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ZF Calatrava Officer’s Caseback 5227

majwilliams0308

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ZF continues their Patek trend with the 5227 Calatrava with officer caseback. Looks good and thin to me, enamel dial will be tough to replicate but I’ll buy the ivory dial and try it.

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MonsieurMax

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Looks pretty good, I'm excited to see your review of it!

I just saw on in time size is supposedly 10.5mm
 
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I hope ZF will do a 5205 or 5396. ZF made good date wheels in the Calatravas. They did the functioning moon phase in the JLC ultra thin moon. So potentially they could do a good rep of the 5205 and 5396 with functional moon phase and proper date wheel and fonts of the day/month.
 
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It´s me or the font of the "patek philippe geneve" in the ivy version looks too dark?
 
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It´s me or the font of the "patek philippe geneve" in the ivy version looks too dark?

comes due to the reflection of the font itself as the print sits on a clear layer of lacquer... It is its own shadow that makes him appear thicker...

But if i remember correctly an enamel dial is meant to have a kind of depth of the printing...
 
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Nice! That hour hand is the correct length too! The previous one was a touch too long.

Just waiting for the RG and I’m jumping on this bandwagon!
 

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Really tempting.. how's the movement appearance compare to gen (I know it wont have the same high quality finish)? I just checked the retail price and don't think I can pull this off -____-'
 

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I'm totally sold.. will wait for the RG.. and will pick them up both at the same time..

Btw.. any one can help confirm the lug/buckle size on this beauty? I hope it stays 19/16 to utilize my CF straps I'm using on the BP version.. :D
 
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Just when I thought "I'm happy with my only one patek rep..."

Guess I'm in too !

At least something the GingerBubba won't be able to wear... classless hillbilly boy ! :D
 

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I'm totally sold.. will wait for the RG.. and will pick them up both at the same time..

Btw.. any one can help confirm the lug/buckle size on this beauty? I hope it stays 19/16 to utilize my CF straps I'm using on the BP version.. :D

ZF tends to stick to gen proportions on their lugs and case size. Whatever is gen, will be on the ZF is most likely