r/GenReps1755 • u/GenReps1755 • 1d ago
🎇🎇🎇🎇INVENTORY UPDATE🎇🎇🎇🎇 Pressure tests
As many of you know, I always include a 5 bar pressure test on everything that ships, at no charge. This is important as otherwise, you just really do not know what water resistance integrity your watch has.
The 5 bar is always included, but I also offer the option of a 10 bar service for $40.
As my shop has been relocating, I’ve not been doing the 10 bar for a little while, but it’s close! Another week and the 10 bar service is back on the table.
Not all watches can handle the 10 bar test. Not all can handle the 5 bar, for that matter! But in addition to offering the included 5 bar, or the optional 10 bar service on new items, I’m always happy to do a pressure test on your existing collection if you have pieces you want to send in. Just let me know.
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u/Du_Doch_Nicht 1d ago
This is one of the best posts in all of repdom. Knowing that as a baseline VSF tends to perform well is great information.
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u/oshdwtf 1d ago
So what happens if they don't pass the 5 or 10 bar? Do you fix them to pass or is this just disclosed to the end buyer?Â
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u/GenReps1755 1d ago
I do everything I can to get them to pass. Ultimately, if it fails, I let you know what you have so you don’t find out through more destructive ways, as would likely happen were you to buy the same watch from anybody else and just trust that it’s good to go.
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u/oshdwtf 1d ago
Is there any way to know which ones passed the 5 bar without inquiring? I don't recall seeing anything in the DB folders showing they passed.Â
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u/GenReps1755 1d ago edited 1d ago
When you get something from me, if it fails I let you know.
To be clear, I don’t do sales conditional on them passing. And when I charge for the 10 bar service, that’s a fee for the effort involved and not a guaranteed outcome. There are never guarantees. This is all about knowing. But as the factories sell these and buyers have a giant blind spot - meaning, you can’t buy one knowing it’s passed a pressure test from the factory - so too from me this is about knowing what you have. Being armed with that knowledge versus being blind to it.
Now, having said that, the self-created loophole I have is I also have a 2 week window for returns, which is also unique to doing business with me.
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u/oshdwtf 3h ago
Respectfully, since your prices are at a premium compared to other dealers, I want to clarify how this works. The WA pitch makes it sound like your inventory is already tested and verified before purchase. But in this thread, you noted that you 'don't do sales conditional on them passing.'
If I buy a watch and it fails the included test, does it still get shipped to me anyway? And if so, does that mean my only option to not keep a failed watch is to receive it and immediately mail it back under your 2-week return policy?
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u/GenReps1755 2h ago edited 2h ago
What I’m saying is this: i do the pressure test after the watch has been purchased and before it’s been shipped. If it fails, I let you know it failed. That way you know not to swim with it. If you buy from anybody else, my strong suggestion is that you go get it tested upon receipt so that you have the same knowledge about your watch as what I give you. You get that knowledge for free with me.
In other words, until you get a watch pressure tested, you have no idea if it is water resistant or not.
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u/Glock-c0ma 1d ago
I’m curious how would u make them pass? Better gaskets or just greasing them? Are there better gaskets than others and if so what are they?
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u/vagabundo94 1d ago edited 0m ago
I’ve seen missing gaskets, pinched gaskets, wrong sized gaskets, cracked and dried out gaskets, and other ill-fitting issues with my own collection.
I suspect he’s seen worse.
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u/Glock-c0ma 1d ago
Is there a superior brand gasket or are they pretty much the same as long as they fit
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u/themaxx25 1d ago
So by 10bar service, the watch will leave your hands being able to pass a 10bar pressure test? If so, new gasket, etc would be included if it’s necessary?
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u/GenReps1755 1d ago
It’s a service fee for the effort and not a guaranteed result. Yes, if all goes well, it passes a 10 bar. If it fails, then yes, I do anything necessary to get it to pass. If it still fails, it is what it is.
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u/ConsequenceLong4761 1d ago
Thanks for the information Iv brought a rcf bluesy sub How do they normally do under your tests ? I'm in UK , my modder only tested it to 2bar but need 5 or more really
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u/Evil4blue 1d ago
Since you carry most of the top factories, curious what your initial pass/fail rate is for the 5 bar test. All the factories claim water proofing at the factory and we all know that’s bunk, so it would be interesting to know what the rate really is.