Many previous Aquanaut reps have top loading dials resting on the case not the movement, and bottom loading movements. With the new ZF we will have gen construction finally.
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New Aquanaut by ZF is comming.
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If they slap the same 9015 movement from PF, would we be able to thin the case back and rotor loco louie style to achieve almost gen like thickness? Or perhaps abandoning the decorated movement? Even shaving 0.5mm is good enough. Anyone explored this option before with mods?
The 'others' (namely PF) are doing a pretty good job of that themselves!
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might be, but give me a good case rep structure and id take that all day every day... this makes the deal for me.
Maybe lost in translation...I meant the other factories are doing a good job of stopping us from buying theirs (by making shit reps with faults galore at high prices)
This looks very promising
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difficult for 8.1mm without the gen movement. gen movement has 3.3mm thickness.
miyota 9015 = 3.9mm. 2824 = 4.6mm. you need additional 1mm for the date overlay.
expect the booty kardashian look
miyota 9015 = 3.9mm. 2824 = 4.6mm. you need additional 1mm for the date overlay.
expect the booty kardashian look
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Maybe they could use an A2892 instead... as it is only 3,6mm in height... maybe they could modify its bridges and plates like PF and MKF do with their 9015 movements for patek, breguet or vacheron (recently released without deco and engraved bridges and mainplates instead...)
would be nice to see a thin movement with correct position of the balance wheel and some nice engravings even if the movement look over all isnt on point...
dont know much about the crown position or the fitment in diameter for models like aquanaut or nautilus but i always liked the idea of an eta based movement for those watches...
i have seen a review of a modded BP V1 with MK dial and a swiss 2892 in it and i really liked it, because of the thinness and the reliability of it...
would be nice to see a thin movement with correct position of the balance wheel and some nice engravings even if the movement look over all isnt on point...
dont know much about the crown position or the fitment in diameter for models like aquanaut or nautilus but i always liked the idea of an eta based movement for those watches...
i have seen a review of a modded BP V1 with MK dial and a swiss 2892 in it and i really liked it, because of the thinness and the reliability of it...
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The PF case for the nautilus is as good as you will get... dial needs some alignment but that's it...
PS: this is also ZF showing cases, i still dont know here is the watch https://www.intime03.co/content/114-...-zf-gen-vs-rep
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yeah, but if you have fallowed, ZF first showed the movement for the nautilus, now shows case for the aquanaut... probably next time we will see hands for the 5712 and dial for someother model. by the end of a 10 year timeline we will be able to buy all this part and make a watch out of it
yeah, but if you have fallowed, ZF first showed the movement for the nautilus, now shows case for the aquanaut... probably next time we will see hands for the 5712 and dial for someother model. by the end of a 10 year timeline we will be able to buy all this part and make a watch out of it
Ryan said the stock will be available in Julu so let’s see what they will come up with.
Its like rumor with noob Daytona and clone movement.. well after all that rumor and talk they eventually released it.
Hoping for a rose gold case too. I've never owned a gold watch, and this is casual enough for me to wear methinks.
Looking at the case I think that we don't should expect the mysterious and elusive thin clone movement in this case, it's looks to be made for a thicker movement rather than one with gen thinnes.
Why do I think this?
As Ryan wrote on his site, gen straps mounts ok on it, and if you look at the mounting holes for the aquanaut strap in the case, you can clearly see that it's more material below the holes in the rep case than the gen case, so on the base of that the rep case is made thicker than the gen one.
But, I might be wrong, it's all based on what Ryan wrote on his page with gen strap fitment.
Why do I think this?
As Ryan wrote on his site, gen straps mounts ok on it, and if you look at the mounting holes for the aquanaut strap in the case, you can clearly see that it's more material below the holes in the rep case than the gen case, so on the base of that the rep case is made thicker than the gen one.
But, I might be wrong, it's all based on what Ryan wrote on his page with gen strap fitment.
Looking forward to housing my gen Aquanaut dial in a better case, for sure.
yeah, but if you have fallowed, ZF first showed the movement for the nautilus, now shows case for the aquanaut... probably next time we will see hands for the 5712 and dial for someother model. by the end of a 10 year timeline we will be able to buy all this part and make a watch out of it
It was V6F not ZF that provided Angus the pictures of the upcoming Nautilus.
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