I just saw this last night and was contemplating whether it deserved its own thread. Glad someone did! This is my favourite shade of green so it's been added to my AP wishlist.
legend what makes you recommend the XF FC V3 diver?
I recommended the XF FC diver (v2 or v3) because:
- The FC finishing is close to a gen. It can pass off as a gen variant
- The dial and hands are reasonably well done.
- Dive bezel isn't perfect, and in fact visually close to the other rep FC variants, but passable visually at normal eye-wrist distances. The dive bezel lumes are done a lot more accurately vs the gen FC divers, than the 15703 stainless steel variants.
- Datewheel has been the best among the rep variants so far
- My personal favorite reason: Because it uses the A2836 movement (instant date change like the gen) instead of the A2824 movement.
The cyclop still has to be swapped out, and the crystal for some batches were greenish and needed replacements too. Either V2 or V3 will do. I understand that there were some concerns over the "flexible end links" present in the V3 which were supposedly not present in the gen, but having seen a few gen FC divers, I will say that the gen end links aren't entirely rigid like the V2, but neither were they as movable as the V3 ones. So get whichever you prefer. As the FC material wears around the end links, gaps will form and they may not be even at all for all 4 plots. The FC diver therefore has a rather organic appearance, in terms of case finish, and in terms of even case shapes and ageing.