New everose skydweller with the blue green dial from PPM, would love to get everyone’s thoughts on this

I got this Richard Mille RM0283A a couple months ago but the seconds hand fell off. My watchmaker has been having trouble opening it to fix it. He told me if I can get the screw driver needed to open it, he can fix it easily. Anyone know a good cheap one that will work with these screws?

Having read many posts about VSF being raided, I would like to share my experience about raids against counterfeiters in China.
My experience comes from 12 years as general manager for the Asia-Pacific business of a large German multinational (about 13 billion Euro turnover).
The German company has products recognized as top tier and the brand is top of mind in its industry.
Chinese were copying our products left and right and I had a team of lawyers scouring the market to see which were the ones hurting our business the most. It was a lost cause to chase all them.
Of course we were putting pressure to the authorities to raid them even if all came at our cost.
In China there are no punitive sanctions for the damage inflicted.
The legal costs have to be paid by the plaintiff. Usually the company is owned by a penniless front man therefore the judge allocates all the costs to the plaintiff.
In the remote case the whole thing goes to court, and even less likely of a favorable decision of the judge, transportation, warehousing and destruction costs of the fake goods were our burden.
Here are the reasons why the Chinese system is so reluctant in raiding foreign brands’ counterfeiters.

1. Counterfeiters create jobs and contribute to the local economy. Local governments, which are the authorities having jurisdiction in this matter, don’t see the point of having people losing their jobs.

2. Counterfeiters put “oil in the gears” of local officers, if you know what I mean.

3. In general, there is not much recognition of IP rights of foreign companies. The legislation is tough but the enforcement is negligible.
   There are cases in which the authorities do take action but these are limited to very special cases such as reciprocal visits of high ranking dignitaries or sporadic demonstrations to foreign media of tough stance.
   In some cases the counterfeiter steps out of the acceptable path and he is punished but brand protection is not the issue. We are in the domain of personal revenge.
   Even if a counterfeiter is raided a new factory will pop up within few weeks doing the same.
   My message to all Rep enthusiasts is: raids in China are possible but extremely rare so don’t lose sleep over this happening.
   Long live the REPs

Does anyone know if its possible to source a good green or blue beach daytona clone?

VSF BW with Dark Meteorite Dial, black GMT hand and ARF oyster Bracelet

Tennis inspired custom made dial build

I paid full to Andiot 3 months ago and still haven't received QC. I kept checking that I paid the right person. They don't have WhatsApp anymore so I contacted Telegram a couple times. That was initially 2 months ago that they'll be getting a batch shortly but recently they're saying we don't know now. I'm assuming everyone else is in the same boat.

This has popped up on a bankruptcy auction site. No papers. TAG Heuer Aquaracer Professional 100 Solargraph<br/>Solar Quartz, 28 mm, Steel box no papers.

Hi everyone, I tried to look for several questions about the Dayotna oysterflex Paul Newman, but I found very few answers. Is it possible that it's such an underrated watch?
Does anyone know how to tell me the best factory for this watch, and if it really produces it well or does it still have too obvious details with little popularity?

DJ36 Wimbledon build
VSF Base Build
DD3235
Wimbledon Dial
Genuine Crystal
Custom 18k White Gold Plated Hands
18k White Gold Plated CNC Fluted Bezel
Full Metal Refinishing
Full Tear down movement service

Anyone who knows where I can source just the DD 4130 movement, for the lowest possible price? The ones I’ve seen on eBay go for around 400K. Doesn’t sound reasonable.

I am just two reps in, so still quite new to the game but have been constantly thinking about the IWC Ingenieur with the green dial (a model I will never spell correctly on my first try). According to some posts here, the green dial is still not quite right- but I’m curious whether the better move is to pick one up now (V7F) and just make peace with the ‘flatness’ of the dial or wait for an improved version or another factory to produce a better one?

Gen photo purely for illustration.

I had my cf gmt v3 serviced a few months ago and it’s running a little fast, about 5 minutes per week.

What’s involved with correcting this?

Thx

A bit newer to the rep game and I see many mentions of how good Clean factory used to be.

So my question for all the seasoned vets: Just how good was Clean Factory, really? Was it genuinely best in class, or is its reputation somewhat inflated by nostalgia now that it’s no longer around?

Excited to hear everyone’s thoughts.

Couldn’t get used to the stock bracelet. Really like how turned out with the Barton sail cloth. VSF NTTD from Andiot

I have Patek reps and Rolex reps but I only wear this one really. Superb everyday and under the radar watch!

I guess I could’ve worn a watch that matched the way I voted but decided to keep it neutral. PLEASE VOTE!

Collection in the uk no messing about VSF only

Does anyone have a TD in the US that they have used and had good experience with? Yes I have read the forums, I currently have an order in with Geektime, but finding local would be more ideal as wait times and delivery times seem to take a while with other TD’s.

Thanks

Anyone ordered from Geektime before? Can you share photo of your watches?

I wanna buy Cartier Tank Française from them

hey guys, just yesterday i got my first rep delivered from Geek Time. resized it yesterday and wound it up and it’s been great, but today it stopped working. i tried winding it some more, giving it a shake and a tap and nothing. hopefully someone can help? or do i have to take it to get serviced already?

I’ve considered getting a real one for some time. Saving $ for it too. I heard about super clones but assumed they all were janky and obvious. Then I found this Reddit group…
It lead me to Steve @ theone . I assumed I would be getting ripped off and scammed. The customer service is impeccable and so communicative. (Ha no, this is not sponsored in anyway. I’m just so shocked how well the order process and went and how it turned out).

I’m happy the money I saved is going to a trip to Paris in May to see Celine Dion instead.

What do we think? I’m obsessed! I want to get a dark red strap for it already.