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2018 new Santos

leo6929

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Sweet. Hope they could post a video of the BVF blue dial. In pics it looks nice :)
 

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Crown guards look off, much bigger gap between top and crown than bottom and crown or is that just me?
 
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The blue in the dial seems wrong, but could be the lightning. Need more photos
 

Theilluminati

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Quick question all before I pull the trigger on the 35mm Santos from GF. Do these come with a box or is it just the watch?


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Crown guards look off, much bigger gap between top and crown than bottom and crown or is that just me?

I went back to the pics and you are right, in the horizontal and also vertical planes the crown seems off. In the Trusty video you can see that the crown sits too low from the cg . And the sides beveling of the case doesn't look good to me either. I have the KOR V1 and those bevels are very neatly done... I like this blue one and was ready to take the plunge but now I'm just having second thoughts.
 
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I went back to the pics and you are right, in the horizontal and also vertical planes the crown seems off. In the Trusty video you can see that the crown sits too low from the cg . And the sides beveling of the case doesn't look good to me either. I have the KOR V1 and those bevels are very neatly done... I like this blue one and was ready to take the plunge but now I'm just having second thoughts.

I’m waiting it out on all dial colours in versions mate until we have some reviews. TD pics can be misleading especially if it’s just a sample watch
 
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The GF 40mm look good, but the blue jewel look looks darker.
I think the KOR is the better replica right now ... what do you think?
 
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The GF 40mm look good, but the blue jewel look looks darker.
I think the KOR is the better replica right now ... what do you think?

I have the KOR V1 and it is gorgeous. Correct dial color (not completely white but a very light silver glow). Also looking at all versions, look out for the dial numerals, in the KOR they are in a quite raised printing, this is super noticeable and makes it very gen like. Saw other makers numerals and they are just dull. You have to check this in the close ups or you will miss it.
 
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dexterj

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I have the KOR V1 and it is gorgeous. Correct dial color (not completely white but a very light silver glow). Also looking at all versions, look out for the dial numerals, in the KOR they are in a quite raised printing, this is super noticeable and makes it very gen like. Saw other makers numerals and they are just dull. You have to check this in the close ups or you will miss it.

very thanks
 
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Willp

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Hi all. I've got my eyes on the GF 40mm on puretime.

I'm new to this and wondering why the GF is cheaper than the KOR plus it comes with a leather strap?
 

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I’m guessing it’s due to some of the flaws identified in the GF version as noted by users above. All reps have there flaws but it appears with this watch the TD has identified less flaws in the Kor version than the Gl. They have priced the watches accordingly.
 
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Willp

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I’m guessing it’s due to some of the flaws identified in the GF version as noted by users above. All reps have there flaws but it appears with this watch the TD has identified less flaws in the Kor version than the Gl. They have priced the watches accordingly.

Thanks for responding so quickly and honestly. I'm new to reps.

​​​​​​I'm so close to pulling the trigger on one after spending time trying a gen on in a jewellers today.