Thanks J! I'm glad someone remembers that I helped start this project with Angus, it really means a lot to me, thank you buddy! I am super happy with the watch overall, the date wheel and cyclops are a great bonus also, however I have an extra ivory dw and cyclops ready to go should the ones included not be up to our standards yet and you can rest be assured, I will swap them right away! LOL
What are your feelings on the watch J?
I am still waiting on QC, as I had difficulties making payment, like alot of people, but succeeded today.
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With this LE, I think they really produced for us a top quality dial: the color, the chrome surrounds on the Arabic numbers, the lume fills, the crispness of the tap, the DW cut out, the logo print--all looks really, really nice. I think also the new DW looks really good. Properly engraved caseback will be a nice touch to any possible Franken build. Even the tachy looks nice.
neutral
I need to see the watch in real life to judge the cyclops.
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The strap, obviously, but who cares. The hands will need pinion thinning and relume as their glow is unacceptably weak for a C3 based fill. My alternative universe wish: It would have been nice to see JF roll out a new 7750 hour/minute hand combo with thinner, conical pinions (maybe next LE, LOL). I know how horrible tantalum is to machine from personal experience, but that is no excuse for a Chinese CNC factory: they should have given this LE a genuine tantalum bezel. It really is an essential part of the design. Ti, while a nice compromise in looks, is going to scratch very easily.
Still, it is a very, very nice rep... probably people will wear it more than they think... many, many thanks to Angus, JF and TheDonSL....