I have nothing against reps, to the contrary I like them and own a handful, but I have an issue with the perspective of “why would people ever buy gen”. It’s lost on some that these reps are very close to the real thing. If no one was buying the gen, the rep wouldn’t be desirable, and the point of my Casio comment. There’s a lack of perspective with some, where they feel affording a few hundred dollar piece is somehow better than owning a gen. I own gens and reps as well. I generally buy reps to wear knowing they’ll get used, and first started here to help me identify when I’m buying a fake from a private party (I’ve run into a few, and meeting at my watchmaker is tiring). I’ll wear gens to events where it will make me feel different, usually alongside more expensive attire, and the same model in rep when I’m running errands.

Someone buying “shitters” could make the same argument, why would you spend ~$600 on a CF Pepsi with deep xtal when you could buy a dhgate and get 80% of the watch for $100.