Old Member, saying goodbye to Rep!

[R_Squared]

You sure? I have A LOT of gens and reps, and must say its hard to get rid of my reps altogether. I mostly use them for experimentation or gen stand-ins or for creating fantasy versions of the gen or as gap fillers in my gen collection to keep things interesting.

Gens are great if you can afford to acquire them but they can get boring in the long term as you would have nothing to improve or work on unlike reps.

[Gw4k]

You sure? I have A LOT of gens and reps, and must say its hard to get rid of my reps altogether. I mostly use them for experimentation or gen stand-ins or for creating fantasy versions of the gen or as gap fillers in my gen collection to keep things interesting.

Gens are great if you can afford to acquire them but they can get boring in the long term as you would have nothing to improve or work on unlike reps.

I did my playing around with the Reps.

But that is the fun of reps, I can always go back to it.

It's just my reps have been sitting in my closet for a long time. Maybe I just need new models?

[civic4982]

I did my playing around with the Reps.

But that is the fun of reps, I can always go back to it.

It's just my reps have been sitting in my closet for a long time. Maybe I just need new models?

In this hobby gen/rep/fantasy watches what I've noticed is that none of it matters. At the end of the day we all share your intrigue in taking things apart as most boys do. I find much less joy in wearing my watches as I do with researching for the best parts for the budget, waiting for it to all come in, and then getting to work!

Once I'm done I wear them maybe a few weeks and BAM! done...

To the for sale section and off to find a new build.

BTW, I live in Houston too. We should have a GTG sometime so I can see all these reps before they go onward to warm loving wrists.

[Gw4k]

In this hobby gen/rep/fantasy watches what I've noticed is that none of it matters. At the end of the day we all share your intrigue in taking things apart as most boys do. I find much less joy in wearing my watches as I do with researching for the best parts for the budget, waiting for it to all come in, and then getting to work!

Once I'm done I wear them maybe a few weeks and BAM! done...

To the for sale section and off to find a new build.

BTW, I live in Houston too. We should have a GTG sometime so I can see all these reps before they go onward to warm loving wrists.

we couldve met at the RODEO!

I am back and forth from Miami and Houston.

I made a thread about a GTG we had here in Miami.

[civic4982]

we couldve met at the RODEO!

I am back and forth from Miami and Houston.

I made a thread about a GTG we had here in Miami.

Awesome!

I've met one other local member who I'm helping get into building his own vintage pieces (I'm on HF more than here)

When you're back in town hit me up. I PM'ed you my cell number and I'm trying to pry at one of your other pieces I've read you discuss about in the past.

[R_Squared]

I did my playing around with the Reps.

But that is the fun of reps, I can always go back to it.

It's just my reps have been sitting in my closet for a long time. Maybe I just need new models?

Sounds like you need to re-indulge in reps especially the newer offerings. I say go slow from now on since you already have a core collection of gens that you fancy a lot. Use the new reps (as I did) as gap fillers in your gen collection or as beaters of your gens or as a fantasy version of your gen. And leave out the standard reps ...

Have you seen some of the newer rep models? Member edgematic mentioned a few upcoming great reps. The new reps these days are so much more accurate, reasonably priced and reliable than they used to be. Now is NOT the time to leave the hobby but to start picking up these interesting new offerings which in the past would have cost you multiples more of what you pay now for an out of the box version and less accuracy.

[civic4982]

Sounds like you need to re-indulge in reps especially the newer offerings. I say go slow from now on since you already have a core collection of gens that you fancy a lot. Use the new reps (as I did) as gap fillers in your gen collection or as beaters of your gens or as a fantasy version of your gen. And leave out the standard reps ...

Have you seen some of the newer rep models? Member edgematic mentioned a few upcoming great reps. The new reps these days are so much more accurate, reasonably priced and reliable than they used to be. Now is NOT the time to leave the hobby but to start picking up these interesting new offerings which in the past would have cost you multiples more of what you pay now for an out of the box version and less accuracy.

Agreed.

From my research models that were as good as the ones we have out of the box costing $200-300 or even $400-500 used to be 2-4 times as much to build with lots of modification required in the past.

All of this in just a span of maybe 1 to 2 years!!!

The rep game truly has changed for the better as of recently.