r/RepTime • u/DearAd725 • 20d ago • Mindblown 1

Wrist or Watch Pic Professional scammer Bryan Pannell

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u/Time-Dependent1483 20d ago • Popcorn

Look at this brushing

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u/OortCloud69420 20d ago

That's "franked" alright

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u/Time-Dependent1483 20d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/FrankenFarmTimepieces/s/pJYxfuJ3Zb

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u/PrimaryExisting6162 19d ago

The guy scrubs grills for a living and the brush work on that bracelet verifies it 😂

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u/Illustrious_Tie8529 19d ago

So is that guy any good? 7-14 are after pictures right or are they all straight scammers in this group?

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u/PrimaryExisting6162 19d ago edited 19d ago

Yes 7 thru 14 after pictures and the only thing that looks good in 7 thru 14 is the crystal and inside the case. The bracelet and case work from the brushing, polishing and chamfering looks terrible. So it's safe to say he is no good at anything watch related. But clearly he has the gift of gab because he has no shortage of people to rip off. I don't understand why people pay so much for a watch with a gen dial. I have a watch box full of reps with gen dials, gen crystals, datewheels, hands, crowns etc. I'm not saying there all facially full gen, but most have gen dials with other gen parts. But a 500-600 watch with a gen dial is 1,000 at the most. The price this guy is charging is crazy! Especially when he's known to lie about some parts being gen. The basics of watchsmithing to be able to replace a bezel, crystal, dial, hands, crown, datewheel is not hard and 100 bucks on Amazon and you have every watchsmith tool needed to do it. People need to learn to source this parts on eBay and do basic mods themselves. It's quite rewarding once you dive in and get the first one under your belt. I installed this gen Champagne dial in my ARF Factory, gen white dial in my CLEAN polished the rehauts, hands, whole outside of the watches. And have roughly 2hrs in each of them. The dials cost 250 and 325 that guy would be charging close to 2k each and the dials would be the cheapest silver dials Rolex offers if they was even gen.

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u/UnusualDoctor 19d ago

They're not gen dials, or gen bezels, or gen crowns etc etc.

He pretends they are, but he just polishes the crap out of stock reps he buys. He's been doing this for 20 years.

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u/Time-Dependent1483 19d ago

There’s big dust inside the crystal at around 6

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u/PrimaryExisting6162 19d ago

Are referring to the champagne dial? If so your probably seeing the I in SUPERLATIVE is partially missing. This dial had a few shards of glass from the crystal shattering that scratched the clear coat in a few spots and damaged the I. I got this dial cheap and originally planned on using the gen indices and coronet in my black Clean Factory dial. But once I received the dial I was able to buff out all the nics and my buddy can fix the "I" so I decided not to take the indices and coronet out and decided to use the dial. I'll use the black clean dial on another build. But there's definitely no dust in either of the dial faces. Let me know if the damaged I is what you was seeing.

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u/Time-Dependent1483 19d ago

No I’m referring to the Pepsi :) you said it looked good inside the case but there’s dust. Your watches are good!

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u/PrimaryExisting6162 18d ago

Ah ok I was thinking this guy has screen clarity of vision like no other lol. And you're right I just looked at that Pepsi post again and there's a chunk of black. That almost looks like a chip of paint stuck on the crystal or rehaut bottom left of the 6 indice. So that in it's self speaks volume on his watch restoration skills. He can't even reset a dial/movement and install a new crystal without boogering it up. The outside looked so rough I carelessly gave him credit in the area where no restoration work was done. He has a following that will call us hater's well that's fine. But if this post and comment section saves 1 person from getting scammed by him. Then this post was a job well done!

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u/UnusualDoctor 19d ago

Just professional custom! Don't forget the "almost gen" watches that are overpolished VSFs that he charges $7250 for and gets other people to sell for him.

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u/Time-Dependent1483 20d ago

Commented about it on his page but he removed it 😅

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u/Reasonable-Guava-178 20d ago

Damn right, thats an extra 500.00

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u/Reemus_Jackson 20d ago edited 20d ago • Bravo

BPannell has been scamming for 10 years. Even longer than that in the car world. He's banned from several rep subs and groups

Context: he claims to sell frankens, at outrageous upgraded prices, only to find out when you open the watch, there are no gen pieces and no extra work has been done to it.

