16610 LV dial and hands lume matching questions !

[Tikias]

Hello all . I have lately got this huge urge to obtain / build . So i had quit a few discussions with many member that own 16610 LV different factories and builds . The huge problem as for now is the matching dial and hands lume ! So i have conclude that the best dial for now other than GEN or 16610 LN with 16610 LV indices is the BPF , but with the jumbo hour hand i dont want to buy the set . So i wanted to ask Have anyone tried BPF dial with ARF or GEN hands ? Or what ever other hand set out there . Thanks a lot !

 

[Jip7645]

I might be wrong, but I think I remember reading that a lot of people replace them with sillan hands. On a side note, gen hands will be mega expensive for the LV and not worth it

 

[Tikias]

Is the BP indices same lume colored with the gen hands though? I see sillan and yes its pretty close near to 90 %

 

[Jip7645]

Not sure on that one to be honest mate

 

[Tikias]

Is there anyone we tag to chip in ? We gonna need some brains here and i left mine at birth !

 

[Art Vandelay]

Is the BP indices same lume colored with the gen hands though? I see sillan and yes its pretty close near to 90 %

Short of reluming both the dial and hands* i don't think you're going to get an exact match from mixing different factory parts.

You'll get 'pretty close' as you are already aware.

Edit:

I would also extend the above to mixing genuine and rep parts - genuine lume may not exactly match rep lume etc.

*Also worth pointing out that even if the exact same lume is used on both dial and hands there can still be a shade or two variance under certain lighting conditions due to the fill depth of the dial lume plots vs shallower hand lume application.

 

[Tikias]

Yes i get what you say so if we consider re reluming both dials and hands I assume we keep BPF dial . So now which hands got the best shape and form and also for the metallic " part " to match that i dont think that it will be hard .

 

[Jip7645]

There’s gen hands for sale in M2M but they are €560

 

[Art Vandelay]

Personally I'd just buy a sillan dial and handset.

 

[Art Vandelay]

There’s gen hands for sale in M2M but they are €560

That's actually a pretty good price!

 

[Jip7645]

That's actually a pretty good price!

Agreed! It’s a good price if you’re looking to do a Franken project, if you’ve got a BP and just want to change the hands, it’s not worth it

 

[Tikias]

I would pick BP case set cause of the bezel . I was thinking from what it is available I would go for arf or sillan ( some have told me is the same case ) and I would pick vr 3135 oe vs3135

 

[Tikias]

Sorry mean to say I would pick bpf case set

 

[Tikias]

Wouldn't ( damn auto correct)

 

[Art Vandelay]

I would pick BP case set cause of the bezel . I was thinking from what it is available I would go for arf or sillan ( some have told me is the same case ) and I would pick vr 3135 oe vs3135

I knew what you meant. BP does have nicer crown guards and it's great out the box.

That said they have an engraved rehaut (which is not to everyone's taste) and a 6 digit bezel assembly.

As always, pick your factory, pick your flaws and mod what you don't like.

 

[Tikias]

Is the actions as bad as with 16710 ? Yea i dont know but the bezel ( and maybe the bezel action i haven't check it ) with the jumbo hour hand make it hard for me .

 

[Art Vandelay]

Maybe this will be useful, at least to compare lume in the same lighting of BP dial and sillan hands.

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[Tikias]

Yea i speak with testing he told me the match was 90 % which is pretty good I can say .

 

[Tikias]

also from photos TMF lume matching seems good but the crown logo is off . I wait some imfo from a member who got TMF on the way

 

[Jip7645]

also from photos TMF lume matching seems good but the crown logo is off . I wait some imfo from a member who got TMF on the way

Consensus seems to be that TMF are using old ARF parts