• Tired of adverts on RWI? - Subscribe by clicking HERE and PMing Trailboss for instructions and they will magically go away!

Planet Ocean 600M 'Tai Chi'

bene1337

Active Member
16/1/17
287
577
93
Ordered mine yesterday on Chazingtime. Will Post picture as soon as it arrives. But it will take some time, haven't got any QCs yet. Hope they will send me those tomorrow or day after tomorrow
 

jttou

I'm Pretty Popular
9/11/14
1,780
448
83
Could they be painted on and fade off like some other models eg VSF CrPO 42mm?

Is this still an issue or just for the first badges? It would be pretty shitty if they still haven't fixed that since it's been out for quite some time.
 

Thatwatchguy

Supporter
Supporter
Certified
9/7/17
6,706
3,958
113
Is this still an issue or just for the first badges? It would be pretty shitty if they still haven't fixed that since it's been out for quite some time.

Not sure how widespread the issue is from the threads I've seen it's been limited to that model. Don't think I've seen a v2 released but that doesn't mean it hasn't been updated or could just be a batch issue.
 

VIV54

Renowned Member
13/12/17
688
391
63
so basically the difference is that the gen is made in 2 part different colours ceramic and the rep is one piece painted black?
 
  • Like
Reactions: Bronzestar

Mark556

Looking Around
5/1/19
4
1
0
Love the PO. Especially in two tone black & white. This is on the buy list.
 

thenut

Active Member
Supporter
Certified
28/2/17
421
383
63
Germany
Thanks bro,
some pics from the micro adjustment. Works fine. Quality is good. But no half link in the bracelet.

D80-EB171-34-FD-43-B3-BB13-67224-CDD5-ED9.jpg

5-A46-C848-90-B7-4-F8-A-BF56-04-D893-FF5-DD2.jpg

Is This a 6 Position Adjustment ? Lug width is 21 afaik , is the bracelet tapered to the clasp to 20 mm? It then may fit the 42 PO 8500 ?
 
Last edited:

Cloney

Supporter
13/12/16
2,656
14,762
113
Germany
Is This a 6 Position Adjustment ? Lug width is 21 afaik , is the bracelet tapered to the clasp to 20 mm? It then may fit the 42 PO 8500 ?

No, its a 12 position adjustment.
Lug width is 21mm tapered to 18mm at the clasp.

i wish my other POs would have this micro adjustment
 
  • Like
Reactions: thenut

thenut

Active Member
Supporter
Certified
28/2/17
421
383
63
Germany
No, its a 12 position adjustment.
Lug width is 21mm tapered to 18mm at the clasp.

i wish my other POs would have this micro adjustment

Holy Cow !
18 mm may fit the 2500 bracelet haha
 

VIV54

Renowned Member
13/12/17
688
391
63
Great find!


Can anyone translate about the bezel construction looks like they have gone into plenty of detail.

I speak no chinese, but I think it shows all the process they went through to get a gen like effect, and that in the end they chose a full white ceramic insert and then apply black paint on it.
maybe someone who reads chinese could enlighten us.
 

Bill_C

Active Member
21/10/19
383
189
43
North of Mexico, South of Canada
The page confirms that it is a 100% ceramic dial (both black and white parts) and it shows that he went through five different trials before getting it right.

The first time he tried a black base ceramic with white ceramic overlay but the white was almost transparent and let the black bleed through.
The second time he went with white ceramic with black ceramic overlay but the white ceramic had poor conductivity so he couldn't get the black to transfer uniformaly.
The third time he changed the white ceramic material and tried again with only marginally better results with the black ceramic adhesion.
The fourth time he used the same material with better results but had issues with the numbers and the color tones not matching Omega gen colors.
The fifth and last time he tweaks the white and, from his perspective, he nails it with the right color tones and perfect adhesion.

He then just shows each one side by side. If you look at the last picture, he puts the first try against the final version. He points out the difficulty with getting the numbers at 6 and 18 to look right but he believes it is a perfect match to the Omega gen. He goes on to say that he only has about a 10% rejection rate during QC.
 

sunnydale

Put Some Respect On My Name
29/8/09
3,714
653
113
Makes me want to have one! Excellent craftsmanship from VSF.
 

bene1337

Active Member
16/1/17
287
577
93
Thanks for translating! Makes me even more impatient. Still waiting for QC pics for more than a week now