Some observations over the last couple days below. To be clear, none of these bother me, but wanted to share in case any of this is important to some folks:
- The lume is perfect colour most of the time. Today while out in the sun, close to around golden hour, I noticed a really interesting shift, where the pearl kind of glows a bit cyan, and the indices look a bit lavender/violet. There’s a clear difference between them, but I wasn’t able to capture it using my phone camera or replicate it under artificial lighting at home. being a lume nut, I found it very curious pigment behaviour and will try to capture it if I notice it again
- Anecdotally, timekeeping seems great. Don’t have a timegrapher so I can’t measure unfortunately
- It wears wonderfully on the wrist. The clasp seems to hug the bracelet more than my VSF 126610, and this lends a more curved feel when on wrist. The bracelet overall is great and the clasp is much better IMO than the VSF. Whenever the TDs are willing to let me source parts, I’ll get a replacement CF 12x bracelet to swap onto my VSF
- The SEL at 11 is flush with the lug while the rest have a tiny height difference. Again, not an issue for me but may be important to others
- The rotor surprisingly is a tad noticeable, compared to other Clean subs I’ve got. On my 114x and 116x CFs, the rotor was never noticeable. Might be the difference of the VR3230, but haven’t opened it up to take a look yet. A service or just a drop of lube would probably resolve it. To be clear though, it’s only noticeable when flicking the wrist, not in regular movements
- Bezel action is light and smooth. A hair of backplay, and could likely benefit from a slightly stronger spring upgrade. The click itself is nice. I have a slight preference for bezels that don’t turn when brushing up against my jeans or some other light contact. Caveat: I’ve never touched a gen, so I have no comparison apart from VSF and 11x CF models. I dunno how easily a gen turns. My gen omegas don’t turn easily from accidentally rubbing so that’s my only comparison
- Alignment of the rehaut is just a micrometer off. This is only noticeable at high magnification macro photos, on the wrist you’ll never notice it. The engraving looks good and refined to me. I’d be tempted to try another one to see if I can relieve my OCD about having the rehaut crown perfectly centered (admittedly I did this with 114x), and to see as others receive theirs whether it gets better as they produce more.
Overall I’m really happy with this one - I’ll likely be daily wearing it for quite awhile!
Some macro photos for y’all to enjoy as promised - note I had to long exposure shots as I didn’t have good lighting, so the seconds hand is always has motion blur from the time lapse: