If I remember correctly someone bought a Gen Tacky for a Franken 15703 build, but it was to much work to try and get it to fit the Rep. size difference or something. So unfortunately that isn't even a Franken option. So we can only hope that the rep factories get it right in the future
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Anyone received AP Diver JF V9 yet?
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It does take some work but fitting a gen dive bezel ( it is not a tachymeter technically)to a rep case and making it work, is possible indeed.
I’m waiting for a gen dive bezel to arrive and I’ll update when I get it fitted.
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Here is an old picture of my v7s.
Notice the hands are slightly different shade than hour markers.
I would be interested to see what my v9 hands actually look like in real life.
Notice the hands are slightly different shade than hour markers.
I would be interested to see what my v9 hands actually look like in real life.
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V9 seems to be still out of stock as a non TD (but trustworthy) told me recently... Maybe they are building a new batch with better hands...
Anyways the bezel screws look nicely finished. Smooth round edges - i really like that. Beside a DW mod that would be the next step for a V7 i would make to get a better look then change to low beat movement. So nice Update.
Still a shame that the font is still off and the dial is not as detailed as the gen, but that is just my pickiness haha.
I can live without the gen dial.
Anyways the bezel screws look nicely finished. Smooth round edges - i really like that. Beside a DW mod that would be the next step for a V7 i would make to get a better look then change to low beat movement. So nice Update.
Still a shame that the font is still off and the dial is not as detailed as the gen, but that is just my pickiness haha.
I can live without the gen dial.
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Somewhere i've read that AP achieves the crisp outline on the inner bezel ring by using a CNC to lay up the lume color into the before pad printed outlines.
I think that rep makers don't use CNC technology for this process... Would be a great extra but then rep prices would go up as it is more time consuming i guess.
Anyway - i still enjoy the look of the bezel screws beside the hands... Even if they are a bit less green in this picture...
I think that rep makers don't use CNC technology for this process... Would be a great extra but then rep prices would go up as it is more time consuming i guess.
Anyway - i still enjoy the look of the bezel screws beside the hands... Even if they are a bit less green in this picture...
Mine v9 QC shot - lume looks fine to me, now wondering whether it's consistent in real life...
1.) A gen timing ring can be installed on the JF V7. If your modder says it is impossible, they are not a good modder.
2.) There were some defective gen timing rings on the grey market a while back, I know a few people who bought them: if you want a non-defective one, make sure the lume is centered in the outline. I am saying this because a picture above shows a defective timing ring.
3.) All rep Divers need relumes to insure a uniformity of glow across the face of the watch.
For example, after full relume finished today, in daylight:
2.) There were some defective gen timing rings on the grey market a while back, I know a few people who bought them: if you want a non-defective one, make sure the lume is centered in the outline. I am saying this because a picture above shows a defective timing ring.
3.) All rep Divers need relumes to insure a uniformity of glow across the face of the watch.
For example, after full relume finished today, in daylight:
Active, even lume adds more fun to the boring SS Diver. I cannot own a rep AP Diver without a complete relume.
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yuuup totally agree with ya. Even I'm thinking of switching the ordered V9 to the good ol' V7 before it gets shipped lol
The hands on these early V9s need a relume. Simple as that. The green lume on the hands is unacceptable. Nobody should walk around with a watch in that condition. But, if you were really serious in the past about the V7, you also realized you needed to relume your V7 hands and dial as well before you could truly wear it with maximum enjoyment.
I have a v7 I haven't worn in 18 months. Was thinking of selling but might bust it out again.
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Wow, how did I miss this thread 
My beloved diver seems to be getting quote of a beating here.
A few quick points:
mech500 - there’s a huge difference between the older (swirl) gen dials and the jf/noob swirl dials. Although there are clear variations between batches of gen dials (depending on many things I guess, but not least the maker) they are always very crisp and detailed. Something that can’t be said for the v5, v7, v9 dials. But that’s been discussed a lot before. I had prepared a photo comparison of a gen & v3.5 dials sometime ago and once you look at that you’ll known what I mean. That went down with photobucket though. So to me, the v7/v9 dial is a bigger tell than the rehaut/tachy. Some gen owners do get their tachys relumed and then you lose the crispness and uniformity, but dials always have that tell. With the newer flat dial style, the tells are mainly the size of the tapisserie (which seems to have been fixed for the white v9 version now) and of course the open caseback. Btw, on the new I-series and later, all open caseback divers should have a flat (non-swirl) dial, and in this regard the v9 is wrong
Still, almost all diver versions are a great effort, so can’t really complain unless we want to be picky.
slaughterer62 - why, oh why, call my diver boring In truth, I’ve been enjoying more and more my new roc on a rubberb strap and the diver gets less wrist time. But then again the diver’s so much more solidly built. For one thing you can actually swim with it and it can take a good beating with little signs to show it. I once dropped my steel bracelet diver on the floor from about a meter high, it left a deep mark in the wood and that was that, it kept going strong Anyways
Hope people here are happy with the v9, I’ll hold on to my v7, v3.5, v5.1
My beloved diver seems to be getting quote of a beating here.
A few quick points:
mech500 - there’s a huge difference between the older (swirl) gen dials and the jf/noob swirl dials. Although there are clear variations between batches of gen dials (depending on many things I guess, but not least the maker) they are always very crisp and detailed. Something that can’t be said for the v5, v7, v9 dials. But that’s been discussed a lot before. I had prepared a photo comparison of a gen & v3.5 dials sometime ago and once you look at that you’ll known what I mean. That went down with photobucket though. So to me, the v7/v9 dial is a bigger tell than the rehaut/tachy. Some gen owners do get their tachys relumed and then you lose the crispness and uniformity, but dials always have that tell. With the newer flat dial style, the tells are mainly the size of the tapisserie (which seems to have been fixed for the white v9 version now) and of course the open caseback. Btw, on the new I-series and later, all open caseback divers should have a flat (non-swirl) dial, and in this regard the v9 is wrong
Still, almost all diver versions are a great effort, so can’t really complain unless we want to be picky.
slaughterer62 - why, oh why, call my diver boring
In truth, I’ve been enjoying more and more my new roc on a rubberb strap and the diver gets less wrist time. But then again the diver’s so much more solidly built. For one thing you can actually swim with it and it can take a good beating with little signs to show it. I once dropped my steel bracelet diver on the floor from about a meter high, it left a deep mark in the wood and that was that, it kept going strong Anyways Hope people here are happy with the v9, I’ll hold on to my v7, v3.5, v5.1
Sorry if I offended anybody by calling the Diver boring. It was not meant as personal judgement. It just reflects my tastes, I suppose. I got alot of flack for saying the same thing on TRF a year ago. The SS Diver is a nice classic design, and probably the Offshore most true to the original RO. It is durable, waterproof, and looks really nice with alot of different outfits and straps. For me every feature of the Diver counts alot for the total effect. It is like a dish made of 4 or 5 ingredients that need to be perfect or it tastes wrong. Everything has to be right for me to love a Diver.
Modder Divers are the way to go ????, But that is the fun of this hobby for me.
As for the v9 with green hands, just send it to be relumed and get a Mikey Cyclops and Prof 1AR Crystal put in it at the same time. The green hands are the perfect excuse to send it off to have the other things done to it.
As for the v9 with green hands, just send it to be relumed and get a Mikey Cyclops and Prof 1AR Crystal put in it at the same time. The green hands are the perfect excuse to send it off to have the other things done to it.
all those guys flexing the v7 super reps on insta at the beginning of each month must pull a few laughs from gen owners. green light your v9 and have the hands relumed with a mikey or legend date wheel and cyclops upgrade.