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I'll have some answers according to the white dial 39mm OP as soon as I receive it. Just ordered mine from our TD here.
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I'll have some answers according to the white dial 39mm OP as soon as I receive it. Just ordered mine from our TD here.
Muyr82
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Hi all, i don't come on this forum from a while, i used to have an 114300 arf, but i sold it because the movement was crap. a real shit. what can u tell me about the ubf? any pros/ cons? what do u think?
I tried buying a rhodium grey dial UBF OP 39mm but there were too many obvious issues. I had to RL two of them before moving on to an ARF.
The worst was that the whole dial was shifted to one or the other side leaving very visible gaps between the rehaut and dial markers.
It seems like it is hit or miss with UBF, you could be lucky getting a good example. I was not.
The worst was that the whole dial was shifted to one or the other side leaving very visible gaps between the rehaut and dial markers.
It seems like it is hit or miss with UBF, you could be lucky getting a good example. I was not.
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**update**
I've received my final QC pictures (already accepted) of the OP that I'm quite happy with
looks lovely mate, be good to get your feedback when you get your hands on it. Would be interested on your thoughts on the dial colour/texture and the lume...
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You got! I'll do a mini full review on it when it arrives :rimshot:
Who is Lucy by the way, can you introduce? I am looking to buy the same watch so would be good to get it from a reputable source! Thanks in advance.
I'm interested as well, so I'd like to know who Lucy is too. (Is she at puretime? I see they have the white dial 39mm there.)
Lucy is a TD here (TrueTime). Head over to the TD section and you will find her and her contact details. She is extremely thorough with her QC, and this takes time. So patients is ALWAYS key to working with Lucy. But it’s worth it in the long run. Sit back, and Lucy will find you the best factory representation of their watch available.
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I got the UBF grey dial about 6 months ago I would guess. As someone on this page posted, I also had a dial that was a bit offset and I had to release it (Puretime). Puretime gave me a little push back about it but ultimately let me get a different one where it looked pretty spot on.
My only complaint is that the sometimes when setting the time, the watch won't "restart" when I push the crown back in. Sometimes I have to do it a dozen times and shake it a little and try moving the hands around a lot. One time it just wouldn't restart and I gave up and just tried again a week later and it was fine - maybe it was a temperature difference or something. In either case it's pretty finnicky and I gotta mess with it maybe 10% of the time when I set the time.
I got a 2824 with the premise that i could throw a "real" 2824 movement in there whenever the original broke. However I probably won't bother with this grey dial one because while I like the watch, I don't plan on wearing it with any great regularity since I've grown a little bored of the grey dial. In retrospect I would have preferred to get a blue dial, and these days I'm actually more interested in the white dial. I'm glad I'm getting replicas before buying a gen because I'd hate to spend $6k on a watch and get bored of it in 6 months. I did the same thing with my black submariner rep - got a little bored within 6 months.
These days i'm actually looking at getting a gen grand seiko (has to be gen I suppose, no reps available). And a quartz model, too - I'm a little tired of having to set the time and date these days and I don't wear my watches often enough for them to stay wound. Upside is that their quartz models are only like $2k used in good condition. Downside is that their quartz models have pretty boring dials. It's a shame they don't have the cool textured dials on anything but the $6k+ spring drive models
My only complaint is that the sometimes when setting the time, the watch won't "restart" when I push the crown back in. Sometimes I have to do it a dozen times and shake it a little and try moving the hands around a lot. One time it just wouldn't restart and I gave up and just tried again a week later and it was fine - maybe it was a temperature difference or something. In either case it's pretty finnicky and I gotta mess with it maybe 10% of the time when I set the time.
I got a 2824 with the premise that i could throw a "real" 2824 movement in there whenever the original broke. However I probably won't bother with this grey dial one because while I like the watch, I don't plan on wearing it with any great regularity since I've grown a little bored of the grey dial. In retrospect I would have preferred to get a blue dial, and these days I'm actually more interested in the white dial. I'm glad I'm getting replicas before buying a gen because I'd hate to spend $6k on a watch and get bored of it in 6 months. I did the same thing with my black submariner rep - got a little bored within 6 months.
These days i'm actually looking at getting a gen grand seiko (has to be gen I suppose, no reps available). And a quartz model, too - I'm a little tired of having to set the time and date these days and I don't wear my watches often enough for them to stay wound. Upside is that their quartz models are only like $2k used in good condition. Downside is that their quartz models have pretty boring dials. It's a shame they don't have the cool textured dials on anything but the $6k+ spring drive models