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3K upgraded its 5167A dial&hands, see pic

Falter

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Anyone feel that the 3kf bezel is off? A bit too square(and slightly thinner) compared to the rounder softer edges of the gen.
I have a gen dial on my 3kf and the squareish bezel is the last thing that's bothering me on this otherwise fantastic franken.
 

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I see what you mean. But I don't think it is that hard to fix. To me your franken looks even more gen like than the gen itself ahaha
 

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Anyone feel that the 3kf bezel is off? A bit too square(and slightly thinner) compared to the rounder softer edges of the gen.
I have a gen dial on my 3kf and the squareish bezel is the last thing that's bothering me on this otherwise fantastic franken.
Great franken! Have one I'm working on right now, but have never seen this issue nor do I think it warrants fixing. The 5711 bezel is way off but looks alright on this 5167.
 

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Trusty posted up pics of the upgraded version and they are calling it a "V3".

Appears to have actual engraved movement again?


 

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It does look to be engraved now. But based off the description on trusty, it looks like this new movement will be decorated. So not a true 1:1 superclone of the 330 I'm guessing.
 

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Yeah but not a proper gold looking engraving like on gen / ZF. They nailed it on that trusty little Miyota!
 

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Im just getting a price for this with the orange strap, which I think will be nice for the summer. Ill get the ZF strap separately as it's supposed to be a little better than the 4kF rubber.



FOr those that want to see a video - amf posted one, you can see that the movement plates are not engraved.

 
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cyprusdaedalus

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Some of the new V3 330 QC's coming through. The engraving looks to be gold in these photos.




 

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Yeah but the engraving on the balance wheel looks different than the engraving on the movement bridges
 

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Is this the updated version. Very confused cause the rotor looks not the same like on other. Would be happy if someone could help me :)
 

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Some have a new rotor, some have an old one. it's a question of preference, nothing has changed
 

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Is this the updated version. Very confused cause the rotor looks not the same like on other. Would be happy if someone could help me :)
As far as I know this rotor was used on the 324 movements whereas the rotor with the more rounded bows is exclusivly used on the 330 movement models.
 
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