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Clean Factory New Submariner Series Review (Incl. Comparison Pics vs Gen)

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I do not represent him nor do I care about this cg being angled or not but I happened to have a zzf v3 as well so I took a comparison shot of it with arf v2

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zzf looks pretty straight to me...
 

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I do not represent him nor do I care about this cg being angled or not but I happened to have a zzf v3 as well so I took a comparison shot of it with arf v2

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zzf looks pretty straight to me...
Excellent observation. No wonder their cgs are too tall.

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well i had a zzf v2 and compared to my gen it was abit smaller looking, sold it but not because of that. i prefered the smaller look over the gen.
But the Insert was fading and thats not acceptable. on LN you can get a gen if you needed but hulk is hard and expensive to get.

The Dimensions are not the same as you can see on the picture.
so everyone who wants to franken it with gen insert or dial, be careful maybe it wont fit.
 

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So whos ordered the clean factory ones? Anyone received them yet? It looks promising I must say and even though I love VSF this could be a real contender.
 
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So whos ordered the clean factory ones? Anyone received them yet? It looks promising I must say and even though I love VSF this could be a real contender.

I see a lot of people still ordering the zzf, maybe this rebranding has been not so well communicated.
 

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Let's see if they fixed the 114060 dimple. My theory is they're just selling the ZZF stuff under a different name due to the 904-Junior-confusion where no one understood what's happening anymore.
 
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Let's see if they fixed the 114060 dimple. My theory is they're just selling the ZZF stuff under a different name due to the 904-Junior-confusion where no one understood what's happening anymore.


Exactly what I think. I for myself got a ZZF V3, but as soon as I have read about lying to the customer in this size like the 904-Steel case, i decide, no matter how good their Reps would be, i wont support such a factory anymore.
 

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Exactly what I think. I for myself got a ZZF V3, but as soon as I have read about lying to the customer in this size like the 904-Steel case, i decide, no matter how good their Reps would be, i wont support such a factory anymore.

will do same, i hope they sell their new cfv4 insert to other factories.

but lol, doesnt matter which factory everyone is following noob with ther V1-xx versions. thats totally crap
 

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Exactly what I think. I for myself got a ZZF V3, but as soon as I have read about lying to the customer in this size like the 904-Steel case, i decide, no matter how good their Reps would be, i wont support such a factory anymore.

Certainly hope this will be a precedent for other factories to avoid & to learn


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Li, as others have stated we appreciated the time and effort providing all these pics, despite some enjoying ripping them apart ;-)

For the money, another good option for customers to consider. I think they all look pretty darn good and much improved on what we had only a year or two ago.

What stood out as needing a little work were the bezel teeth, but as I won't be going around with two watches on top of each other, and pointing it out to others, I can live with the small imperfections!
 

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To me it looks slanted, maybe not as much but def slanted

Yes they are slightly slanted. If really looking for it, can def tell vs Gen. However, I have a ZZF v2S that I frankened (best insert at the time and a bracelet i wanted to use fit very well) and I'll tell ya what, I could give only about two shits and zero fucks in regards to the crown guards. Almost gave 3 shits but couldn't quite get the third one out.

Joking lol,, but metaphorically speaking, I'm serious as shit. Heh. It's perhaps one of the most irrelevant flaws ever- outside of the intrinsically inane pursuit of the fabled "perfect case" for satisfaction's sake.

On the wrist I got called out one time though... perhaps because of the crowngaurds themselves, perhaps because I looked like I was fixin' to punch my own face real good holding my fist up at such an angle that I could masochistically obsess over crown guard angles.

It makes sense if you don't think about it.