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ARF 116710 GMT Master 2 (CHS Movement) - Waiting Room

Princewilliam

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ARF will do nuttin

This will be another overhyped release from ARF


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Lol at you guys still waiting for ARF to make something worth talking about


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Petruo

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So after six months since i have been here, which is the best gmt Master 2 out of the Box Right now??
 

Lotdem

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So I put a gen crystal in to a GMF yesterday.

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How ever, now the movement needs mods :(
 
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So I put a gen crystal in to a GMF yesterday.


How ever, now the movement needs mods :(

It looks to me like the datewindow seems quite small within the Cyclop, maybe due to crystal's distance from dial?
 

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So I put a gen crystal in to a GMF yesterday.

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How ever, now the movement needs mods :(

The gen crystal sits very well, gmf crystal sits too high
What mods will you do to the movement?


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Lotdem

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It looks to me like the datewindow seems quite small within the Cyclop, maybe due to crystal's distance from dial?

Here is a GEN overlaid on my GMF, Ive moved the Gen image down a touch so you can see the DW easier. Cyclops and DW looks identical? What am I not seeing?

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Lotdem

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The gen crystal sits very well, gmf crystal sits too high
What mods will you do to the movement?


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What I found was that its the crystal teflon seal that makes the Rep crystal sit hight, if you want you can use a gen seal and it will drop it to the same height.

All the tubes that hold the hands need to be machined down to lower the stack, otherwise the seconds hand is hard against the underside of the crystal.
 

Tobel

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Here is a GEN overlaid on my GMF, Ive moved the Gen image down a touch so you can see the DW easier. Cyclops and DW looks identical? What am I not seeing?

BLNR.jpg


Rolex-GMT-Master-II-116710-BLNR-Black-front.jpg

IMG-1045.jpg

Maybe it's a wrong perception and if so apologies mate. But it looks to me that the surface of black around your datewindow and within the Cyclop is bigger than on a gen.
 

Lotdem

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Im not seeing it, can you give some examples? Overlaid the two are almost identical.
 

DC109

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Don’t forget that Rolex uses crystals with different amounts of magnification. So there isn’t really a “right” amount of mag. The main tells on the GMFs are about the movement and case.
 

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are all GMF's GMT master II overall better than the other factories? or just certain ref numbers

In my opinion all the 6 digit GMF GMT's are better than the other available options.
Other members will have a different opinions - you have to balance out whats important for you.
 

Guicamarao

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get the Noob CHS, add a gen bezel and prof cristal you have the best 1:1 Rolex rep available. Doing the same with GMF won't have same result....
 

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What I found was that its the crystal teflon seal that makes the Rep crystal sit hight, if you want you can use a gen seal and it will drop it to the same height.

All the tubes that hold the hands need to be machined down to lower the stack, otherwise the seconds hand is hard against the underside of the crystal.

Is yours on a gen or rep seal? I can’t really tell if the crystal was lowered closer to the bezel.


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