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Clean new 126500 white and black dial comparison with GEN

Reaps

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I literally see no difference except maybe the marker squares are a tad bit bigger and the bezel engraving is deeper but you have to fucking zoom in to see it
 
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SuperLory

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I literally see no difference except maybe the marker squares are a tad bit bigger and the bezel engraving is deeper but you have to fucking zoom in to see it
yeah pretty much all the engravings on the bezel but not specifically 70 to 60..
 

Tony Clifton

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On the Gen the markers, are placed a little bit closer to the inner edge of the ceramic bezel - closer to the crystal. And as many have correctly noticed, the engravings are too deep. But will you see this on the wrist? Probably not.

And there will be updated bezels in the future for replacement if it hurts your eyes. Swapping over a bezel is quite easy with the right tools. Even I can do it in about 5 minutes....
 

BobClod

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To an untrained eye (me), I think they look pretty amazing. Maybe if I get a tax refund this year!
 
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m5smg2

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Geof89

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I find the movement really beautiful
 

M Scott

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Anyone know if the Le Mans model is actually in the works?
tempted to buy black dial but would rather wait for that
Now that one does look really nice...
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cubicmangoes

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Taking this as my chance to make my first post after joining over 2 years ago and soaking up the vast amount of passion and knowledge RWI has to offer. I recently decided to become a patron to support the community.

I am a bit of a Daytona nut and last year in May I had the very lucky opportunity to be invited to a launch event where I was able to try on the gen 126500 as one of the first people to see it "in the flesh" in my area. I initially wasn't too fond of the amalgamation of different design aesthetics the current model brings together (there's 6263, 16520, 116520, 116509/19 elements, all in one watch) but having felt and seen it as a real object, I truly fell in love (again).

This has been barely a year ago and seeing @Bobi01 's photos leaves me utterly impressed with this V1. Insane.
 

TKav3

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Now that one does look really nice...
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I'm no expert but I have to imagine the Le Mans having a 4132 movement instead of the 4131 to account of the left sub-dial being 24 hours instead of 12 creates a massive wrinkle for the factories. Personally I could care less, I've never actually used the chrono on any of my reps and I would just change the "1" to "2" on the movement text for the clear caseback if it were up to me lmao
 

Tlko87

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Nice! I guess this is the 💯 year jubilee version in white gold with the 4132 movement.