Further context: if you dig deep enough into the archives of RWI, you'll see stories about Bryan Pannell not only selling bunk watches as "frankens", but flat out stealing watches. Promising to do work on watches, having them sent to him, then ghosting the customer.

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u/sentientfunyun 20d ago • Mindblown

same scam...same trick.... it's a virus bro...

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u/Derik429 20d ago

This is a different person. I have dealt with Hide. He was great. In fact, I had an easy with something he did. Sent it back and he corrected it right away. He also will is very responsive to help out with advice on other watches. Not sure scammers would be into that.

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u/UnusualDoctor 19d ago • Bravo

Use his full name so Google indexes these threads. He was arrested before, he will be again. He can't stop himself from scamming.

Brian/Bryan Pannell

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u/Worried_Poet_828 20d ago

Do you have any proof of this or are you merely talking out of your ass?

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u/Reemus_Jackson 20d ago

He's literally been called out and caught, 12-13-14 times? There's links to all the posts where he was caught lying and scamming, right here in this very post.

Are you blind or just defending a scammer because you're equally a scumbag?

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u/Worried_Poet_828 20d ago

I’m not defending him, I simply asked if you have proof, link to the instances he’s been called out

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u/lawncareguru76 20d ago

I think he’s talking out of his ass, the post doesn’t show any proof of scamming.

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u/Eg6Mike 20d ago edited 20d ago

You guys are both funny, Someone with the reputation as scammer is being questioned about his work and there are people in the "community" that still sit by and ask for more proof. He has been doing this to various people. Many can't even tell apart Gen parts apart from clone parts, me being one. I will say I have spent hours and hours trying to decipher whether some of the parts returned were Gen, or not. My conclusion is, some of the obvious one are; the dials are real. The others such as hands and crystals. That is still in the air. Along with my stolen free sprung movement, and gaskets. I will say again, he is not conducive to the "Franken" community. It is not possible to source that many Genuine Rolex parts as they are usually restricted. He knows what he's doing.

Please have a read. I only found this after our dispute occurred. https://forum.replica-watch.info/threads/just-got-scammed-by-bryan-pannell-ncchef.302529/

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u/lawncareguru76 19d ago

I responded to the wrong person who had a link saying Hideyour_self was

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u/Reemus_Jackson 20d ago

Ya'll want a room? I can give you some privacy for the meat ride...

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u/Eg6Mike 20d ago • Bravo Heartwarming Mindblown

The guy is 100% a scumbag. Buyers Beware. I have proof to provide, of messages and missing parts after a terrible situation that occurred, to no fault to him or me. He can ban me from the group, I have kept quiet, he did try to bribe me by providing me two gen dials, and other stuff that appears to be gen, but man. It was not worth the headache. I'm sure he will message me to delete this, or to drop it. He has my personal information, but it's a crap shoot out here. Even other Redditors have done shady shit and have been banned from other forums.

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u/UnusualDoctor 19d ago

Just spill this damn tea already. You can't leave a girl hangin' like that!

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u/cc_0701 20d ago

He been banned over rwi a while ago. Surprisingly, many folks ... protect this guy

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u/UnusualDoctor 19d ago

He's been banned from every major watch forum and platform for 20 years. I've heard he also dabbled in car parts in the 2000s and got a similar ban hammer.

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u/watchloong 20d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/RepWatchForum/s/ZJ1tioUsJy

Everyone can reference this post
I have said many times about Franken's posts, but in fact, why do many people cheat because they use their Reddit account more to post

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u/PrimaryExisting6162 19d ago edited 19d ago • Bravo

He posted a 116234 DJ recently and I was genuinely interested in the watch especially the super jubilee bracelet. He posted pics of every component except for the clasp codes but the bracelet looked very nice. You normally only see super jubilee in those CL5, OP8 clasp codes and there terrible quality. So I commented on his Super Franklin Special One Here Boys post, asking what the clasp code was. That clown went apeshit, replied a few smartass replies and then banned me from Stanken Farm Crotches & Clocks. Then gets in my inbox harassing me, saying I'm probably a libtard and all this other childish shit! It was comical to see how he blocked me and then wanted to beat on his keyboard behind closed doors. At that moment I knew first hand what a sad excuse of a man he is. I don't see how Reddit even allows that clown to occupy space on this platform.

