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Jf ap 15400 v5

legend

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Where I need to be.
is there any 15400 out there which has the right case thickness? Seems like they improve all these trivial details and ignore the characteristics that make it blatantly fake

Actually, what makes a rep “blatantly fake” is highly subjective.

For the 15400, the hands are a dead giveaway for me, as well as the thickness profile. The miyota movement is of course an instant tell the moment the watch is flipped over.

But other than that, the watch can be rather convincing when worn on the wrist. And yes the dial is becoming better and better and the effort made on improving the watch rather impressive.

If you wear it for what it is without pretense, i.e. a $400+ replica watch, you will enjoy it without needing to mod a single thing.
If you want to wear it like a gen AP, it will never be up to par even if you thin the watch and change the dial to a gen one.

Most of the members here are somewhere in between of course, they enjoy the watch when it’s modded in certain ways and that’s completely understandable. So yes if the thickness is an issue for you, get it thinned by a modder. If it’s noisy, get the rotor bearing assembly silenced. The rep makers will never get the rep perfect and it is up to you to do something to get your watch to the specs which you want.



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iamxd

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Hope they do a better job on the 15500 on first try

Ive had the 15400 v3 and til now not much has changed to be honest and this is already v5 ... JF has a damn monopoly they should need some more competitors
 
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Raziel70707

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JF moded rep with OM dial and other mods all done by Legend.
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iamxd

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Take some better pictures outdoor please :)

Really interested what legend did there, but unfortunately the quality isnt that great of the pics
 

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So this is the newest v5 dial or “v5j”?
It appears that the Swiss Made is printed on the plate.

It it looks like the one hmansson received is an older v5 dial.

is that correct or am I not looking at the correct things to distinguish between the old v5 and updated v5?
 
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So this is the newest v5 dial or “v5j”?
It appears that the Swiss Made is printed on the plate.

It it looks like the one hmansson received is an older v5 dial.

is that correct or am I not looking at the correct things to distinguish between the old v5 and updated v5?

The one i've posted is the swiss made printed on a plate, aka "v5j" (not officially named as it), post the one from hmansson and i'll tell you
 

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Just got it in the mail and opened it 5 min ago. Here it is

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So I've contacted every main TD asking for an updated grey dial and it appears that either the grey dial will never be updated, or is yet to be updated due to lack of orders in that particular colour.

Puretime sent through QC of a grey dial from 'two days ago' and it was the regular dial.

The wait continues...
 
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So I've contacted every main TD asking for an updated grey dial and it appears that either the grey dial will never be updated, or is yet to be updated due to lack of orders in that particular colour.

Puretime sent through QC of a grey dial from 'two days ago' and it was the regular dial.

The wait continues...

If it’s the latter of the two reasons you might just have to order bulk and create the volume order to have it fixed ????

But on a serious note, that sucks...


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HWatch

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Nice looking watch bud

Thanks mate!
Super impressed by the quality. And also, as first time buyer who spent a lot of time browsing and trying to research before first purchase. You get so used to seeing everything magnified that when I got the watch in my hand I couldn’t see any tiny wincy flaws if there so was any :)


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Had my v5 for a few weeks now from puretime it’s not bad but not great either I’ve had gen before and the main issues imo are:

rotor is too loud will 100% need to send to be silenced can hear it spin when shaking your wrist.

Brushed finish is not accurate the gen’s brushed finish is much deeper and thicker if that makes sense (the rep is too subtle you can see the finish in most lights)

the printing on the v5 is also just off it’s not quite as clear as gen and the biggest give away is the “Swiss made”

sometime when setting the time the hands will not align correctly... im not sure if this is an issue with all of the v5’s but it is with mine so another thing needed to get modified.

overall I think the watch is great other than above issues... my advice would be to get the watch and send it strait to a modder wait until it’s made good and enjoy properly after that :)