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New Bronze Mark XVIII

horlogeliefhebber

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Vric

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I really like this one. Rep Strap is crap, but watch itself looks and feels great.

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Vric

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It's a Colareb strap. Very nice quality for the price.
 

horlogeliefhebber

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I received mine, very nice quality. The strap is nice too. Only tell is the movement, handwinding was not so smooth... (Maybe you not supposed too?)

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Flaskevin

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Has anyone compared the green dial color to the gen? Rep factories often struggle to get blue and green correct in their watches.
 
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I used ketchup on my v1 XF Black Bay and it worked perfectly fine...the v2 (or 3) with the Alu-Bronze alloy didnt respond as well to ketchup, but DID work with cape cod cloth.

So depending on the alloy, I'd opt for ketchup before cape cod cloth (due to the finish).

So please explain: for what reason you are using ketchup? Clean the bronce? Or produce patina?


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preppyr6

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So please explain: for what reason you are using ketchup? Clean the bronce? Or produce patina?


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Ketchup will remove patina on bronze and allows you to "reset" the bronze (or clean it, however you want to say it). BUT it does not work as well on aluminum-bronze alloy. For that, I personally used cape cod cloth, but you can try other methods as well.
 
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higginsd

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Interesting... I didn't know this. Thanks!


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The Rod

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Ketchup will remove patina on bronze and allows you to "reset" the bronze (or clean it, however you want to say it). BUT it does not work as well on aluminum-bronze alloy. For that, I personally used cape cod cloth, but you can try other methods as well.

I can confirm this as I tried using ketchup on my BBB v4 and I actually obtained a darker patina :D

Managed to clean it up pretty well using baking soda + lemon paste but still not perfect. Doesn't cape cod cloth ruin the brushed finish?