Greetings all,
Have been doing some background reading on the forum for a couple of weeks, and have finally registered and here is the first post.
I arrive (like a few others I recongize
)from a few replica websites; a couple of years ago I was considering getting a Tag aquaracer, but just kept considering it. Then I got a random spam email about replicas, and that got me online looking for reps. Eventually, like some here, I got a replica of the Breitling Chrono Evo. And to be honest, I am pleased I did. It opened me up to the big world of watches, and put me right off getting that Tag. Wearing it while looking at the Aquaracer in a shop window not long after I got it, the Breit just seemed like a more substantial watch. (BTW, this is the 7750, top quality rep, not some $20 canal st type).
Anyway, if you are still reading and not flaming me in a reply
this sparked my interest in watches really. Had I got the Tag, I would have had my genuine watch, and that would have been that. But the time spent on replica forums has got me right into watches now. Shame I don't have the income currently to be buying a new genuine every week. But I did get a few more reps, but now it was on a mission to find the 'right' watch I wanted to spend the money on as a genuine. So for about a year I have bought a handful of reps trying to figure out what to get. Got a couple of panerai, a rolex, a VC, but still no luck in finding the right one. Which has brought me back to the Breitlings. I had been thinking about a planet ocean for a while, but now am unsure - I like the polished bracelet too much to go for one I think. Now seeing the new superocean heritage has got me thinking that may be the one I am after, but still thinking.
Having had the panerai, I like the sandwich dial of the 111, but on the other hand I realize I need a date. Tried an automatic which had a date, but it just didn't say to me 'I am the one'. The VC I decided pretty fast was just too small, and the rolex ended up feeling too small also - and the bracelet just felt too rubbish - my understanding is that is how the real ones are supposed to feel.
Anyway, after all that, here I am, although still thinking about what to get, I am pretty sure it will end up being a Breitling in the end, so have arrived here. My aim is get one for my 30th, which is towards the end of the year, so although I still have time, it is starting to run out a little.
I will likely lurk more that post, but rest assured I will likely visit on a regular occassion.
