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Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Tourbillon - next rep?

dadog13

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I have been following a chinese dealer which is not a trusted one listed on the forums and he has been announcing for some time now a tourbillon replica of the model 5025-1530-52A

Here is the photo that I have seen, not the best one nor the angle is the best but I suppose that it is a replica. Cannot really understand if it is a real tourbillon or just an open heart movement.
Don't know how good it is compared to the genuine but it looks interesting/promising..

Link to genuine :
http://www.blancpain.com/en/watch/5025-1530-52a

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There should be a rose gold version as well.


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JackJ1980

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Although bezel printing and hands look bad ..... might be angle or prototype still
 

dadog13

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Looks like this is a prototype. Seems like this dealer has the booking open but the price he quoted is crazy 8200rmb!!!
He does not have more photos, no video,..

Anyhow, looks like this is gonna be an interesting one..


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Never mind what I said about the practicality of a tourbillon in a diver watch, if this rep ever comes to fruition, I'll be first in line! [emoji1] Please keep us posted, @dadog13 [emoji106]
 

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ZF factory, Puretime is promoting this on its monthly mailer. Be very interested in a review once someone purchases. Pricey.
 

dadog13

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Looks like there has been an update of this model. Might be that the pictures are of the same one but now they are available from different angles..

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Hyjynx

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Crystal could be better. Wonder who the maker is and whether our TDs can source these?
 

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Is this an accurate rep at all? Looks-wise

There is a genuine one which looks like this one but I didn't bother to compare the pictures rep/gen.

Here is the picture from BP official website with a ref. number.

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Hyjynx

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Seems like the PR indicated is a bit low, 5 and 7 markers are too long too

Yep, you are correct as this side by side collage photo I made shows:
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This is a perfect example of what most of us find perplexing about rep makers. They go to such great length to perfect the complex things but fail, intentionally it seems, in the easy aspects. Take the 5 and 7 o'clock markers for example. They're almost exactly the same as the 11 and 1 o'clock markers, and the rep maker got those right! It's almost as if they deliberately went out of their way to sabotage the 5 and 7 o'clock markers. This could so easily have been a true super rep.


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Not really, using your comparison there's a ton of crap way off.

3, 6, 9 numerals aren't even the same font. PR too low, 300m /1000ft instead of 300 m / 1000 ft, etc. Great fantasy rep, but even the gen looks fake. So.
 

Frin41ng

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One is $800 and the other is $110,000. Someone is getting cucumbered up the arse somewhere.



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JackJ1980

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This could have been a great rep. Flying tourbillon exist that don't have the gears showing underneath. Don't know why they went cheap here. It is simple enough of a design and tourbillon they could have made it a super rep and one i would buy immediately.
 

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One is $800 and the other is £110,000. Someone is getting cucumbered up the arse somewhere.:picard::headdesk::len:
 

dadog13

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Yep, looks like it was an easy job and they screwed it. There are still some nicer tourbillon reps where to spend money. Pity, this could have been an interesting one if done properly..


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