hey guys
i need your advice. i have a sort of twisted situation with my 7 days and i would like to hear how you would solve it.
so, it all started in late 2016 / early 2017 when i was travelling through thailand. the 7 day reps were out and it was revolutionary as everyone was waiting for this rep. i managed to find a TD (toro bravos) to send me the ZF version of the laureus to a hotel i was staying for a few days (of course with me giving green light on QC pics first). i was happy with toros delivery and the watch, but soon realised that ZF did a crappy job at QC. the rotor was not winding. i had to handwind as i had no watchsmith to fix it while traveling. after a while of hand winding, the gears wore out and the hand winding wheel had maybe a third of its teeth left. so it slipped and basically, the movement was screwed and sucked.
i really loved the blue dial though and ZF blue was way closer to gen than YLF, they nailed the color. so i kept wearing it, even though the movement got worse and worse.
and then one day, i hit the case and it also got a big dent in it.
in the meantime i was really getting fond of the iwc beijing film festival version. i deemed it to be one of the greatest dials. i even considered buying the gen (only 50 were made). but despite asking the iwc boutique in beijing (it could only be purchased there) multiple times whether they have stock, they were unable to answer to that question. for those wondering which model i am talking about, this one:
https://www.iwc.com/ch/en/past-colle...ional-fil.html
there was a rep of it, so i ordered it mid 2021. this one:
https://puretimewatch.io/portuguese-...a52010-v3.html
this dial had the flaw that the subdials were grey instead of black, so it was actually a fantasy, in didn’t care though.
however, i received QC pics of a different one, a white dial panda sort of version (a fantasy which IWC maybe should have released - white dial, black subdials) so i declined and told the TD (toros) that this was not what i ordered. he checked and said YLF is out of stock on the silver dial. bummer.
i usually don’t purchase fantasies but i started to like the idea that fantasies are actually fun, especially when people try to call you out and you just tell them it’s a rare version or a prototype dial. so i ordered it and got it and it’s quite nice actually.
the weird panda fantasy never really got any wrist time though.
so my heart is with the laureus.
in the meantime i took the crystal out of the damaged laureus ZF case and sent it to prof for double AR, and it’s on its way back as we speak.
i now decided that i want to go with the ZF laureus dial. it’s just my favourite dial!
so i would consider of frankening the ZF laureus with the YLF. to use the case and the movement of the ylf, and the crystal, hands, dial, caseback of the ZF.
do you think that’s a good idea? does the ZF dial fit into the YLF case wothout problems? will the ZF crystal fit the YLF case? is the YLF case a good case or is ZF better?
movement wise i dont care so much as the laureus has a solid bottom so no one will see it.
best
simomat