VSF Submariner 126610LN Review & Macros

[YellowFin]

I just received my VSF 126610LN from Sead's EU stock. The parcel was ehre within two weeks despite Royal Mail logistics disruptions due to Covid19. Really a nice rep I gotta say. First of all, Sead's QC is great and he picked a nice one, everything is in its place and the movement started up fine out of the box without winding.

As I've seen before on VSF's Omega reps, the build quality is on a very high level. The bracelet feels very comfy without any oil treatment, clasp opens and closes with a solid click, bezel rotation sounds good. I'd say that the workmanship on the metal parts is easily on the level of the ARF SD43 I reviewed last year. The polished and brushed surfaces look great, also really close up. The dial is sharp, datewheel print has minor imperfections close up, not visible with the naked eye of course. The hands and markers are nicely polished, just a tiiiiny scratch visible at 10x magnification at 12 o'clock. The bezel marker/number paint is great and very evenly with no visible grinding marks. The bezel insert and datewheel are aligned, rehaut is rotated a liiiiittle to the right and the serial number is not 100% perfectly distributed between the minute markers. Still talking about macro level >10x magnification though. The SELs and SEL recess look good. The clasp is good, the brushing isn't executed in straight lines though. Here's some shots for your entertainment. Sorry for the smudges on the bezel, shouldn't eat fries while taking shots...

 

[Mille M]

Great pictures!
Looks so nice.
Can't wait for mine to arrive.

Congrats on the piece.

Cheers

 

[the_don_robinson]

Nice photos !!!
Really hope these guys do the no date

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[muiramas]

Great shots. I may get myself a LN as well. I do like my LV, but wonder if its a tad 'instagrammy'...

Odd about the brushing on the clasp.

You can get yourself a scotch pad and a straight piece of wood and re-brush it nice and straight though.

Good guide here:

https://watchtoolkit.co.uk/2017/01/30/refinishing-a-watch-bracelet/

You don't need to take off the clasp if thats all you're going to do. You can just run it against your straight wooden edge.
I do it every couple of months to clean up desk diving marks.

 

[Tobel]

Great watch and great pics, thanks for sharing. I too am waiting impatiently for the no date

 

[malisimo]

Great watch, great pictures.

Thanks for share them.

 

[malisimo]

By the way, can be this the best black hole oob?

 

[StJin]

It's amazing how poor the date looks at such a high magnification! Make me un-see it! raying:

 

[MolluskMan]

Thanks for this! Finishing on the hands looks amazing. As others have noted, they're much flatter than gen, but edges are very clean and I don't see any marks whatsoever.

 

[YellowFin]

Odd about the brushing on the clasp.

You can get yourself a scotch pad and a straight piece of wood and re-brush it nice and straight though.

Good guide here:

https://watchtoolkit.co.uk/2017/01/30/refinishing-a-watch-bracelet/

You don't need to take off the clasp if thats all you're going to do. You can just run it against your straight wooden edge.
I do it every couple of months to clean up desk diving marks.

Thanks mate, that's brilliant! I'll try to fix the brushing.

It's amazing how poor the date looks at such a high magnification! Make me un-see it! raying:

Oh, I've seen worse. Macro lenses and reps are a dangerous combination...

 

[Mille M]

It's amazing how poor the date looks at such a high magnification! Make me un-see it! raying:

That's super magnified...
Even gens look like that, under such high magnification.

Left is gen - look at the number "1" (open image on a new tab)...
The rep, on the right looks the same.

Cheers

 

[glee79]

I hope mine LV looks this good when i recive it! and yes, macro and DW is probably a bad idea. But usually DW change is easy for a watchsmith, if it is possible to get GEN or other reps

 

[YellowFin]

Here's a comparison shot I did with a gen DJ41 datewheel vs. ARF. You can see how much bleeding the print of the ARF has, which is probably causing the issue with the bold date windows.

 

[tribal]

Mine says hello.
Great write up.

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[tom86]

Thanks for the photos! We've been waiting for such a post! :applause:

 

[Spiral_Cabbage]

Is it me, or is the insert more of a matte than shiny?

 

[tribal]

Is it me, or is the insert more of a matte than shiny?

It's shiny, I think it has a anti fingerprint layer.

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[tribal]

Is it me, or is the insert more of a matte than shiny?

It's shiny, I think it has a anti fingerprint layer.

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[sukwonee]

It looks like the VSF version has blue AR coating underneath the cyclops (and Noob doesn't). Do you guys know which is correct?

 

[fatarms]

It looks like the VSF version has blue AR coating underneath the cyclops (and Noob doesn't). Do you guys know which is correct?

I actually did a search last week on blue tints on R*lexforums. Apparently, there are gens that do have blue tint on their cyclops as well. Supposedly it depends on the method or manufacturer that is used to do the actual AR coating. But from multiple posts and threads on R*lexforums, there are gen owners who do report the blue tint on their gens as well.