Aquanaut Showdown: V6F vs ZF vs KMF exhaustive review

[gilrob]

I got the blue from my usual TD, Watchfinder, but it's at all TDs. It's hard to see and notice the sunburst in the TD pics, but it's probably my favorite blue dial.

Thanks everyone for the kind words, it was a lot of work to put together.

You are most welcome. Your organization skills, product(s) knowledge, comparative analysis and probably lots of proof reading has resulted in a professional review. Congrats.

 

[zeroh0ur]

Thanks for the tremendous post/review, many kudos to you TS!

 

[ApOffshore]

great review
the spongebob date wheel wont fit on kmf?

 

[BlackJaguar]

Amazing review. Thank you for you hard work on this.

 

[majwilliams0308]

Took some pics with the macro lens finally:

here are close ups of the numeral finishing:

better than V6F by far but still not perfect

 

[nomana]

Took some pics with the macro lens finally:

here are close ups of the numeral finishing:

better than V6F by far but still not perfect

Factories should pay you for taking photos of their products. Look so nice

 

[Cristobal]

Factories should pay you for taking photos of their products. Look so nice

^^

 

[Cristobal]

Took some pics with the macro lens finally:

here are close ups of the numeral finishing:

better than V6F by far but still not perfect

What camera are you using to take those pictures?

 

[Talha]

Thank you very much for the review! Great work and great photos!

 

[r6538]

Definitely going to order a KMF based off of this post, thank you OP. The ZF looks great, but I can't get over the incredibly left-justified date font. I can deal with the smaller font on the KMF.

 

[majwilliams0308]

What camera are you using to take those pictures?

A Nikon D750 and 105mm macro

Factories should pay you for taking photos of their products. Look so nice

Thanks man, that would be a ton of fun actually. But would be tiring sometimes haha.

Definitely going to order a KMF based off of this post, thank you OP. The ZF looks great, but I can't get over the incredibly left-justified date font. I can deal with the smaller font on the KMF.

Awesome! I hope that their date window will work with the date wheel project going on.

 

[Nivka]

A Nikon D750 and 105mm macro



Thanks man, that would be a ton of fun actually. But would be tiring sometimes haha.



Awesome! I hope that their date window will work with the date wheel project going on.

You’re the Patek MVP of the forum this year

 

[5t3f4n]

Big congratz, best reviews I've here in Rwi so far! Great job and awesome pics

 

[Brooksy1]

Awesome post. What is the date wheel project going on for the ZF? Im ready to buy but would love a centred one

 

[ssouthall6]

Great review. You mentioned about the elongated line under the 5 on the ZF dial, now I can't confirm it but I swear I saw a member mention they had seen a gen variation with this on it.

Otherwise, spot on. Well done on taking the time.


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[majwilliams0308]

Updated OP with these pics:

In natural light (afternoon shade):

In artificial light:

Numeral finishing:

 

[The Rod]

Updated OP with these pics:

In natural light (afternoon shade):

In artificial light:

Numeral finishing:

That ZF dial is simply gorgeous.

 

[Firecomet]

Updated OP with these pics:

In natural light (afternoon shade):

In artificial light:

Numeral finishing:

Hi William,

Just a quick question. and please don mind me as being a noob.

v6f zf & kmf you compared are different colors.

Of course ZF seems to be the all rounder winner.

The pictures you took are wonderful and zf really have the best end result.

My question will be what if i want the blue series from ZF, will the quality be the same or i have to purchase the black one?

looking forward to hear from you..

 

[Midnightx]

Hi William,

Just a quick question. and please don mind me as being a noob.

v6f zf & kmf you compared are different colors.

Of course ZF seems to be the all rounder winner.

The pictures you took are wonderful and zf really have the best end result.

My question will be what if i want the blue series from ZF, will the quality be the same or i have to purchase the black one?

looking forward to hear from you..

I don't think ZF makes the blue aquanaut at the moment so kmf is definitely your best bet for that right now, although i believe that the blue in gen is platinum so if weight is any sort of deciding factor for you with reps i would stick with the gray.

 

[Firecomet]

I don't think ZF makes the blue aquanaut at the moment so kmf is definitely your best bet for that right now, although i believe that the blue in gen is platinum so if weight is any sort of deciding factor for you with reps i would stick with the gray.

Thanks for your explanation.

Will probably wait for awhile more and compare.