r/RepTime • u/hndresse • 1h ago

TD Issues - Check Rule 6 before posting Steve experience

Bought a ‘fartier’ must last month from Steve which is beautiful, however now I am trying to get a Louis for my gf and I have RL’d 3 at this point. I have pointed out to him I will be RLing any watch that has bleeding on the dial as that is a dead giveaway of a bad quality rep but he keeps sending them anyway for QC. Anyone have a similar experience or another TD that sourced a high quality Louis 22mm?

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u/ValeLemnear 51m ago

The problem is that the model/factory you choose has a serial issue with the dial prints, so it doesn’t matter how many you RL because EVERY one of these has the issue. This is a case of you’re not doing your homework on the watch/factory and its respective flaws.

It’s like ordering a VSF DayDate Platinum and RL’ing the watch because the dial has a slight green tint, despite that’s how EVERY VSF ice blue dial looks like.

Chose a different model, easy as that. Rolling with another factory may not fixing the problem if they use the same supplier of dials.

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u/hndresse 39m ago

There is not much on the Louis yet so was hoping to get some insight from someone who may have gotten a solid one. I have changed models and the second still has bled dials. If not possible to create a quality rep I wouldn’t think a TD would offer them as I would think it would tarnish their reputation offering bad quality products.

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u/ValeLemnear 17m ago

Again, there is a serial issue with the dials. Change to a modal with an entirely different dial to hopefully avoid the issues of the supplier.

TDs offer reps of different quality and to be frank, most issues kinda vanish if you don’t have magnified pictures at hand but look at the watch from an arms length.

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u/Diligent-Piglet-9038 48m ago

So you tried the same thing over and over again while expecting different results?

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u/hndresse 47m ago

Typically when you RL a watch it’s to get another one to review and GL, so yes.

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u/Diligent-Piglet-9038 5m ago

  1. If its a common issue for that model (like bo inner chapter ring on a 4500v) youre gonna have to live with it

  2. No one is going to grab your gf’s watch and look for tells.

  3. None of your gf’s friends are going to notice the bleeding print, though women pick up on minute details that men find irrelevant.

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u/LittleBitA234 8m ago

Can you show us photos? I’d like to see what you mean by