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Anyone received AP Diver JF V9 yet?
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SuperLory
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- 22/10/15
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Looks like it yes.
i can imagine that they did it on purpose... To release a new V9s batch with some minor improvements.
or maybe they need to run out of this ugly lume color before they change it to the nice ice white lume they used on the markers
Let’s start by looking at what the problem is with v7:
V7 sloppy tachy lume
As you can see from the above picture, the tachy lume application is a little sloppy. It’s basically the same for all V7s (with some slight variations):
V7 tachy lume (non crisp):
V7 tachy numerals - non crisp outline
V9 tachy numerals and lume looks much more crisp:
V9 tachy:
I have only had one v9 diver l....so nothing is conclusive but to my eyes the v9 tachy lume is much improved over all the x10 previous Divers I have owned. The cash polish and brush on v9 is also much better. I can never look at a v7 again. They just need to fix the green hands and add a ghost outline around the tachy numerals (to make numerals pop more like gen).
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V7 sloppy tachy lume
As you can see from the above picture, the tachy lume application is a little sloppy. It’s basically the same for all V7s (with some slight variations):
V7 tachy lume (non crisp):
V7 tachy numerals - non crisp outline
V9 tachy numerals and lume looks much more crisp:
V9 tachy:
I have only had one v9 diver l....so nothing is conclusive but to my eyes the v9 tachy lume is much improved over all the x10 previous Divers I have owned. The cash polish and brush on v9 is also much better. I can never look at a v7 again. They just need to fix the green hands and add a ghost outline around the tachy numerals (to make numerals pop more like gen).
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Let’s start by looking at what the problem is with v7:
V7 sloppy tachy lume
As you can see from the above picture, the tachy lume application is a little sloppy. It’s basically the same for all V7s (with some slight variations):
V7 tachy lume (non crisp):
V7 tachy numerals - non crisp outline
V9 tachy numerals and lume looks much more crisp:
V9 tachy:
I have only had one v9 diver l....so nothing is conclusive but to my eyes the v9 tachy lume is much improved over all the x10 previous Divers I have owned. The cash polish and brush on v9 is also much better. I can never look at a v7 again. They just need to fix the green hands and add a ghost outline around the tachy numerals (to make numerals pop more like gen).
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i think it looks great !
mech500 i appreciate every post you make. Simply gorgeous. Thank you so much for the clarification!
And i agree with you.
The Dive-Scale is much better and the numbers are clearly refined and sharp. Ghost outline around the numerals would be a nice addition (a bit comparable to the hour markers of the 5167 aquanaut that have a clear outline that is filled with a domed lume dot) Should be possible on the 15703 too.
DW could be improved regarding the font it self and the magnification
(but JF released a factory modded version of a FC 44mm Chrono with higher magnification and a new style DW font with correct appearance - so there can be hope for other models too)
shame on the green hands... I hope they will sort it out in the next batch.
again - thank you for the great review.
The Dive-Scale is much better and the numbers are clearly refined and sharp. Ghost outline around the numerals would be a nice addition (a bit comparable to the hour markers of the 5167 aquanaut that have a clear outline that is filled with a domed lume dot) Should be possible on the 15703 too.
DW could be improved regarding the font it self and the magnification
(but JF released a factory modded version of a FC 44mm Chrono with higher magnification and a new style DW font with correct appearance - so there can be hope for other models too)
shame on the green hands... I hope they will sort it out in the next batch.
again - thank you for the great review.