Firstly, I have to say WOW, WOW, WOW!! What a timepiece!! I'm not the worlds expert but I've tried on the original and you really can't tell any different. I'm sure if you looked really hard or compared mechanisms you'd tell. but you'd have to know what your looking at. Certainly for me it's one of the best looking/feeling watches i've got. think i'm on 8 now!
I was dubious about a replica but looked about and found a 42mm with Japanses movement. All I can say is glad I persevered and found this bad boy. 45mm eta is the way to go. The pictures are no lie. you really get what you see. The glass is top quality (not plastic) it's reassuringly heavy as the original is. The sweep hand is a nice smooth ticker, almost seamless and even sounds strong. The Bracelet is impressive in quality. Just can't say enough. Really really impressed. transaction was faultless. Order took just over a week to UK, with waterproffing service carried out. Watch was very securely package with substanial shrink wrap on braclet/case to protect and the was no excise duty to pay. (not guaranteed but Andrew obviously knows what he's doing. As for Andrew, replied promptly to the simplest e mail with reassuring responses. will difinitely re-order again. Five work colleagues are considering buy as they were so impressed and we work in a design office so deatil is key. Thanks very much for this Andrew. You have another faithful customer.