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Clean 126500 Daytona review

japer

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So happy i went for the white, to me it has that feeling of being rare, in a league of it’s own, a special one. The black, although I do love it, is less special, more common…

Just my two cents.
 

TKav3

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Still can’t decide if I prefer this or the 116500 panda. It’s almost like I prefer the 116 in gen, but 126 rep if that makes sense 🤣

 
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Got sort of a ticky tack question for those with the black dial. Do you find that the subdials “shine” and have that bling effect like the gen do when looking at it head-on? If I’m not mistaken I believe they use platinum on the gen. No knock on the rep, I’m loving my 126 panda and would like to add the black dial to the collection. But in the photos I’ve seen on here I’m just not seeing it. Obviously you don’t want too much shine or they’ll end up like the BTF 116 black dials 🤣

 
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Got sort of a ticky tack question for those with the black dial. Do you find that the subdials “shine” and have that bling effect like the gen do when looking at it head-on? If I’m not mistaken I believe they use platinum on the gen. No knock on the rep, I’m loving my 126 panda and would like to add the black dial to the collection. But in the photos I’ve seen on here I’m just not seeing it. Obviously you don’t want too much shine or they’ll end up like the BTF 116 black dials 🤣

Its noted in CTime's comparison with gen that the subdial rings on Clean are muted in comparison with gen.
 
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m5smg2

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Got sort of a ticky tack question for those with the black dial. Do you find that the subdials “shine” and have that bling effect like the gen do when looking at it head-on? If I’m not mistaken I believe they use platinum on the gen. No knock on the rep, I’m loving my 126 panda and would like to add the black dial to the collection. But in the photos I’ve seen on here I’m just not seeing it. Obviously you don’t want too much shine or they’ll end up like the BTF 116 black dials 🤣

Like the gen, the Clean sub dials are matte with a polished outer ring 👍

On the gen 116520 white and black dials and 116500 black dials the counters are of white gold, not platinum. As are the hands and hour markers. I would think the gen 12 black counters are again of white gold. Considering the Clean counters are not crafted of precious metal, they are beautiful in person..


 
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I received my Panda today. Just 13 days from order to delivery in Europe. It's such a gorgeous watch, and since it's the only white dial watch I have, it really stands out in my collection.

Also, it's even tinier than I rembered it. Now I really feel stupid about all the OCD from browsing the high-res close up shots here in the forum and from QC. In real life this watch is simply too small to see any imperfections 🤣 And Clean did a great job with this V1.
 
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My watch is too loose but when I remove a bracelet link it’s too tight, what can I do?
Man, RWI is really the internet's help desk huh?

You need a fine spring bar tool to do this.

The clasp has 3 microadjust holes.

Add a bracelet link to make it looser, not tighter.

Then activate the easy link. When you unfold the easy link you'll see the spring bar.

Adjust this spring bar to the correct setting, probably try the 2nd hole then the 1st hole.

Google it.