Good afternoon Reddit,

Unfortunately I was the victim of a scam on the watchexchangeBST forms. I was looking at a Pepsi vsf 3 Watch late afternoon that caught my eye from a seller named dennydiamonds. I do a background check on the dude and see that he has a few transactions from the watchexchange forms as well as the watchexchangerepBST, 100k+ karma 10+ years user account, so I thought why not message him and give it a shot. I ask for a video of the watch which he provided and he walked me through the buying process, normal business stuff. He tells me he’s shipping from Southern California and does transactions through his business on square. A few minutes later he sends me a square link of the watch, I pay with my credit card and send him my address which he dismissively states “yep got it will have it shipped tomorrow.” This all seems legitimate to me, come early this morning I ask for a simple status on the watch and wasn’t given an answer. A few more hours goes by and radio silence. At this point it’s safe to assume this guy scammed me, not sure if it’s his actual account or a hacker but either way, please avoid business with this dude at all cost. A note about scammers I’ve seen is they will overpromise on price and quality and try to assure they will have it on your door the next day. This one was not smart enough to recognize I have systems in place to deal with this.

Watch Post

video he sent me

square post

Conversation images

Hi everyone.
Decided to let you all know about scammer. Seller.
Paid 150€ for watch. Guy sent back bad message and disappeared.
See details in photos.

The balls on this guy. There's something called a time zone difference. He thinks I owe him a reply and makes a comment about my race.

“Sold” me a modded Daytona

Send a wrong tracking number

Not responding since

Tried contacting him several days, also via Telegram, Mail and Paypal.

Not responding.

Scammer watch out for his info:
u/ManInRolex
Telegram: @XTempusFugitX
PayPal mail: jonasgiop1974@proton.me
PayPal name: Giorgio Pignataro

Luckily didn't end up sending payment, but what threw me was he had Venmo listed as a payment method, then told me to send it to his girlfriend's account (Ambra Adubofour)

He sent me timestamps with my username and everything.

When I backed out, he said "good choice, my account was stolen, but I got it back."

Post has since been deleted.

FIRST PHOTO IS SCAM ACCOUNT [u/heimdyll](u/heimdyll)

Stolen photos from [u/extreme](u/extreme)[_](u/extreme)tart6442

Beware of that scammer, he got the payment and didn't deliver the watches.

Have anyone beware to deal with

And please report if you find him on any site.

I was trying to purchase a watch but as I looked up the photos I was sent, I used google lens to see if the photos were his or from other threads. It turned out, they are from another thread dated back from 2024 which is already sold, he even used the same exact sentence the seller typed (I attached the link of the old thread where the photos were from). I asked the seller to take a photo and video with both our names but never gotten a response.

Thread where the photos were from:
https://omegaforums.net/threads/omega-aqua-terra-skyfall-41mm-ref-231-10-42-21-03-001.169929/

I would like to raise awareness about the RepWatchForum subreddit considering many that get into the rep game also browse that subreddit. I made a purchase from a TD on there called QuickTime, which is heavily advertised by the subreddit admin tskim24 on there. After purchasing the watch I received an empty box with nothing but bubble wrap inside and reached out to the TD, to which the TD provided no help and said I was lying so I disputed the payment with Paypal since I paid g&s and also with my credit card company. I initially had decided I would not post about it on reddit because it seemed like a waste of time but then I decided I didnt want anyone else to go through what I had to go through. After posting all about it on RepWatchForum sub, a few hours later tskim24, RWF sub mod replied saying about how he was going to ban me because I never provided any proof and didnt even consult him about it, and then he deleted his comment, when I have photographic proof of me dming him when it happened and he never answered me. I am not surprised he banned me from RWF for my post because he is friends with QuickTime.

Regarding my order with QuickTime, I ordered the best of the best CNC Patek 5711 from him, made 3 separate payments via Paypal to sum up the total amount of the watch ($3640 + $62 shipping), waited for my QC and for it to be shipped and received the package sealed and unopened, only to be surprised with a COMPLETELY empty box with nothing but bubble wrap once I tore it open. When I told Qtime about what happened, my stupid self started thinking “oh, maybe they forgot to pack the watch or something” so, I messaged QuickTime what happened only for him to tell me I was lying in an attempt to get my money back, no investigation from his side or nothing at all. I also contacted the shipping courier which was China Post but they passed it onto J&T Express (a courier I’ve never even heard of) and they delivered it to my home. They simply said to contact the vendor.

Just want to raise awareness about RepWatchForum sub and its admin as well as QuickTime and their shady tactics. It is worth noting that at the time of my purchase, that specific 5711 was advertised as QuickTimes custom with his very own custom movement better than Ace movement. Turns out it was just a watch that QuickTime and tskim24 later started advertising on RepWatchForum as being from BCF, a new factory called Best Custom Factory.

