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what about the caseback? Is it ceramic or rubberized titanium?
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ZF Ceramic RM055 Sample Wristie
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what about the caseback? Is it ceramic or rubberized titanium?
GiantSquid
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Further upthread someone said that the caseback and midcase are "spongier" than the bezel so I think it's rubberized metal of some sort. I don't have mine in hand yet but I was wondering the same thing, and that's the answer I got.
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Amazing watch! This is definitely on my list after seeing videos of it. Also, song name?
TheDonSL
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So I've been looking at the photos of the back, and I can't see a rotor on the movement anywhere. Did they remove it and make it a handwind-only, or am I just blind? I actually think it's cooler if it's been left as a handwind, because I love the daily connection with winding, but all the TDs say it's an auto.
Just got mine today and I do believe they customized the movement to be handwind only. At first I thought they might have hid the rotor behind the deco plates but shaking the watch, I don't hear or feel the rotor at all.
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That's super cool. It looks like there's a fair amount of customization to the base movement even if it isn't skeletonized like the gen, and I'm quite happy with that. Mine shipped yesterday, hopefully be on wrist in a week or so. Thanks for the answer, I appreciate it.
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Congrats! How are you liking the watch so far? Mines also arriving within a week and I can’t wait
Overall quality is on par with past RMs from ZF, which is pretty amazing. ZF definitely makes the best RM reps at the moment.
Yes, zf removed the rotor. So it's manual winded and has a PR of around 50 hours.
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I know there's a fix for it in the 035, there's a thread in this forum somewhere on it. I do wonder what the stuttering looks like, though. Does the hand simply not move smoothly but still keep accurate time, or does it stop and start inaccurately? I've heard it referred to but never described, even if I know from reading the other thread what causes it. Thanks!
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Mine’s keeping time just fine but yeah the seconds hand would stutter and stop for a split second then jump a few tics at random intervals. It just doesn’t beat smoothly like say a vsf rolex. I’ve actually just read the thread on how to fix it but I’m too scared to do it myself lol
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Lol I hear that, last time I messed with one of my watches I busted the keyless works and it took hours to fix it! If mine stutters and bothers me I'mma send it to a watchsmith with a link to that thread instead
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Exactly, plus you need the special screw drivers for it. Same here man mine is unfortunately stuttering pretty ridiculously
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You can cop the screwdrivers for like $15 on eBay for a set of both 4 and 5 prong screwdrivers. I have a pair and they shipped super fast, I think I got them in two days if you find someone actually selling from the US