Figured it was about time to post an introduction...and apologies, as it's likely TLTR.

So, first Rep was at age 19...many, many moons ago. A Tag Heurer (thought I'd be like "Steve")/Tijuana, MEX. (y) Second venture...Rolex Blue SUB/Juarez, MEX. Needless to say...it was damn difficult getting that green color off my wrist. :LOL: Years later, I worked my way through the Casio Frogman/Hamiltons/Oris/Ball...and ended up at Panerai/Rolex/Omega/BP/IWC, etc...all GEN. Bought, sold, traded for several years over at Time Connection, and some at the Rolex forum. Had a lot of fun, went through a bunch of watches, and met some interesting people...but that damn "time" interferes, and I had to grow up...traded the watches for a mortgage, wife, and kid...and found them to be a more expensive "hobby". 🤣

Anywhooo..."time" moves forward...paid off a couple mortgages; a College education, including grad school, for the kid, and moved into other hobbies. Cigars, knives, Bourbon, Mountain Bikes, to include the recent Electric Models (what a game changer for an old fart). Still have a few GEN's...Rolex Hulk/Explorer II 16570...and a PAM 001/hand-wind...with a **** ton of straps; and a few others watches in the drawer.

Started looking around at adding another GEN piece...but just couldn't justify the price today vs yesteryear(s)...(how I wish I had held on to those Daytona's &#128549. Had several dealers offer me three times what I paid for my Hulk, and twice for the Explorer...so was thinking of going that route, maybe trading up or sideways. But wait, why not go back to my REP roots 🤔...but maybe, try somewhere other than Mexico this time...ahh the bliss of youth. 🤣

So, hello all...Not sure what I have to contribute...maybe a decent sense of humor, plenty of experience in a bunch of different hobby formats...and a load of humility, from all the mistakes along the way. 🤑

Thanks for offering such a great community of education and interaction...and allowing me to be a small part of it. Though like Groucho, I'm generally not interested in any place that would have me as a member. 🤫 🤗

See you around the forums...
-T 🍻