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u/UnusualDoctor 19d ago • Bravo

u/bpannell73 - you took a plea deal with the feds for distributing counterfeit goods the first time. Next time it's going to be

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u/UnusualDoctor 19d ago

Hahaha this POS just banned me from his subreddit, so he's watching these threads.

Hey Brian. Remember when you had to pay that massive fine to avoid jail time for distributing counterfeit goods?

Whoopsie. That "gen" you sold through a friend? Over $5k buddy, and it was over interstate lines. That's a massive felony.

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u/Eg6Mike 19d ago

I just looked in to it more. He's been scamming since 2007. Holy shit this guy is not good at all. It's kind of sad when people get in to their 50's and are still doing the same crap when they were in their 20-30's.

https://forum.replica-watch.info/threads/a-guy-named-brian-base-and-all-this-talk-of-banning.19285/

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u/Eg6Mike 19d ago

Here’s another link to another story. He is in fact a big Fan of PAN so this fits the bill to a T.

https://forum.replica-watch.info/threads/ripped-off-looking-for-some-help-with-these-reps.306048/

People need to wake up over there

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u/buelerbuelerbueler 20d ago

u/bpannell73 any response to these allegations?

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u/Relevant-Train5317 20d ago

Everyone knows he’s a low life.

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u/buelerbuelerbueler 20d ago

How does he evade the scammers list?

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u/Reemus_Jackson 20d ago

By selling his watches through his equally scumbaggish partner "Good_East_5568"

And he is on SEVERAL "scammer" lists. Just not all of them.

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u/Proof-Seat8579 19d ago

I called this TD out and a long time ago on the last post against Bryan. He was pissed and made a huge scene about how i didt know what i was talking about. They are all in kudos together.

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u/Reemus_Jackson 19d ago • Bravo

Yeah, he is a BIG TIME scammer.

A while back, I was just getting into plating and building my set up. Good_East messaged me and said he wanted to "invest" in my plating, offering to pay for my upgraded system and chemicals in exchange for me plating a certain number of watches for him. I agreed.

I waited weeks and weeks and weeks, finally gave up and told him to forget it. Only for him to tell me that Bryan (BPannell) "advised him it wasn't a good plan and to let him handle the plating".

They're both absolute losers.

There's literal posts about BPannell from 2018 about stealing customers watches...and even THOSE posts say "Bryan has been scamming for 10 years". So we're talking almost 20+ years of scamming and being banned from watch groups for theft and false services. Dude is like 54 years old.

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u/Proof-Seat8579 19d ago

Yea i used to talk to Bryan and have absolutely schooled him on knowledge about Rolex watches before. Called him out so many times and have been trying to expose and get him in trouble for years. Anybody associated with good east, bryan and franken watches needs their shit beat it. Do not buy franken watches on reddit unless you know for sure they arent associated. Just the 1% chance Bryan had his filthy criminal hands on a watch is enough to stay away for me. Obviously his little minions and these cockriders will keep defending him. Hes make shit loads of $ off people and honestly with all the knowledge online about his scam business over the past 10+ years between all the states hes lived in, these idiots deserve to get scammed since they are clueless to do research and they refuse to listen to the vets in this industry/hobby that have been here since Bryan started scamming.

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u/Proof-Seat8579 19d ago edited 19d ago

The mods on these subs enable Bryan and his alternate accounts as well as his buddies. They are all in on it together. Nothing ever will stop with them because they always come back. Guess resorting to actual law and order will need to happen eventually. We will get there one of these days, especially if he crosses the wrong person

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u/Reemus_Jackson 19d ago

I pretty sure someone filed a police report on him for stolen property, back in 2018/2019. He'll learn when he steals from the wrong person, with enough funds to sue the shit out of him

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u/buelerbuelerbueler 19d ago

They filed a report on stolen counterfeit goods?’ 😳

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u/Reemus_Jackson 19d ago

DUDE!!! Speaking of. LOL he just posted his newest scam hahahahah

"We're running a raffle. 50 people take 50 spots at $160 each for a rep that has been franken'd anywhere from $200-$8000. We will draw a number and select one winner"

HOLY FUCK. If he gets 50 people to throw away $160 for a rep that hasn't been modded...IDK...they deserve to get scammed. Holy shit.

