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Clean new 126529LN 'Le Mans' release [actual photos]

RollyAP

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Is it compatible with the ACE movement?
 

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First photos show the flawed bezel with text too close to the edge. No excuse for this,.how can they stuff it up again. And it looks like the red daytona text on dial is too dark just like they messed up on 126519LN. Dammit really wanted to get this or the 126519LN baby lemans.
@CTime you have been made aware of these 2 flaws previously i would hope to think you have some way of getting the feedback to CF.
The text close to the bezel has been present from clean in the past. In seems in some recent QCs for the 126500 they've fixed it.

The colour of the Daytona text could just be the lighting. You're always going to deal with some flaws, it's just which you can tolerate more. If you don't like Clean, you can always go with QFs.
 

DarthVader1

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QF upclose, maybe they changed it :
I must say that you are right.
My QF 126629 S/S looking close with a 20x it has those very thiny concentric rings.
Let's hope CF didn't make the same mistake
 
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Reaps

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I must say that you are right.
My QF 126629 S/S looking close with a 20x it has those very thiny concentric rings.
Let's hope CF didn't make the same mistake
What can I say, i was top of my middle school school class in where's waldo and spot the difference 🤣

Jokes aside it's the small details I always appreciate clean for focusing on, I jerk them off alot but here we see the full strength of Clean dials and detail focus. Details we really dont focus on until you look upclose.
 

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much more obvious than the 20X co-centric circles I suppose
Don't think it's that obvious if you look at the macro shots of gen they look very close to the edge as well.

But you dont have to buy it if it bothers you! There is always QF.

Edit : btw the photos i sent above : gen, rep, rep, gen. The numbers look identical in these press release photos compared to the original CTime photos
 
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The bezel is a lose for me over QF but also the Clean sub register stalk lines actually cross onto the silver ring which the originals do not, thatquite an instant tell.
 

Td1969

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The bezel is a lose for me over QF but also the Clean sub register stalk lines actually cross onto the silver ring which the originals do not, thatquite an instant tell.
Also the original and the QF version do not have a edge step up between the outer sub dial and the silver ring. I can’t really see why the Clean is better but it may be worse.
 

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Clean sub register stalk lines actually cross onto the silver ring which the originals do not, thatquite an instant tell.
Can you point out what you're referring to? I'm looking at the subdials but I don't see lines that are crossing onto the ring.
 

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What can I say... I jerk them off alot.
Angry Black And White GIF by Laff
 
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Man y'all have some insanely good vision to see flaws at 100x with the naked eye on a dial that is clearly and obviously superior with just reading glasses.
I'm jealous.