Checking in from Taiwan

I actually found this forum by accident, when I was searching about if a certain rep dealer can be trusted. Long story short, this forum introduced me to the greater world of high quality reps!

Why I Wanted A Rep

I like watches. In my younger days, I have a small collection of G-shock, Seiko quartz chronometers, even a few "fashion" watches such as DKNY and Diesel. Now I am in my mid 30's, with a steady income, most of these watches looked a little too "fancy" for me. I would like a more "status symbol" watch that I can celebrate my slight personal achievement with, and one that I can be comfortable with in most occasions.

For a while my choice narrowed down to "something Omega" (funny enough Rolex was never high on my list. That changed since then). However I believe you will never know if something suits you until can hold onto it for a considerable amount of time. People laughed at me when I bought a mock-up of a ****** Note, but I think it is important to know if I can comfortably spend a whole day with something that big in my pants pockets.

My first rep is an Omega SMPc (and a good one too). This was to be my only rep, but after waddling for a while in the muddy pit that is "who has the best sub?", and seeing that BP ceramic Sub is not terribly expensive, I bought it for the sake of sheer curiosity (being raised by the TV, I was conditioned into thinking that Rolex is worn by manly men that overcome the highest mountains, conquer the deepest oceans, and survive in deserts and arctic by sheer manly will. I have to see what a watch with that reputation would look like being held within my substantially less manly paws).

In the beginning I was expecting something of a mock-up that I can try coordinating my clothing with, like that phone-shaped lump of plastic I used to carry in my pants. However these two reps taught me a lot more than I expected. I can read catalog photos and sales pitch and specs a thousand times, but I would never have known certain nuances such as how frustratingly nonadjustable an Omega bracelet is; how two sided AR coating on a crystal will become scratched sooner or later, how the cyclops on the sub is actually glued on (I always thought it was molded along the crystal by magic)... Hell, I don't even know there are bracelet links other than split pin.

With a third rep on the way, my road to that one gen I can celebrate my life with seems to lead to far more choices, and much more convoluted. It will lead to a gen eventually though, since there is one thing my reps cannot do unlike my Seiko Sea Urchin - a certainty that it will survive a bath in my ultrasonic cleaner (that and I can send a strongly-worded letter to Seiko if it doesn't).

That being said, why am I starting to think that slightly misaligned "20" on my sub's bezel insert is bugging the hell out of me? And more importantly, why am I looking for modding tips and hunting for bezel inserts?

Good read. Story went like this for many of us!

Certainly an excellent first post. Welcome to RepGeek, by the way!

welcome and read a lot, ton's of great info who have been in your shoes.

Enjoy your time here and welcome!

Whereabouts in Taiwan?

I'm in Taipei
Where are you located?

I'm in Vancouver but I'm familiar with Taipei Sungshan station

originally from taipei as well.

Hello from the Netherlands

Welcome, enjoy your stay!

Loved the introduction, welcome!

Drink lots of kalavan

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Hello from Tainan

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Hello from Dallas!