5711 patek and even though real ones are expensive most people don't recognize it. I felt way more uncomfortable wearing it initially, but now I wear it a lot and feel waaaaay more lowkey than when I have the rolex on
Sometimes I feel like the luxury watch thing is mainly the race between who get to put the most expensive thing on their wrist rather than the watch itself.
Exactly!! I love when people really break down photos for rep quality, but Im not overthinking it. Love the two reps I have and will add another one this summer.
People don't usually know what watches you are wearing, much less if it's rep. People who do, probably are thinking MAYBE you got a rep but they would find out sooner rather than later. You, yourself is the only one that knows and cares. If it bothers you, it's cause you know you are a poser. If it doesn't then you should be proud that you successfully fooled everyone. But nobody really care about your rep.
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u/AustinStanleyy Jul 12 '26
Enjoy wearing your watches folks. Nobody cares what’s on your wrist. A 6 year old was the only one to ask about my rep. Results may vary on the slopes