do you got any details for there contacts ? i’m really disappointed with the factory ppf dial on the 5711rg but no one seems to get their hands on buff dial nor contact
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5711 SW Dial
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Buff teal vs SW (date 1)
EDIT: My mistake, 1st pic is 3KF vs SW
EDIT: My mistake, 1st pic is 3KF vs SW
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Great pictures of both watches. Personally, I think the SW looks more “balanced” in reference to the gen. At this point, I think it’s down to personal preferences.
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Is the lume on gen that green? Or is it more white like the 3KF hands? Either way, the whiter lume looks more aesthetically pleasing to meBuff teal vs SW (date 1)
EDIT: My mistake, 1st pic is 3KF vs SW
I don’t like to make statements about Patek because they seem to vary, in this gen pic for example I can see the green, in others I can’t, it depends a bit:
@Ac1013 Knows better about this than I.
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I'm 99% confident that the left watch on pics 2+ with Buff teal dial is with stock 3KF hands, and the right watch with SW dial is with Buff hands. 3KF hands look purple in comparison to greener lume, the Buff hands are very very green, and SW hands are most white. Buff dial lume is greener than SW which is greener than 3KF, but less green than Buff hands.
I tried the SW dial and I dislike it. It lacks green, has too much purple, and too much sunburst. The Buff V3 dial has the least sunburst of all the aftermarket dials and is closest to gen IMO. Gens have mild sunburst. All images below show lume activated in sunlight with white balance equalized:
SW dial, 3KF hands, Buff date:
SW dial, SW hands, SW date:
Buff V3 dial, 3KF hands, Buff date:
Buff V3 dial, Buff hands, Buff date:
I don't like any of the combinations. SW dial and hands match the closest, with the markers being slightly greener than the hands, but I dislike the SW dial as mentioned above. I like my Buff V3 dial much better, but none of the hands match it. Buff hand lume is too strong and green and the other two hands are too white when matched with the V3 dial. I'm going to try to relume the Buff hands to better match the V3 dial. I know the gen hands are sometimes brighter than the markers but regardless it's not something I like. Buff hands are so bright and green they look like tritium in daylight.
Haha, my dial preference (not because of their gen likenesses but because of my taste):I'm 99% confident that the left watch on pics 2+ with Buff teal dial is with stock 3KF hands, and the right watch with SW dial is with Buff hands. 3KF hands look purple in comparison to greener lume, the Buff hands are very very green, and SW hands are most white. Buff dial lume is greener than SW which is greener than 3KF, but less green than Buff hands.
I tried the SW dial and I dislike it. It lacks green, has too much purple, and too much sunburst. The Buff V3 dial has the least sunburst of all the aftermarket dials and is closest to gen IMO. Gens have mild sunburst. All images below show lume activated in sunlight with white balance equalized:
SW dial, 3KF hands, Buff date:
SW dial, SW hands, SW date:
Buff V3 dial, 3KF hands, Buff date:
Buff V3 dial, Buff hands, Buff date:
I don't like any of the combinations. SW dial and hands match the closest, with the markers being slightly greener than the hands, but I dislike the SW dial as mentioned above. I like my Buff V3 dial much better, but none of the hands match it. Buff hand lume is too strong and green and the other two hands are too white when matched with the V3 dial. I'm going to try to relume the Buff hands to better match the V3 dial. I know the gen hands are sometimes brighter than the markers but regardless it's not something I like. Buff hands are so bright and green they look like tritium in daylight.
Buff v1 > Buff v3 = PPF v4 > SW
Gen hands are almost always more greenish then markers . But in indoor light they should be almost the same. Only the 5711r have fullset c1 lume on dial and hands which is pure white. Even the 5711 green have green hands. Try finding some HD pics indoor of gen. when hands and marker both not glowing, the hands are obviously green hub and markers are whiteI don’t like to make statements about Patek because they seem to vary, in this gen pic for example I can see the green, in others I can’t, it depends a bit:
@Ac1013 Knows better about this than I.
Yeah Buff V1 great in terms of color, sunbursty but not as bad as SW or 3KF. Too bad it's unobtainable.
I don’t agree, for me SW dial is pretty good, pics don’t always show right specially if taken by phone.
They're all horrible and nothing like gen. Instant call out. Stay away from blue dial imo
I've sw v2 for 5712 and is terrible. very close to your 5711...I don’t agree, for me SW dial is pretty good, pics don’t always show right specially if taken by phone.
And meanwhile, what is your opinion of the VVS V1 in terms of color, dial plate = horizontal stripes and and marker lume in all this comparison
Vvs v1 is the best. Nothing even come close to it. Other then some qc issue such as the swiss not printed dead center, the dial is 99.9 gen like
This must be VVS V1 then:
This must be VVS V2 as it was posted by Hillbilly at a later date, and it looks exactly like my SW. Too blue, too much sunburst:
This must be VVS V2 as it was posted by Hillbilly at a later date, and it looks exactly like my SW. Too blue, too much sunburst: