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Re: Purists
In Response To: Purists ()

I would buy a couple of perfect copies to put on watches I wear. 11630 GMT, 11063 MH 1163 MH, one or 2 of each

: Thank you for your thoughts. I had not considered people not
: wearing there watches, I wear mine regardless ( no mint ones ).
: It seems there is little interest in the idea. My motivation was
: due to needing one for my GMT, no luck finding one so far.I
: guess as much as I love Heue's I'm not a purist because if I was
: offered a perfect copy GMT bezel I would use it. A cheap nasty
: copy I would not accept. For me its a matter of necessity I
: build vintage motorcycles as a hobby and when I cant get a part
: I will fabricate one. Mostly people can't tell the difference.
: Of course fanatics are not happy with something not original,
: though they are often duped. For me I just want my GMT to have a
: functioning bezel.

: As there has been little response I gather its a pointless
: exercise. I have just ordered one of the Ebay GMT inserts to see
: how well it fits. I am now wondering if I had just made them
: with out saying they where a copy, would you buy one (assuming
: you could not tell the difference ) but I am honest hence my
: post.

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