Hi,
I'm a long time watch lover but new to this forum. I recently purchased several nice reps, but unfortunately, right before I found out about this board and it's trusted dealers.

The reps I bought are:

1) IWC Portuguese Moonphase (fantasy watch, Lemania replica movement)
2) Hublot Bode Bang (V5, matte stainless finish, I believe this is also a fantasy watch)
3) Hulot ceramic skeleton Tourbillon
4) AP ROO Survivor V2 A7750
5) AP ROO Barichello II V2 A7750

I am still awaiting delivery of the Barichello, but all the others have arrived. I also have a few genuine swiss watches and an homage or two.

The dealer I bought the watches from was nice enough, but unfortunately the Survivor's hour hand is loose (spins around the dial when I shake the watch) and the dealer basically told me to fix it myself. I guess they really don't want my return business.

So at the moment I am enjoying 3 of 5 of the new watches while searching for someone who can fix the hour hand on my Survivor. I understand this to be a relatively simple procedure, but since the watch has to come apart, I've been quoted up to $250 to have the work done by a vendor here, which seems over the top. I'm hoping to find a local shop to do the work, but there are some problems with that as well. First, its a replica watch and I'm not sure they will even want to work on it. Second, its an Audemars Piguet replica and I would imagine most local mom and pop shops who would do the work haven't seen many if any of these things before. So I'm a little stuck here. I suppose I could just take the nuclear option and file a paypal complaint that the item I purchased was DOA and the seller doesn't want to do anything about it. I guess I'd appreciate some advice on this, and better yet if anyone knows a decent repairman in the DC area, or anywhere in the CONUS who can do this for less than the cost of a nice new replica watch, please let me know.

All that said, I've always been a watch geek, and now that I'm here I'm happy to have found a group of people who have the same interests.

Cheers everyone,
Paul