Hi All
Firstly thanks for all the amazing info you members put out.
Before any burns - if there’s a thread on this, please point me to it. I e looked (and searched) and couldn’t find anything.
I’ve pulled the trigger with Angus at PureTime on a ZF Big Pilot ref IW500901. I’ve owned the gen 5004 and owned and sold a gen 5009. Looking at this watch it’s (to me) 99.8% on point with the gen. However the obvious flaws are:
1. strap and deployment clasp (which I’ve ordered genuine ones of each) and
2. The crown (logo is sunk by a fraction of a mm on the rep) vs the gen
3. Dial... well actually the red on the PR of the dial and the slightly not as crisp white numerals. So if any one has a gen 500901 dial and knows it would fit please pm me
4. The Crystal is EXTREMELY good but not quite perfect. So I can live with that for now.
5. The ever so slightly thicker (we splitting ball hairs here) lug width on the side view, at the bottom of the curve....
However, as I am no BP expert, I am hoping that one of you can tell me if the gen crown first the ZF rep? All help would be greatly appreciated!
Also if you guys have Franken Big Pilots. Please show them off here! I will definitely be poring my beast in its rep state and as she gets more and more frankened
Thanks in advance
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Firstly thanks for all the amazing info you members put out.
Before any burns - if there’s a thread on this, please point me to it. I e looked (and searched) and couldn’t find anything.
I’ve pulled the trigger with Angus at PureTime on a ZF Big Pilot ref IW500901. I’ve owned the gen 5004 and owned and sold a gen 5009. Looking at this watch it’s (to me) 99.8% on point with the gen. However the obvious flaws are:
1. strap and deployment clasp (which I’ve ordered genuine ones of each) and
2. The crown (logo is sunk by a fraction of a mm on the rep) vs the gen
3. Dial... well actually the red on the PR of the dial and the slightly not as crisp white numerals. So if any one has a gen 500901 dial and knows it would fit please pm me
4. The Crystal is EXTREMELY good but not quite perfect. So I can live with that for now.
5. The ever so slightly thicker (we splitting ball hairs here) lug width on the side view, at the bottom of the curve....
However, as I am no BP expert, I am hoping that one of you can tell me if the gen crown first the ZF rep? All help would be greatly appreciated!
Also if you guys have Franken Big Pilots. Please show them off here! I will definitely be poring my beast in its rep state and as she gets more and more frankened
Thanks in advance
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