[New Prod] MK nautilus 5177

[Nivka]

The big picture is that the factories are businesses trying to make money and they don’t give two hot shits about trying to appease obsessive hobbyists like ourselves

 

[Repwatcher01]

The big picture is that the factories are businesses trying to make money and they don’t give two hot shits about trying to appease obsessive hobbyists like ourselves

Appeasing obsessive hobbyists like us IS their business.

 

[stanevo6]

Appeasing obsessive hobbyists like us IS their business.

don't think so. We are a very small percentage of their business. I agree with Nivka. Cheers

 

[dadog13]

I don’t have time to go through the whole thread..
here is a photo of the tickness of the rep..

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2014 kia soul 0 60

 

[dadog13]

Here is the video (sorry I do not know how to embed it to have the video playing in this thread)

https://vimeo.com/291773255

 

[gilrob]

I don’t have time to go through the whole thread..
here is a photo of the tickness of the rep..

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2014 kia soul 0 60

9.1mm, that's pretty good, but I'm sure some would say it is still too thick.

 

[Chemicalz]

Can you post some datewheel close ups? Need to see the double digits 10 to 19

 

[gilrob]

Can you post some datewheel close ups? Need to see the double digits 10 to 19

I mentioned on another thread jokingly, that we should only wear the watch from the 10th to the 19th of each month. Those dates appears to be at their best because it fills the date calendar window similar to the the gen, but that can only be verified by pictures that you have requested.

Also, we need to know if the date wheel project product(s) will be compatible for the MKF V5.

 

[Rep_Fan]

yt

The big picture here is that the rep factory is charging an exceedingly high price for a pub par product with a dirt cheap miyota movement inside.The MKF even replaced all their 2892-based mark 17 with miyota movements to further curtail the costs, which turned out to be a joke as the miyota-based IWCs are nowhere like gen.

You may think that the big picture is that the rep factories are making progress, but in reality only a few of them really do. Some of them are going backwards due to a variety of different reasons.

LMAO...What do you expect/want for a rep at a fraction of the price?

Go look at and try buying a bona fide Patek if you really wanna see "an exceedingly high price" product.

 

[Chemicalz]

I think after trusty's video
http://www.trustytime.biz/index.php...=19078&zenid=36e301e13915684fd4c75f923746f6a5
And the comparison of the other thread we can safely say that the mk is better than the pf, both pricewise and qualitywise, the overall alignement of the dial is better, the numerals on the dial from 1 to 19, 30 and 31 are stretched well enough.

 

[ScuderiaPT]

Anyone knows the bracelet feel ? I have old mkf v4 and the bracelet was bad :S

 

[BlackJaguar]

Anyone knows the bracelet feel ? I have old mkf v4 and the bracelet was bad :S

I'd like to know, as well. The MKF V4 bracelet was horrible, and has a clasp that was hard to unlock. According to InTime, it appears that the strap and clasp were substantially improved.

 

[gmtring]

????

 

[555yedped]

Would the white 5711 mk v5 be the best out of the box rep or a super rep?. After reading the best nautilus rep guide by Godfather, his white nautilus project which consisted of bp v1 case (non decorated movement) with mkf dial and had a thickness of 9.1mm. The new mk v5 has a good date wheel, decorated movement and I'm pretty sure the dial quality is better.

 

[Repwatcher01]

Would the white 5711 mk v5 be the best out of the box rep or a super rep?. After reading the best nautilus rep guide by Godfather, his white nautilus project which consisted of bp v1 case (non decorated movement) with mkf dial and had a thickness of 9.1mm. The new mk v5 has a good date wheel, decorated movement and I'm pretty sure the dial quality is better.

I think we all expect it will prove to be the best Nautilus rep, but I don't think anyone is ready to call it a super rep without considerably more investigation. Personally, I doubt it. But time will tell.

 

[SmartyPants]

I'd like to know, as well. The MKF V4 bracelet was horrible, and has a clasp that was hard to unlock. According to InTime, it appears that the strap and clasp were substantially improved.

Yes, the bracelet was absolute garbage. Not only did it feel crappy but you had to perform the shave mod but even then the lugs wouldn’t hug your wrist. That was a huge issue with this watch which made it unwearable for me.

 

[johnlia]

I would rather get the mk just for the dial.. the indices are soo aligned with the dots...

 

[555yedped]

I think we all expect it will prove to be the best Nautilus rep, but I don't think anyone is ready to call it a super rep without considerably more investigation. Personally, I doubt it. But time will tell.

the lume on the white version looks too green imo so maybe if we do dial swap and hand swap it could work. any ideas on good white 5711 dial?

 

[gilrob]

the lume on the white version looks too green imo so maybe if we do dial swap and hand swap it could work. any ideas on good white 5711 dial?

The dials on the MKF are considered the best, most people just send their watches out to get relumed.

 

[reppin]

I think after trusty's video
http://www.trustytime.biz/index.php...=19078&zenid=36e301e13915684fd4c75f923746f6a5
And the comparison of the other thread we can safely say that the mk is better than the pf, both pricewise and qualitywise, the overall alignement of the dial is better, the numerals on the dial from 1 to 19, 30 and 31 are stretched well enough.

not gonna lie, that video makes this MK the leader imo. markers and the date wheel is better than PF!