ARF Batman 3186 final sample

[lolo1972sg]

On first picture i tought it is gen for a moment,amazing watch

the transition on the 18 does not look right.....

 

[Fervid]

the transition on the 18 does not look right.....

Looks fine to me

 

[KJ2020]

Looks great! But is it just me or are the crown guards a little weird?

ARF GMT CGs are stubbier than all others - Noob, VRF, GMF, etc. They look modeled from the gen 126710 rather than the 116710. I think we are just seeing a slight reflection in that pic that makes the top CG look different.

 

[KJ2020]

Looks fine to me

It doesn't get any better than this

 

[tanith]

have the dial markers been significantly improved? (especially the rectangular ones at 6 and 9)

 

[Fervid]

have the dial markers been significantly improved? (especially the rectangular ones at 6 and 9)

This is the prototype they teased, go back a few pages and see for yourself...

 

[tanith]

This is the prototype they teased, go back a few pages and see for yourself...

i meant relative to previous ARF releases
it does seem better than on the first prototype teased, but if i'm not mistaken the corners are still quite sharp compared to CF markers on competitors

 

[Fervid]

Better give it a miss and wait for something better then, more for us.

 

[Elno38]

100% ARF

Are you serious?!

 

[YellowFin]

Looks great! But is it just me or are the crown guards a little weird?

They actually look quite good (compared to gen below), maybe a little over-polished/rounded edges. Maybe they wanted to avoid buyers complaining about "sharp edges"...

 

[Neo_7]

Very nice shots ...very nice piece after all....but this cyclops magnification is absurdly off....

 

[topwatchs]

Awesome work and pic

 

[federik91]

cant believe this is an arf bezel...wow
and what about the stickers on the bracelet?? its feels like the genuine ones...
maybe did you find a genuine one bracelet NOS??

 

[Scottymagic]

QC in: those 2s on the black sure look thin but doubt I’ll get better, accept or chance it?

 

[Fervid]

QC in: those 2s on the black sure look thin but doubt I’ll get better, accept or chance it?

Seems like ARF have definitely made better ones, I would chance it.

 

[Scottymagic]

Seems like ARF have definitely made better ones, I would chance it.

I have - was looking at a few QCs back where they have the 18 transition almost perfect, whereas mine barely touches the 8. Worth a chance, especially when I have my GMF and Prof crystal to hybrid this with. I'm only really getting this for the bezel, and hands!

 

[Mark1937]

cant believe this is an arf bezel...wow
and what about the stickers on the bracelet?? its feels like the genuine ones...
maybe did you find a genuine one bracelet NOS??

ARF have same stickers ;-)

 

[Bobi01]

QC in: those 2s on the black sure look thin but doubt I’ll get better, accept or

It is only lightning,ask them to picture it that blue bezel is on top and you will see that will be different

 

[Cadows]

Wow this is perfect, congrats bro! I thought I was looking at gen for a sec

What made you think its not after that second?

 

[Tobel]

QC in: those 2s on the black sure look thin but doubt I’ll get better, accept or chance it?

From your QC pics I'm convinced that this is due to lights. If you look at the last picture where the watch is horizontal, you have the same impression that all numbers in the top half (which includes black and blue numbers) are thinner, and the numbers on the bottom half are bigger.

So to me it shows that it's not related to blue or black numbers, but it's related to whether the numbers are on the top half or the bottom half of the picture, which by definition is independent from the numbers themselves, it's just a question of setup, light and cast shadows.