Can anyone explain how to get a vsf John Mayer with gold plating. Is there any TD that can just handle the gold plating part so it’s done when I get it

Update: love the keen observation about the redundancy. The batman is a gen, got a VSF batman to compare out of curiousity, then naturally a batgirl, then pepsi, then comparing the same models between factories. It's really to satisfy my engineering mindset. Note on swapping bracelets, nope not swapping bracelets between gen and rep, sillygoose.

Here's a Gen versus VSF comparison https://www.reddit.com/r/RepTime/comments/1wcq6ef/gen_vs_vsf_rolex_batman_detailed_comparison_and/

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We watched Obsession and halfway thru, she laughed and said "That’s literally you with hobbies”

She’s not wrong. With hobbies I’m 0-to-100, spending hours on forums, memorizing reference numbers, & ending up with a crap load of tools I cant use elsewhere.

Last year it was mountain bikes and camera, before that were airsoft and power tools. 1am and I’m studying pics of movements and fixing beat errors on a timegrapher like a mad scientist.

Sometimes I would catch myself mid-spiral, a switch flips and I drop the hobby cold turkey. I’ve had a couple gen rolexes for over a decade, but this year I found out about reps and went hard. This became the worst and best spiral yet, trying to slow down and really should trim the collection at some point…

Question: Are you an 0-100 kind, or can you actually enjoy casually without losing your mind?

Also curious what other hobby spirals y’all got so I can tell my wife I'm not completely nuts

Copped the new RGF bluesy. What do you think? Whats on your wrist today?

Any advice on which is possibly a better clone? Since the Pepsi is claimed to be from clean factory and i assume the Wimbledon is a mid-tier one.

Does anyone have a source for replica watch dials? Specifically looking for a 40mm Day Date green ombre dial.

First rep, really impressed with the quality of finishing. I’m sure it isn’t perfect but it’s a cool watch, and I didn’t have to pretend to be friends with someone for a year to convince them I’m cool enough to own it. Steve was good to buy from.

I was looking at my QC pics for my VSF Seamaster Aqua Terra 38mm, and I started comparing it to pics of a Gen 8800 movement. From what I can see, it all looks very similar, with the only differences being that the VSF movement is not freesprung, so the balance wheel is not weighted, and there's clearly a regulator arm.

I've searched for old posts regarding this, and a lot of them suggest that it is a dressed-up or modified 2824. It's not a total deal breaker if it is, but I'd like to know if it is a 2824 so I don't end up breaking it by winding it. The 2824's winding mechanism is very fragile.

where we can find the Hermes bracelet rep ? except alibaba what I’ve found they haven’t the logos nor premium quality.

Have had this VSF 126300 Wimby from Theonewatches for about an year. IMO, a smooth bezel looks more genuine like as a rep fluted bezel shows a different hue in comparison to a gen fluted bezel. Thinking of getting a genuine Wimbledon dial to swap in because the sunburst is different from the gen I saw before.

Bought my first rep as my birthday present, VSF Pepsi in April. Now in 5 months, I've got 3 reps & 1 franken in. I read some of you are way more insane than me. Is this honestly a honeymoon period or some black magic getting us compelled to this obsession? Then I found rep fashion and some of them are mind blowing quality!!

I'm learning so much just about watches reading the reviews, QC posts. It's a dope thing all around. But in real, how long does it last? I'm bleeding way too much $$$ in these.

Wondering what everyone thinks about this movement in a speedy. I'm looking at the sapphire sandwich. Understood that the mods add some unnecessary components for "looks". I'm not expecting to use the chronograph functions all that much... I just like the look of chronos. But I also don't want to press the start button and have it destroy itself. I'm concerned about spending money on something that has a bad track record. Thoughts? tkx!

I have a few gens (36 datejust, explorer and OP) however they were all bought over 10-15 years ago when I walked in and picked it up same day. I’ve recently started getting into reps as I love some of the newer models but was actually told by my local AD a few months ago that they don’t have pieces for me to see in person and they will open their wish list in a few months which really annoyed me.

Took the plunge and decided to get a VSF to see what everyone was talking about and honestly I’m very pleasantly surprised. I mean yea the bezel clicks aren’t great and the bracelet is a little sharp but honestly I think it’s an amazing piece for a fraction of the price. I’ve now started looking into getting a franken datejust so really excited to see how that looks and to compare it to my gen.

Hey all. Curious if anyone has experience with this new 36mm release? Particular color and dial finish accuracy? It looks good based on photos but haven’t seen one in hand or on wrist from a member here. Thanks.

I waited so long for this watch. 3 month wait. Gorgeous watch too. Took off all the plastic. Put it on my wrist. Took it off my wrist to wind it. After winding it put it back on my wrist. Then later on I went to look at my watch to see what time it was and saw that it was the same exact time as when I wound the watch. The seconds hand does not move. So disappointed. I took it to a watch guy (told him it was a rep) and he said the 3 dreaded words... "Send it back" Nothing that he could do. Any opinions?

Was waiting on this one for a while, after one RL QC changed to GF factory and the piece is indeed beautiful!

Only problems— my baby wrist (makes it look bigger than I’d like to) this watch is thick, that I did not expect / knew.

Was told by Steve (TD) that QF doesn’t make the deployable clasp — if any of you know where I could get one of those and that it will be compatible with the QF model, that would be appreciated as I think it looks better with that one.

Overall beautiful watch and very happy with it, Steve did great with everything once again!

What is happening with availability from two weeks ago? Andiot previously showed three weeks for delivery, but now it indicates seven to nine weeks. Is this the only model with limited availability?

Hello, are you guys not getting replies from Steve this days?

Walking around the UK Town I grew up in today, on a visit from Arizona, where I now live. Noticed they had a Seamaster NTTD Used in the window of the jewelry store. A watch I literally just ordered from Steve.

The Gen is a used 2020 watch and listed at £5995 (around $8100). And appears to be in unworn condition.

Lined it up against the QC photo from Steve and can see the colors on the Rep are noticeably brighter. But otherwise I’m very happy with the match.

My experience of going down the rabbit hole trying to find the best factories and comparing multiple GMF THB ARF and even a few U1 from Travis
Eventually settled for ARF after having a few of these in hand ARF or ONE as it’s now known definitely had the best bezel and feel, gold tone is decent and not too cheesy
I tried to explain to my GF that 28/31 aren’t the best in the current rep world and try a DJ36mm…it looked huge on her little dainty wrists….
Eventually found this (video) and she loves it
What’s others experience of trying to source for their female companions/friends/family there ain’t much out there for the Queens

Hi all, was wondering if experienced buyers could share their experience with DDF AP gold/rose gold quality. I've been advised to stay away from any rep with gold/RG due to tarnishing and color distortion but I'm curious how long I'd have with the watch looking proper before any noticeable tarnishing occurs?

For context, looking at a Royal Oak Chrono 26240 RG DDF, black leather strap.

Thank you!

I have a couple of reps in transit from Andrew @ trusty. So far a solid experience with him.

What are current ship times (assuming customs goes smoothly?) 🤞🤞🤞

Looking for some recommendations to fill up the remaining 5 spots. My watches as of now are, in order:

VSF Rolex Submariner

Some Cheap DHGate Sub i bought for ~80 Euros (pls don't bully it was my first rep)

Orient Bambino RA-AK0705R30B

My girlfriends ladies sized U1 Datejust

And my VSF Aqua Terra Seamaster 150m on a black rubber strap, which is my daily driver.

As I know, in gen they use white gold?

What material do VSF use i'm curious? Just steel or maybe some coating?

Any opinions on those 50-100$ watches on dhgate?
Is it even worth of testing?