What gens would you buy under $10K?

[markmarky 0]

What gens would you buy under $10K? To start with, it needs to be a watch which can't be repped well. Buying a gen watch as basic as 214270 and then you see its Super rep out there, it kills the joy of owning the gen version. Similarly, many of Tudor watches have Super reps. Omega has some Super reps. In current scenario where reps are getting very good, what gen watch would you select under $10K USD??

 

My personal choice of owning a gen for which rep is not worth it is... Hesalite version Omega Moonwatch.

 

Edited December 29, 2017 by markmarky

[tommy_boy 0]

Damasko In-house.  DK14/DK15.  Sexy as hell.

 

[drifterr 0]

Omega LMPO for me.

It's a beauty

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[sonofapreacherman 0]

God, my grail would be a Rolex Submariner 6538. Something really old and a little beaten up. 

[GenTLe 1,510]

The speedy and one of these that COULD be repped, but isn't repped:

[stüssi 0]

22 minutes ago, sonofapreacherman said:

God, my grail would be a Rolex Submariner 6538. Something really old and a little beaten up. 

Beautiful but no way this one is available below 10k...

[henrychinaski 2]

Damasko In-house.  DK14/DK15.  Sexy as hell.
 

Please, no offence. But this is far, far from sexy in my opinion.


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Damasko In-house.  DK14/DK15.  Sexy as hell.
 

Please, no offence. But this is far, far from sexy in my opinion.


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[deju 1,889]

The Speedmaster is a solid choice, under your remit then really no Rolex hasn’t been replicated to a decent standard... oysterquartz is a possibility. 

Again franck Muller... repped well 

All Panerai 

I think that sub $10k there is little in terms of in house complications with intricate designed housings. 

I’d look towards Zenith and the defy el primero 21

[RUSH2112 11]

The most expensive gen watch I own is my seiko Astron  so I guess that’s the answer.  I just don’t like spending too much money on luxury items I guess.

[Khronos 1,339]

I'd go for the new Tudor Black Bay chronograph on that lovely nubuck leather strap. I think it houses the Breitling B01 movement and it looks the balls too.

https://monochrome-watches.com/tudor-heritage-black-bay-chrono-m79350-review-opinion-price/

[Khronos 1,339]

For this kinda money yoi can buy the Tudor AND the Spring drive Grand Seiko Snowflake

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/grand-seiko-spring-drive-snowflake-review

Just look at the dial, geez...it's handmade!!!!!

[Mn80 0]

Could be super repped but nobody does it. Oris 65 in the grey and light blue colour way. Keep nearly going to get one on finance.

[markmarky 0]

6 hours ago, GenTLe said:

The speedy and one of these that COULD be repped, but isn't repped:

I think they did Speedy rep but nothing which is a Super rep. They say it doesn't come out good coz of the movement and nothing to replicate Lemania movement in rep world. 

[Khronos 1,339]

@markmarky You kinda misunderstood his post. He advised you to buy a Speedy OR a Bremont ( see picture ), that could be repped, but isn't.

[deju 1,889]

Should just do as ARF Daytona and have faux sub dials...

I mean FFS I've never used the speedy chrono anyways

[13oots2 3]

I've always like the look of the Kobold Phantom Black Ops Chronograph, must be the Jack Bauer in me. http://koboldwatch.com/en/timepieces/phantom-blackops

 

 

Edited December 29, 2017 by 13oots2

[GenTLe 1,510]

3 hours ago, markmarky said:

I think they did Speedy rep but nothing which is a Super rep. They say it doesn't come out good coz of the movement and nothing to replicate Lemania movement in rep world. 

I know mate, I've one

[markmarky 0]

7 hours ago, Khronos said:

@markmarky You kinda misunderstood his post. He advised you to buy a Speedy OR a Bremont ( see picture ), that could be repped, but isn't.

Thanks for clarifying. 

4 hours ago, GenTLe said:

I know mate, I've one

Good choice!! 

[markmarky 0]

12 hours ago, deju said:

The Speedmaster is a solid choice, under your remit then really no Rolex hasn’t been replicated to a decent standard... oysterquartz is a possibility. 

I’d look towards Zenith and the defy el primero 21

Some of the basic Rolex like Explorer, Airking or OP39mm are repped pretty well and can pass off as gen to 99.5% of the folks out there. 

 

I like your suggestion of Zenith, good choice!! 

[RepGuy 108]

23 hours ago, markmarky said:

What gens would you buy under $10K? To start with, it needs to be a watch which can't be repped well.

I thought the same thing recently, and opted for the 2017 model of the Oris Aquis date. The watch itself wouldn't be hard to rep, but nobody has done so. I believe that even if they did rep this model, it would still be a ways off from the gen in terms of build quality.

Excuse the poor lighting, the sun was down by the time I got the package back home.

 

[tommy_boy 0]

16 hours ago, henrychinaski said:

 

 

Please, no offence. But this is far, far from sexy in my opinion.

 

I'm not offended. This hobby is very personal after all.  I'd be more impressed with your post if you'd have provided an example of a watch that you characterize as sexy.

[cvp3 2,103]

Only watches with a $50K+ MSRP.

[Luxuracer 14]

I bought my first Omega in 1990 and my first Rolex in 2002. Never owned a reps up until now. Two months ago, I was in the market for my next watch. While researched and tried to decide which Omega to buy, I accidentally ran into RWI. The rest is history. I am having so much fun spending would-be-gen money buying reps.

The watches that I was deciding were the Planet Ocean or this;

But you won't catch me buying any luxury gen watch for a long long time.

[MartinP 61]

Tousand people can make tousand decisions.

For me Zenith El Primero 42mm

[JimboJames1972 0]

$10K is a pretty substantial amount, not the sorts of sums I am regularly coming across...

So, assuming I was still in my current job/income/house etc and just got a $10K (£8K) windfall to spend exclusively on watches? I’d still look for ore-owned to get full bang for buck value.  A couple of local jewellers have a pre-owned sections in their stock; this afternoon I spotted a Rolex GMT2 for £4K, an Ariking for £2.5K and a Speedmaster for £1.5K. Those three would exhaust the funds almost exactly, but I’m sure that if I bought all three at the same time I could get a bit of discount/free service etc thrown in ;-)

Those would be a good start, and pretty much sort me for most occasions.

J