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I saw one of these a couple months back but now the line has expanded quite a bit. A good place to view them all is linked below. Keep in mind Trusty is not a TD on RWI, so send a link of the watch you want to an RWI TD.
http://www.trustytime01.cc/index.ph...cription=1&keyword=BP+Asia+2813+CHS&x=31&y=16
There is a 1675, a 16710, 2 Explorers, and just about every combo of 6 digit GMT.
These are powered by a GMT variant of the DG2813, the DG3804, so they will be low beat but in all honesty I don't visually see a huge difference between 6 and 8 beats a second (must be getting old). YMMV
The hand stack is correct, however the GMT hand hole surround remains large so you can't see the hour hand hole surround beneath it. The date changes by jumping the hour hand, just like the ETA 2824 CHS. Someone figured out how to mod this movement similar to the one we all know and love/hate. It will be interesting to see how these movements hold up and whether or not they are just another different brand of timebomb.
The rest of the watch looks typical BP, decent enough quality. Good enough to merit consideration, usually not quite as good as Noob, ARF, or VRF with a few standout exceptions. Some of the inserts look like new offerings, definitely different from recent BP ETA GMTs.
With these cheaper movements, the price points are very attractive, around $278, even the TT, FG, RG. The TT RG model shown in its video even had covered SEL sides. I am planning on grabbing one of these soon mainly to check out the movement but also because you can never have enough GMTs!
http://www.trustytime01.cc/index.ph...cription=1&keyword=BP+Asia+2813+CHS&x=31&y=16
There is a 1675, a 16710, 2 Explorers, and just about every combo of 6 digit GMT.
These are powered by a GMT variant of the DG2813, the DG3804, so they will be low beat but in all honesty I don't visually see a huge difference between 6 and 8 beats a second (must be getting old). YMMV
The hand stack is correct, however the GMT hand hole surround remains large so you can't see the hour hand hole surround beneath it. The date changes by jumping the hour hand, just like the ETA 2824 CHS. Someone figured out how to mod this movement similar to the one we all know and love/hate. It will be interesting to see how these movements hold up and whether or not they are just another different brand of timebomb.
The rest of the watch looks typical BP, decent enough quality. Good enough to merit consideration, usually not quite as good as Noob, ARF, or VRF with a few standout exceptions. Some of the inserts look like new offerings, definitely different from recent BP ETA GMTs.
With these cheaper movements, the price points are very attractive, around $278, even the TT, FG, RG. The TT RG model shown in its video even had covered SEL sides. I am planning on grabbing one of these soon mainly to check out the movement but also because you can never have enough GMTs!
