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Calatrava Engraved Black Dial Platinum 5088

David1886

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A leap of faith and I bough it, it looks amazing, Very classy indeed.

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David1886

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The hands are not quite like the original, yet they are readable for this type of watch and well finished

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David1886

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The case is also nicely finished for the price point

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The strap is ok, a little bit better than what ZF usually use. I would replace it even though it is usable. The buckle is nice:

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David1886

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The movement runs precise and silent, I'm impressed for the price point.

The rotor weight is fully gold plated, unlike earlier models where only the top engraved plate was. FLF improved this detail.

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Nice cote de geneve, quality engravings. The bad thing here is that they are spelled in a funny way:

Adjuste-O instead of ADJUSTED

ISOCHRON-ISH instead of ISOCHRONISM

Clearly who engraved this does not know English at all.

As minor fault, the AND FIVE 5 POSITIONS is not spaced correctly
 
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altaylar1

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Woow, looks like a brilliant model.
The more I read about the reps, the more funds I decide to allocate for gens. They are so beautiful that I want the real deal
thanks for the review mate
 
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David1886

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Woow, looks like a brilliant model.
The more I read about the reps, the more funds I decide to allocate for gens. They are so beautiful that I want the real deal
thanks for the review mate

Go for gens if you can ????
I find reps really good to discover my taste without waste, I know now better what gen I want than three years ago


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altaylar1

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Go for gens if you can ????
I find reps really good to discover my taste without waste, I know now better what gen I want than three years ago


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Exact the same thing. The only thing is, my taste is changing so fast that now I feel like no gen I could really stay with hahah
 

Ourtrouble

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It's look very nice
From where u have buy it pleases ?
I'm looking for a rep of a 5078g black dial but I can't find it
So for the moment I thinking for the 5088 ????
 

moci007

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I want to share mine too... I love it. but the kissing Diamond on 6 a Clock is a issue.

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zinduna

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Why is the kissing diamond an issue? Is it that the gen doesn't have this?
 

Hesekiel

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I have a few watches that get very little use, because there's just not much opportunity to wear them. This 'un is different though: it's the PERFECT watch to wear to my own funeral!
Imagine, just imagine . . . a couple hundred years in the future when they dig up my remains and find this watch in the wooden casket. They must go gagga! Like the dude who got buried in his own Ferrari!
 
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