The most durable reps, independently tested by a crazy woman
This is a semi joke post lol.
So I had built up a sizable collection of reps over last year. Royal Oak, Nautilus, bunch of Rolex models. I have 6 gen rolexes that I’ve bought over the last 3 years as well.
There was a point last year where I started to sense my girlfriend being a little crazy, so I started storing my gen Rolexes in my safe and only keeping the reps in my watch box (she didn’t know the difference). One day I came home from work to find all the reps having been thrown at the ground and walls bc she was having some fit of thinking I cheated on her while I was at work lol. Very thankful I put the gens in the safe.
But anyway, figured I’d tell you guys what models held up from the independent stress test.
Only 3 watches of 8 survived. Rolex Daytona, AP Royal Oak, and Rolex Hulk Sub. Rolex no date Sub was functional but bracelet broke. Nautilus looked fine but something in the the movement mustve been broken bc it didnt run or even move when I tried changing the time. Rolex Starbucks sub was broken in a similar way. Yacht Master Titanium’s crown rod (? Idk is this the right word) was bent so I only was able to unwind with plyers and once I did it was noticable that the watch was done for. Day date was absolutely destroyed in every way (felt cheap anyway).
So, anyone wondering abt the durability of reps, I’d absolutely recommend a Royal Oak (bought from Trusty from APSF), a Hulk (Clean) and Daytona (Clean). They get the psycho woman seal of approval.