Just picked this ARF from a member today. Here is what I sent him.
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Holy shit. This is the BLNR I have been chasing since I sold my gen. The bezel is insane Good! Even the hands are well finished. I'm wearing her proudly and would say to anyone out of the box hands down the best.
I will change the crystal. And put in a gen datewheel as I'm OCD ha. Can't thank you enough. I'll shoot you some pix when I'm done. "
As for flaws in ARF mentioned. To me everything starts and ends with the bezel insert. As I said above I've been chasing the best BLNR rep for some time. I always sold due to bezel. This one is better than SpongeBob real platinum mod. Reason Spongbob has to start with a bezel and scrape all the paint out the mod. In the end not perfect.
As for the movement I have had two sh3185 in the past both ran fine. I was super careful and only changed the date when the time said 12 noon. In some cases I would put her down and wait for the date to come back around. ( I have quite a few watches)...
As for the lume. Yes it's bright but it looks amazing. The gen is more of a milky color as said here. But unless you really focus on that it's not a deal breaker. Picture outdoors next to my gen Sub.
On the crowngaurds. No getting around it. They are wrong for this model. On the wrist just keep drooling over the bezel perfection and you won't see it ha. No easy fix for that at this point unless you buy three watches and have an awesome Modder to do the work.
I have messed up way too many bezels and bezel gaskets switching from one case to another.
So again if you are looking for the best (in my opinion) out of the box. ARF. Gets my vote.
If the movement craps out. $158 from puretime VR/3186. Add $25 for form fitted hands.