I’ve got a few gen pieces, I had a gen Hulk earlier this year but sold it to fund my FG Sub.
I took receipt of my VSF last week and I’ll echo what a few other gen owners have pointed out. I personally don’t focus too much on the photos comparisons that members are curating reviews from off the web, for me it really just comes down to how the reps feel when your handling them and what they look like side by side to the real deal on a coffee table or the wrist.
The VSF Hulk is a fabulous rep.
--->The only things I would point out:
1. The pearl is ever so slightly darker than the dial markers and hands. Photos don't pick it up well but colours different in real life.
2. Rehaut engraving has some letters that dont line up 100% with dial minute markers but we’ve confirmed in a few other threads (with photos) that the gen counterparts are the same way. Not really worth beating this up over and over...some earlier VSF reps were worse than others. Mines from the newer batch and looks great.
3. Crystal has come up on and off - again next to my gen pieces the VSF is incredibly good it’s NOT worth changing. Black hole, colour, shape and magnification looks very good.
4. 904 case, SEL and bracelet are incredible don’t touch them. CG's looks the same as me FG as far as I can tell.
5. Some have pointed out VSF dial feature and characteristics that relate to colour changing and the sunburst "dont look gen". Imo the design of the dial in terms of colour and print quality is excellent, no one will ever look at your watch and say your dial looks like a replica dial. You can keep sticking photos next to each other and saying theyre different but the reality with these sunburst dials is the colour changing is really organic and is heavily persuaded by lighting and angles.
--->Now what’s worth fixing:
There were some minor details that did bother me so I sent my watch to Misiekped last week to resolve the following...
1. Hands being replaced with gen hands. As some have said the quality of the VSF cutting and proportions isn’t right. I was going to try and live with it but I couldn’t take the wavy cut hands catching light in different angles.
2. Rep date disc is actually very good but the dates in my eyes still sit ever so slightly high (next to my gen 16710 and 116618). I’m having a gen disc mounted along with the date change assembly.
In the end the things worth fixing weren't mandatory but I was getting the VS3135 overhauled anyway so I said what the hell its Christmas lets spend some money.
If your looking for a great out of the box Hulk rep this ones a good choice. In the end if someone is really good enough to look at your dial and say your Hulk is fake just bust out the matching warranty card from your wallet and tell them to fly a kite.
Some photos of my watches for added context attached.
My gen Hulk and Bluesy:
VSF Hulk next to gen GMT and FG Sub. I had Rolex upgrade the crystal to a C12 on the GMT:
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