Alright folks so the Petronas IWC is in. I've only worn it for about 20 minutes so far but initial impressions are it feels good. The leather as you would expect is a bit stiff but it's already breaking in.
The overall quality looks great, not a "VSF 116610" but for the price and a "stock" rep this plays the part very well.
A few other notes:
-Black ceramic is dark black, was worried it was going to be washed out but the black looks accurate
-Quality of CF dial looks excellent
-Hands and marker are well printed and glow very bright (hands are slightly brighter initially but then blend in together)
-Great weight to the watch
-Chrono's are fully functional
-Date snaps pretty close to midnight, alignment is 8/10, I wouldn't say they are perfectly centered but its hard to point out as its such a small window. I suspect a movement overhaul and ETA date disc c-an correct
-Crystal is flawless
-If you look closely as the gen the subdials all have a different texture to them. The subdial at 12 specifically has two levels with different textures - the rep has carried these details over as well
-Crown screws down tight, pushers snap nicely
-A7750 winds similar to my gen Omega chrono, slightly noisier I feel
Biggest flaw to note:
-Sub dials are not as far apart as the gen. These ones are a few mm closer to the center as you would expect. Its a flaw across all the IWC pilot models
-Caseback is missing a small dimple maybe not worth mentioning as it doesn't look wrong
All in all very happy with the purchase. This was is limited to 50 pcs in the world so the likeliness of someone ever putting the rep and gen next to each-other is very unlikely. Looks legit enough for me - I really picked this u for the nostalgia of it being a Petronas Ltd model.
Some quick iPhone 10 photos
Lume shot