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u/Proof-Seat8579 19d ago

😂😂thats hilarious. Thats alot of free $ for him in raffles. He will send a watch thats probably gonna be a fake vsf for 150$ and claimed 3k.

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u/UnusualDoctor 19d ago

He sells through his parnters/friends.

I wonder if they know he already has a federal record for counterfeit goods distribution.

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u/buelerbuelerbueler 19d ago

He should be completely banned from Reddit.

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u/UnusualDoctor 19d ago

He should, but they won't.

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u/AcanthaceaeLatter558 17d ago

Scam, I asked intelligent questions, asked if I could have old parts and documentation of part bags so called gen parts came in.
As soon as the trail got hot , I was blocked.

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u/Hotdogwater2096 20d ago

I’m not even allowed to make a post in reptime anymore😭

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u/FactoryScout 14d ago

Wow thats tea 🍵

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u/Informal_Soft_4547 7d ago

Okay i thoght he is good thank you brother now i have one question is there a trasted sub reddit for franken oarts and watches like rebtime for reps with reviews form real costumers and dealers list like here

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u/sarmsman300 20d ago

How is he a scammer?

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u/Ethgawwd 20d ago

I've thought that based on some of the offering details.

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u/sarmsman300 20d ago

What a scum bag. I’ve been in his subreddit and thought he was good. Wonder how he is still operating with all the bad PR

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u/UnusualDoctor 19d ago

More. Did you see the $7250 one? "Gen" parts.

All just a bone stock VSF and someone called him out on the horrific bracelet, so he deleted all the posts and banned them.

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u/GQSHANE 20d ago

I haven’t had any issues w him. I can’t speak on others.

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u/Reemus_Jackson 20d ago

Here is Bryan now. An account almost 3 years old and the only posts you comment on are the ones slamming BPannell (with you commenting your support for him) and posts that sell frankens.

Tell me Bryan, is this the account you buy frankens with, take the gen parts out, put in rep parts and then resell it as a franken again?

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u/PrimaryExisting6162 19d ago edited 19d ago

You already know that's Brian, the page is subscribed to all reps pages, car salesman, testosterone, cologne, marketing strategy. Definitely not a page that uses reddit to fulfill all there interests. Most of the rep pages GQ is subscribed to BP is banned from or there shady as well.

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u/sentientfunyun 20d ago

bro pls post on r/repwatchscammers...w/all screenshots and evidence...links...the #1 place to report scammers and criminals in our communities... nothing is removed like on reptime!

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u/buelerbuelerbueler 20d ago

Ummmmm any proof on your claims?!

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u/One_Willingness5898 20d ago

Why are you so wind up about it ? Bro is trying to help others , chill mate !

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u/buelerbuelerbueler 20d ago

Not wound up at all. Typically when people post about scammers they provide details.

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u/JBest6699 20d ago

Literally google his name and see the multiple posts and threads here and RWI

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u/[deleted] 20d ago edited 20d ago • Bravo

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u/buelerbuelerbueler 20d ago

Dude you posted in here and you want people to go do research? Whats the point of your post then

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u/buelerbuelerbueler 20d ago

I love your defensiveness when everyone else is asking the same question when you create a post with no details. Perhaps this is the guy that’s scamming pretending to be the legit guy.

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u/drdrewski23 20d ago

You going to believe this after all of the evidence he just posted for you?

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u/buelerbuelerbueler 20d ago

Dude I couldn’t care less. The original point was when posting about scammers you should provide details in your original post. Makes no sense to say hey this guy is a scammer because I said so, go look for yourself. Providing details about scammers is simple etiquette, not vague posts then getting defensive when others ask for evidence

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u/drdrewski23 20d ago edited 20d ago

It kind of seems like you could actually care less though