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3K upgraded its 5167A dial&hands, see pic
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Yes. I've seen it from 20 yards away. That's a fake. Screams it.
Its so obvious, my nephew who doesn't know anything about watches asked what was wrong with the box lettering when he saw the watch on the wrist of the guy on the other side of the driving range. Just pops out like a jack in the box.
Horrible.
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I can't help but agree but will need to see some QC pics to see if they are all like that
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Tobel
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Patek Philippe is printed too low, it touches the bottom of the box when it should be vertically centered
gilrob
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frankly, if you are not a PP specialist, it is almost impossible to determine if it is a Gen or a replica!
I have an Aquanaut 5167 of 3 KF and several watchmakers saw it on my wrist without touching the watch thinking it was a Gen.
On the other hand, if I had taken it off my wrist, they would have understood that it was a replica !
I have an Aquanaut 5167 of 3 KF and several watchmakers saw it on my wrist without touching the watch thinking it was a Gen.
On the other hand, if I had taken it off my wrist, they would have understood that it was a replica !
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this is terrible.
Love the 5167, but the previous 3KF has green lume on numbers and white on the hands.
It is not about "beeing picky", or to pass for gen, it is about having a horrible missmatch and something is so obvious that manufactures should care about.
The dial with this miss-centered logo follows this new trend of offering products with flaws not present on previous model, probably priced 600-800$.
Replies following will prbably be "if you can't live with flaws buy a 70.000$ gen", but here we are talking about flaws NOT PRESENT on previous versions....
Very puzzled.
Love the 5167, but the previous 3KF has green lume on numbers and white on the hands.
It is not about "beeing picky", or to pass for gen, it is about having a horrible missmatch and something is so obvious that manufactures should care about.
The dial with this miss-centered logo follows this new trend of offering products with flaws not present on previous model, probably priced 600-800$.
Replies following will prbably be "if you can't live with flaws buy a 70.000$ gen", but here we are talking about flaws NOT PRESENT on previous versions....
Very puzzled.
Oic l, lettering not centered properly,it is too close together. For me not (yet hehe) a deal breaker. Here’s a vid
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A theory is that 3k wants its products to be somewhat so that PP would ignore them instead of targeting their manufacturer. This flaw seems intentional as it was not present on previous versions.
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there is no need to worry too much about it. I don't think you can see this without a loope IRL.
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