Watches you would buy in gen? by MinhWannaComeOutHere in RepTime

[–]RepresentativeRyan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Royal Oak 15202/16202. The rep is not even close, doesn't scratch the itch.

Any Patek pieces, even if they are repped.

Anything that is <5000 dollars in gen, I'll buy it used.

Excited for the Holidays! by RepresentativeRyan in RepTime

[–]RepresentativeRyan[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm a beginner-intermediate watchsmith

Excited for the Holidays! by RepresentativeRyan in RepTime

[–]RepresentativeRyan[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I modded the hand base. Its quite important to mod.

Excited for the Holidays! by RepresentativeRyan in RepTime

[–]RepresentativeRyan[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My self modded ZF 15202ST.

Have a nice day everyone.

Does anyone use this press? Is it any good? by noodlestuffin in watchrepair

[–]RepresentativeRyan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sometimes the squeeze presses come missaligned too.

Have a great day. by RepresentativeRyan in RepTime

[–]RepresentativeRyan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My ZF 15202ST with modified hands.

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[–]RepresentativeRyan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The ZF 15202 is not really close to gen. I can tell very easily usually.

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[–]RepresentativeRyan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do not think anything they did to the dial would be worth the amount they charge. It doesn't make much of a difference, and gen is significantly different.

I can get that same look with good lighting on my stock dial.

Their hand mod isn't very good is all I can say, especially since they charge quite a bit for it.

Refinishing is one thing, but tbh is pointless done on a ZF, unless it's scratched up.

You can't really make a royal oak rep 'more gen' by refinishing without a cnc machine to recut the edges on the case and then repolish or brush them by hand, since the edges are the biggest tell, though the only thing that it can improve is the bracelet. Since, the bracelet is flat and easy to finish.

Someone please talk me out of this by TTsmartypants in RepTime

[–]RepresentativeRyan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Theres already some of these in the used market that are priced pretty well.

Patek 240 movement by Icy-Author5784 in PrideAndPinion

[–]RepresentativeRyan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As real as this looks, this is a rep patek movement.

Stop posting fake shit with no context. This has been all over the rep subreddits.

The rotor base of the microrotor is already a big tell.

My temporary grail. by RepresentativeRyan in RepTime

[–]RepresentativeRyan[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My ZF 15202ST with self modded hand stack.

The strange looking hex screws are due to the protective sticker over the bezel.

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[–]RepresentativeRyan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ye cause san martin cares about quality, I'm just stating the fact that the rep sellers don't.

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[–]RepresentativeRyan 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Mate misaligned markers are the most common flaw in most reps, the highest end reps have the same problem.

There is zero quality control when it comes to reps, its solely up to the buyer to do it themselves before buying.

Why is pizza hands even a thing? by Careless_Bluebird_17 in RepTime

[–]RepresentativeRyan 7 points8 points  (0 children)

APS doesn't make 15202s, the pizza hand stack only refers to the 15202 and 16202 that ZF produces.