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breitling transocean day date blue v7F vs Gen Scary close super Rep !

NaviChief

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Thinking to order black Dial and customize crocodile same choices in official website with white stitching and using back leather in strap to be more Gen like strap I can get 99% same oem by sending strap To strap maker
Look like no mesh Bracelet at the moment

Which strapmaker have you found that can make a 99% crocodile strap like the gen? I have never seen one that can replicate the shape of the padding on the gen strap, let alone the quality. I've been looking for years. It's the shape of the dome padding that is the biggest let down for me.
 

Repworld

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Which strapmaker have you found that can make a 99% crocodile strap like the gen? I have never seen one that can replicate the shape of the padding on the gen strap, let alone the quality. I've been looking for years. It's the shape of the dome padding that is the biggest let down for me.

Imean use very close pattern and color and stitching and strap shape
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Temple

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Is the mesh bracelet included?

No - I already owned a 42mm GF SuperOcean Heritage which I bought with the mesh bracelet some time back. They have the same size lugs.
 
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Redmen1905

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Hey
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​I received qc pics with a deviation of 11 sec/day. This seems way too much and i asked TD to replace the watch and they told me that their watchsmith is gonna try to adjust it below 10 sec. What is your experience with the movement?
 

kryckan13

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11s/d is not bad for an ETA clone movement. Besides those figures tell you nothing about how the watch performs on wrist. 11s/d dial up on a timegrapher may be 4s/d on the wrist.


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Redmen1905

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Their watchsmith brought it to 6.1s, I confirmed today..let's see how it Performa in real
 

Redmen1905

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Got mine today, maybe a bit too big for my little wrists but I love it. There is only one concern: the crown can be turned in a endless way so it does not get into a fixed position. Is this normal or a flaw?
 
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slashFAslash

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Got mine today, maybe a bit too big for my little wrists but I love it. There is only one concern: the crown can be turned in a endless way so it does not get into a fixed position. Is this normal or a flaw?

Nice watch, I'm not an expert on this model so maybe the seasoned veterans are more knowledgable but on the Breitling website for this model it says "Crown not screw-locked" so I don't think it should screw down in a fixed position.

Btw may I ask you what size your wrist is?
 
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Redmen1905

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I have very very small wrists without knowing what the size is Just as info i am using the last whole on the strap
 

Redmen1905

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Has somebody this rattling sound too when moving or turning the wrist fast? Like if there was a very cheap and bad movement inside. I just recognized and it is quite annoying to be honest
​​​​​​Was not the case when the watch arrived(or I did not recognize). I did not wear it for a week and now this..
 

Strodda

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Has somebody this rattling sound too when moving or turning the wrist fast? Like if there was a very cheap and bad movement inside. I just recognized and it is quite annoying to be honest
​​​​​​Was not the case when the watch arrived(or I did not recognize). I did not wear it for a week and now this..

Without a photo with the caseback removed, it could be anything. Whatever the problem may be, it will be fixable, just need to figure out what the issue actually is. Do you have the ability to remove the CB with a sticky ball?
 

slashFAslash

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Can someone with a white dial version of this watch post a closeup picture of the dial? Really interested in how the dial texture looks and how it reflects light. Thanks in advance!
 

chigganv

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Where do I buy this? cannot find on puretime. Or do I need to mail them and specifically ask for the V7f?
 

slashFAslash

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Where do I buy this? cannot find on puretime. Or do I need to mail them and specifically ask for the V7f?

Just search for "Transocean" they should be the first few results. If the factory is not stated you can ask them per email.