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VRF 116610 LN Black Ceramic VR3135 QC question.

knol

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I have ordered the VRF 116610 LN Black Ceramic VR3135 and to me it seems the position of the crown between the crown guards is not centered like it should be with the vr3135 movement. Also i have my doubts about the datewheel font.So I am not sure this is the watch i ordered. Should I accept ?
 

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Crown looks fine to me - note that both of those photos are taken with the watch on an angle that is not square to the crown.
Don't know enough about the DW to comment sorry.
 
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mrsullivan

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The font of the DW looks odd a bit, maybe only with 2 numbers dates and the rest is fine.
The cyclop looks a bit crooked though, but it might be the angle of picture...

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Everything is perfectly fine
 

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The crown should be a little above center for any 3135 clone 116610. It’s only truly centered on the 16610. This one is correct for a VR3135. The 2836 would be below center.
 

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Hi from which TD you get this beauty?


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The date wheel printing has smudges and runs because this is a replica which costs less than $500, whilst the genuine Rolex costs over $9000 - there is a reason for the price difference.

If the entire batch of date wheels have printing defects then you might as well wait and hope that the next batch produced in 6 or 9 months or whatever has less printing defects - but then again they may be even worse.

The crown is laterally centred between the crown guards, it is not centred vertically because it isn't supposed to be.
 

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I have ordered 3 of these one LV hulk and 2 LN and the issues you see with the date printing is just like tripdog said it depends on the batch the good news Is that if it really bothers you it's as simple as sourcing a gen date wheel and having it installed as the VR3135 fits the gen datewheel without a issue .. the crown is fine its supposed to look that way and the crystal being off I'm not sure due to the angle but I've had gen crystals installed on all of them due to the cyclops being under magnified or you can get one of profs crystals since those are are equally amazing ..with the VR factory I'd be more worried about the sel recess and the pearl centering as those are hit or miss otherwise it looks good ..

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knol

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The crown should be a little above center for any 3135 clone 116610. It’s only truly centered on the 16610. This one is correct for a VR3135. The 2836 would be below center.

thanks for that. What is your opinion about the date font ? also the cyclops seems crooked
 

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thanks for that. What is your opinion about the date font ? also the cyclops seems crooked

You've been told by several people about date wheels, font, printing etc - it is what it is - a Chinese made fake Rolex - it is not going to be perfect.

If you find the watch unacceptable then ask for another one.
 

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I have ordered the VRF 116610 LN Black Ceramic VR3135 and to me it seems the position of the crown between the crown guards is not centered like it should be with the vr3135 movement. Also i have my doubts about the datewheel font.So I am not sure this is the watch i ordered. Should I accept ?

The crown is fine. Date font on this model has never been correct, and with that awful cyclops its not really an issue anyway. Its the flush SEL which gives it away the most though.

It is a good example of the watch you ordered.
 

knol

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The crown is fine. Date font on this model has never been correct, and with that awful cyclops its not really an issue anyway. Its the flush SEL which gives it away the most though.

It is a good example of the watch you ordered.

i will reject it because of the crooked cyclops, the rest i can live with