Ooops, I had written some context to the pics above, but for whatever reason none of it had made into my post.
I just rec'd my 3KF from a m2m deal; I've been eyeing the new version with revised case (CG, 1st link) and v2 movement from afar and after seeing one pop up in the sales forum, the timing was right to have a closer look. Initially, I wasn't quite sure how I felt about the white dial, but seeing it in person I can say without a doubt that I think it's a great pairing to the Nautilus aesthetic. It gives the watch a very casual, sports watch kind of feel, and the more I look at it, the more I love the simple austerity. The bold, stark contrast of hands, indicies and date window along with the subtle ribbing of the dial really gives the face of the watch some nice depth, and the one detail that I love most about the Nautilus is the omission of a depth rating, advertisement of being an 'Automatic' watch or any other unnecessary text cluttering the dial.
I think we are in a very fortunate place in the rep world; 20 years ago, if you had told me that we'd one day have cloned manufacturer movements, a dial, case and bracelet of this quality, and all for ~$500-ish... I'd have said you were probably full on full of it. But having watches of this quality, with the aspects of a cloned movement and details that are of the quality that they possess... To have something this close to gen for basically 1.45% of the rrp book price of the gen... That's pretty incredible I think. And maybe kind of pulls the curtain back on what the Swiss watch manufacturers really don't want people to know.
Is the 3KF perfect? I think it's pretty close. Especially at a savings of $34,500 retail/$109,500 secondary market. I'll take that all day every day
And one more pic that didn't make it in my last post...
Thanks for looking
