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Best Black Bay Rep?
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Camblin
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Probably the Black Bay Heritage shield version with red bezel. Not sure if the other bezel colours are considered super reps or not.
Essentially any Black Bay by ZF is very good. The XF bronzes are however more accurate than the ZF ones. KRF's Black Bay 36 also looks very good other than the SEL gaps.
Essentially any Black Bay by ZF is very good. The XF bronzes are however more accurate than the ZF ones. KRF's Black Bay 36 also looks very good other than the SEL gaps.
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rufus7
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Anyone heard of L Factory? https://www.intime04.co/tudor/5736-...t-edition-blue-dial-on-ss-bracelet-a2824.html
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Do you know if thy have fixed the slight issue with the dial print. It looks very flat on the black bay red and doesn't quite have the elevated texture of gen.
I own the black bay GMT and the writing on the dial is more 3D like. Obviously not quite like gen but very good nonetheless.
I own the black bay GMT and the writing on the dial is more 3D like. Obviously not quite like gen but very good nonetheless.
I have a black bay red ZF I am thinking to sell. Have used it less than 10 times. Please let me know if you are interested and can send some pictures and post in the right section of the forum. Thanks
I have a black bay blue and absolutely love it. Only complaint is the thickness which is a little much for a tight cuff.
Camblin
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There is more than 1 thread in this section comparing the Pepsi GMT to gen with pictures, I'd suggest you look at those. ZF Pepsi is a great, great rep. 1 flaw is the incorrect hand stack for example. There may be another couple of tiny flaws but I don't particularly remember them, but they will be mentioned in this section. The Red is a little more accurate in my opinion being near or basically perfect visually/externally. But that being said the Pepsi GMT is still a fantastic rep.
I think the 58 is also up there as a super rep. GMT will never be a super rep with the handstack. 9ther than that, its the standard black bays that are the best.
I had the Black Bay Blue (Rose Dial) from ZF Factory and I absolutely loved it. I would always go for the Rose Dial instead of the Shield Dial, the thickness there is way to much.
I am a little surprised honestly that the BB Red latest Shield Edition from ZF is considered a true superrep. I personally will call it an NWBG or first class rep for sure. But the flat slightly textured print on the dial is an easy tell. I have compared the rep to the gen side by side and its easy to spot, also with the naked eye without magnification. Also had a watch enthusiast friend to handle it without telling him it was a rep (to test it and see if he would comment on something) and he could see something was off straight away and asked if it could be true the watch already got patina^^.
Anyway. The flat text print is an easy tell in my book. Looks near perfect on the newer BB- 58 and S&G ZF reps. Wish they could just correct that damn text. Then it would be as good as it gets.
I would really like a black BB but i am also interested in having a "superrep" and i will sacrifice color for not being bummed about the flaws i may find in a not-quite-as-good-black bb.
I read that the ZF BB Shield was a very good rep so i just ordereded this
https://puretimewatch.io/heritage-20...824-black.html
I checked in on this forum to see what i should look after at QC and stumbled upon this thread. Now i am considering red instead of black but first i would like to know if i should consider changing the order to one of these instead:
https://puretimewatch.io/heritage-bl...-a2824-v4.html
https://puretimewatch.io/heritage-bl...-a2824-v5.html
Or should i go red?
If so the newest Tudor entry on Puretime is this: https://puretimewatch.io/heritage-2...-1-best-edition-on-ss-bracelet-a2824-red.html?
I read that the ZF BB Shield was a very good rep so i just ordereded this
https://puretimewatch.io/heritage-20...824-black.html
I checked in on this forum to see what i should look after at QC and stumbled upon this thread. Now i am considering red instead of black but first i would like to know if i should consider changing the order to one of these instead:
https://puretimewatch.io/heritage-bl...-a2824-v4.html
https://puretimewatch.io/heritage-bl...-a2824-v5.html
Or should i go red?
If so the newest Tudor entry on Puretime is this: https://puretimewatch.io/heritage-2...-1-best-edition-on-ss-bracelet-a2824-red.html?
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