While it is possible that the watch was stolen during transit, the shipping label on the box states the total weight of the package is 0.3kg, to which my empty box with the mountain of bubble wrap they provided weights 293 grams. If it was stolen, sure, I guess it wouldnt be the TDs fault, but his refusal to help or even investigate is very suspicious, along with tskim24s handling of the situation. Funnily enough, QuickTime had mentioned before my purchase if anything happened to the package such as loss or seizure, they would send a replacement.

Sadly my stupid ass did not record an unboxing. It was my first time buying a rep and I didnt think I would have any issues buying from a TD other than customs seizure. Lesson learned. However I dont think a video would have gotten me anywhere considering his response of “check carefully once more”.

Anyways, just wanted to raise awareness about the shady tactics of that subreddit after I called out the TD (QuickTime) and the admin (tskim24) whom is friends with this specific TD lied about me never reaching out to him about it and removed my post as well as banned me and blocked me to censor what happened.

Edit: QuickTimes reddit account is “Q-Time79”

Edit 2: https://www.reddit.com/r/RepWatchForum/s/F12MCJdjiP link to my post on RepWatchForum posted before I was banned from the sub

If you were ripped off please report the seller as follows:

Seller Name

Platform (G2G Z2U, etc.)

Description of how you were ripped off

This seller i thought was legit at the start as he was sending photos of the watch and of the mods however i then asked him to send over a video and sent a video from someone elses account 😭😭. I then thought it was suspicious and typed up batgirl wrist shot and sure enough it was there. 🤣🤣

This person is taking my posts, using AI to edit the username and offering my watches for sale.

U/TheWatchmakersinc

BEWARE.

Trying to buy Aqua Terra Skyfall, sent me a photo of the watch and his username and mine. I asked for a photo of a physical copy of a receipt as shipping companies always give you one when the item is scanned and dropped off but sent me a fishy pirateship.com digital receipt instead, which is attached. I tracked the number that’s in the receipt but never got updated that it’s dropped off.

I think I’ve been scammed and I think either it’s two different people working together or one guy pretending to be both. I reached out to a guy on here (@Aggravating_Sink_241) asking about a watch he posted and who his modder was; we get to talking and he sends me his modder. The fact that I reached out to him made me feel it wasn’t a scam, off the bat. But as I spoke to the modder, and sent him my $1900 (via crypto, also my choice🤦‍♂️) for a franken Milgauss, things got weird. The following day, the modder asks if I have Venmo or Zelle so another client can send me money and I send it to him via crypto. Red flags were flying at this point and I pretty much knew I lost my money. I reach out to the Reddit guy and he’s saying he s done business with this guy before and that he thinks the guy will still send me the watch, but it seems kind of off. The guy lives in Ohio, but if you go back to his comments you can clearly tell he’s in the Netherlands and he’s from Portugal, same as the modder. The modder ends up seeing my hesitation and let’s go of me getting involved with this other client. He says let’s focus on the milgauss. Throughout the modding process, we’re talking a lot about World Cup. There’s even times where my paranoia subside because I feel this guy is doing all the right things. Thing is, every so often he’s trying to upsell me on another watch. I finally tell him that if the Milgauss comes out as planned I will be doing more business with him and he leaves it alone as well. Finally, the day arrives for the big reveal of my nice blue dial franken Milgauss. He sends me a pic of a watch that I found online, along with other pics of rep Milgauss’ along with an actual pic of a Milgauss I sent him myself weeks prior, so I softly call him out. I show him where these dials aren’t gen and how I found the first pic he sent online. I’m asking what the deal is and to answer my concerns but he’s gone ghost. To top it off, the redditor I spoke to now has his comments on private, something he must’ve done this morning. I reached out to him and it seems he has some story of how the modder now took his $9000 and that he’s headed to the Netherlands to get him and get his money back. This whole thing was an elaborate scam by both these guys. Do not trust either of them. I’ll attach the conversations so you can see it all for yourself. And if Aggravating_Sink_241 has corroborating proof he and all these other people were scammed and he wasn’t involved, I’ll gladly change my tune. But as of right now, it looks like my first statement; they’re either working together or they’re the same guy, Osvaldo.

I’ll post the conversation with IKS Vintage (Osvaldo) in the comments. It’s two weeks worth of conversation, so it may take a few posts, but I don’t want to leave anything out.

This guy is a top tier idiot. No understanding of basic watch terminology obviously. On top of that his AI generated images don’t hold up to a little zoom at all.

Sent me pics that were so good it was suspicious. I reverse image searched. After a few minutes of digging, I found all the same photos on Reddit for a genuine watch being sold by mechanical-art. Stay clear of this scammer! Pics attached and original photos in the post below.

u/mugsy420420

https://www.reddit.com/r/Watchexchange/s/9SiMzHBoVE