Quote Originally Posted by Posh View Post

Wouldn't it be easier (and less expensive) to make a sterile or homage watch? I imagine you could've honed your skills just as well on something like that. But you chose the Breitling brand or Omega to build a watch. Why is that?
To me, it is about learning and making something better. However, I realized that I don't want to ever be called out, so I never wear my PAM 111 anymore. Instead I just bought a Getat Homage. The way I see it, if I can't afford to wear the real thing, then I shouldn't have a replica of the watch. That is why I got the homage. I just like the style of the watch. I do have a rep omega PO and a rep breitling skyland avenger, but those I could probably afford. But I do enjoy trying to fix watches, and because reps break more than homage watches, I spend more time fixing reps than homages. But I would wear either, doesn't really matter to me. But I do think that the high end reps are better than a homage. Even Seiko's had cheap wrapped linked bands and mineral crystals. At least high end reps give you sapphire crystal with AR, solid linked bands and solid end links, with a decent movement. In fact, my Omega PO has a 2824-2 movement in it that is +2 sec a day off. My gen Oris TT1 is +3 off!
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