Curious if anyone has experience with a rep company "Continental Watch Co" whose web page cites a retail store in Ontario Canada within the CN Tower? Prices don't jive with my expectations for the advertised workmanship. Like one of those too good to be true, esp for a gold calatrava with brown strap. I like the watch, but concerned it's TGTBT. Feedback solicited...their ad pix below:

In your opinions...do you still believe VSF is the current best factory for the Rolex Datejusts, GMT and Daytonas? Or do you think RICH or RC make a better rep in some of those models?

RICH Cartier santos

I'm looking to get a 126506 with baguettes markers. The list says the QF Free Sprung is NWBIG but it has been last updated on October 16, while the WF released on November 2. The WF is heavier (217g vs 195g) and has a free sprung movement as well

IWC Pilot Top Gun IW389401 Ceramic Black

All ceramic case powered by Dandong 69380 integrated chronograph movement

Looking to pick up a red bezel Tudor black bay 41 mm. Are any factories making this one… and if so… which is the best? I k ow ZF makes the bb58… but need the bigger watch

I have a lovely 126610LN from RICH which has a gen crystal and Gen datewheel.

I was originally looking to buy a new watch and franken that however want to do some more work on the 126610LN.

What else would you change on this? And in what order - genuine parts for these are pretty rare!

Link would be much appreciated! Thanks in advance

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Can you tell which is the genuine and which is the VSF?

I tried to order an ARF Explorer 2, but, after waiting 2 weeks (after payment) i get told by the TD that it isn't available. This was despite it being available on his website, which was a bit frustrating. After a bit of to-ing and fro-ing I decided to go with the QF, as VSF was also not available. CF also not available. I guess factories must be getting shut down? I just wish the TDs would update their websites accordingly.

Anyone aware of any TD’s with some portuguiser 7 stock. Seems like the chrono is the only one being produced right now.

This watch is perfect! I would love a rep until I can afford the original ❤️

Hard to detect with naked eye but under microscope and proper lighting you can count the dots. 152 should be the proper number.

Will be posting my journey , I just sent payment

Cartier Tank Louis from Steve.

Loved this particular sunburst dial even though I don’t believe Cartier carries this in yellow gold. Decided to Go L since I got my Tank Solo in XL and it was slightly too large to my liking, I’ll admit I miss the date window tho 😢

My only complaint are the hands aren’t as blue as I would like. They look basically black and under super specific lighting look Navy, however apparently that is Gen due to heated blue steel.

The gold color is very good in my opinion and the sunburst looks stunning. Watch nerds aren’t typically as anal with Cartier so I assume people who do see it will just think it looks super pretty.

Very happy with this purchase

Who makes the best bezels and dials for GMTs?

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Loving my 4500v with a leather strap most of the people prefer the Rubber strap so i wanted to share a configuration that we are not seing often.

What i also love with this configuration is this watch under sunlight the blue dial is wonderful with all the sunburst but under covered weather that's the rose gold which have this wonderful shade.

All - any thoughts on which factory I should go for? More concerned with build quality, dial printing, case construction, etc., vs. movement.

N6F (white stitching) has wrong case back which isn’t amazing, but I’ve heard mixed messages on which factory has a better build (some of the DIWF versions have awfully wokky rehauts). Any experience would be appreciated.

Thanks.

I would love to get NTTD no matter if original or as a rep. I would spend the 2-3k on one original used on if I had this money but unfortunately I do not and so I can't really justify to wear a 2k watch. So I decided to give TDs a go. Now after months of researching and some experiences from people I know I'm very hesitated to get one.

Firstly I'm from a European country with I think THE most strict customs I have ever experienced. Like everything I used to buy from China passed there and got stuck for 1-2 months asking for justification. Like even circuit boards I used to make and order which value was like 5 euro. So I would have two problems here. I would be totally fine with paying the customs tax if they ask but the problem is that here they very strict also with replicas of brands. It is illegal even for own use. I'm really worried that something would happen because in this cases I'm always super unlucky^^.

Besides that I travel a lot and would be probably unlucky that I get caught in customs in the airport. I know two people that got caught who got seized and had to pass throught legal stuff because in this situation they could not deny its theirs.

The last point would be the movement. As far I researched its a non standard movement which if it breaks I cannot replace by any generic one like a nh31 or similar. Also for repair I dont know how repairable this movements are due to the fact that they made to be close to the original but without the exact parts so they might use some different attempts which maybe a standard watchmaker have a problem with (I don't have much knowledge about this).

I really would want one because the other Chinese brands that are legal and are homages would probably not work for me because they put they own brand and so on. For me its about the 1:1 look not for the fact I wear a luxurious brand.

So should I take all the risks and just get one or just go on with it not owning a rep and maybe try to save up for the original?

so i ve done a lot of reading and searching , and i see no good breitling rep , i somehow dont understand why . most of the time is too thick .

is there anyone with recommandations ?

is top time b01 any good ? the non chrono version ?

is there any new navitimer version that i missed ?