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Clean new GMT with DD3285 QC pics and video release [finally]

daytonadude

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The V2 has just been released addressing the waterproof concerns from the V1 batches along with dial printing improvements and crown updates on the bracelet so it's a moot point now.
Is it really a meaningful upgrade? I look at my dial and can't find much wrong with it...
 

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Just received my V2 clean DD3285 Pepsi on oyster and it's superb. lovely smooth positive action to the bezel, perfectly aligned bezel and date numerals in window (not sitting low like V1)

really impressed

got a rootbeer on order
There is no V2 pepsi out so far. There is only a V1 DD3285 version so far. V2 DD3285 is Batman/Batgirl only so far.

As far as the dial print upgrade. I couldn't tell any difference in QC's but I should have it in hand in a few weeks and can compare to a V1 DD3285 batch.
 
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There is no V2 pepsi out so far. There is only a V1 DD3285 version so far. V2 DD3285 is Batman/Batgirl only so far.

As far as the dial print upgrade. I couldn't tell any difference in QC's but I should have it in hand in a few weeks and can compare to a V1 DD3285 batch.
Well something is different on the latest versions as the bezel turning is much improved and there isn’t a water resistance problem so whether it’s a v2 or not it’s improved.
 
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I would agree the DD3285 examples do have an improved bezel action compared to the 3186's but still way too much grease. :)
 

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Is it really a meaningful upgrade? I look at my dial and can't find much wrong with it...
To the naked eye it’s not a visible tell. You would need a loupe or a photo that’s zoomed in 10x to see the difference

However it is a nice upgrade with the attention to details. You can see the dial printing in photo below reflect light at different angles with the raised lettering now. Job well done CF 👌🏻

 

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Well now my OCD is on fiiiiiiiireeeee

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Do you think that in this WristSwap video in which he compares the Gen to a rep, he is using a Clean Factory rep? Or can you identify what other rep it is?

 

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Do you think that in this WristSwap video in which he compares the Gen to a rep, he is using a Clean Factory rep? Or can you identify what other rep it is?

Looks like a clean but not the latest one as it doesn't have the DD3285
 
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Just received my V2 clean DD3285 Pepsi on oyster and it's superb. lovely smooth positive action to the bezel, perfectly aligned bezel and date numerals in window (not sitting low like V1)

really impressed

got a rootbeer on order
Date sitting low?
 

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no but it you want to see if something is watertight you don’t hold it up to a lightbulb do you.
How about a waterproof tester.....?
I mesn those china reps, no matter whats declared, could easy leak in watter and then 500 bucks are gone.
Let it tested would cost 10 bucks. But everybod has to do as he wants lol
 
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To the naked eye it’s not a visible tell. You would need a loupe or a photo that’s zoomed in 10x to see the difference

However it is a nice upgrade with the attention to details. You can see the dial printing in photo below reflect light at different angles with the raised lettering now. Job well done CF 👌🏻

That’s what I’m seeing.

To be honest it was the main reason I got rid of the Pepsi I picked up in April, the print was really bad and lots of imperfections.

This new dial is improved on the one i just received, I’m not saying it’s a V2 by any means but what ever they did to this particular dial should be done to all of them.
 
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That’s what I’m seeing.

To be honest it was the main reason I got rid of the Pepsi I picked up in April, the print was really bad and lots of imperfections.

This new dial is improved on the one i just received, I’m not saying it’s a V2 by any means but what ever they did to this particular dial should be done to all of them.
It’ll eventually be on done on the rest once old stock runs out.

Thankfully the bezel action has improved as well, much smoother than the VR movement version
 

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How about a waterproof tester.....?
I mesn those china reps, no matter whats declared, could easy leak in watter and then 500 bucks are gone.
Let it tested would cost 10 bucks. But everybod has to do as he wants lol

I never had one handy, but I did have a bucket of water LOL. Well nothing ventured and all that, I thought it was worth the risk.
 
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