Okay, let me first say that I am extremely happy with DSN and with this watch. He shipped really fast and always answers to mails promptly. The shape of the case is flawless and is free of obvious defects. Onto the review...
CASE
The shape of the case is really good, the CG is thick and sharp and the CG lever follows the contour the the CG itself really nicely. The lever is really tight and snaps nicely. The crown has a very good definition. A really nice thing to mention is that this is the first rep I've ever received with the lug pins flushed equally to the case on all 4 points. I've replaced them with panatime's spring bars either way because I am terrified to strip the threads of all PAMS.
BEZEL
The Bezel is as close to the body as humanly possible (you can't even fit a needle point there). But there is a small but perceivable jiggle before you turn it on both directions which subtracts from the gen feeling. Also the first black marker and the last black marker appear to be a little too close to the bezel inserts (compared to the gen photos).
GLASS
The glass is sapphire with no AR (very difficult watch to photograph) but very high quality. The glass is slightly domed which is awesome!
DIAL
The dial is absolutely brilliant! It is not black, it's more like a medium gray color. The fonts are really beautiful and perfect and the seconds sub-dial has beautiful concentric circles that give it a really nice detail. The lume is SICK! The pearl and numerals glow like a torch!
STRAP
It came with a so-so rubber strap (David warned me about this though). I immediately swapped it for a Panatime shark strap as seen on the photos.
CASEBACK
The caseback is really nice but I think David here made a mistake. The caseback is TITANIUM! It even says titanium on the back. To me, David has mistakenly put the caseback of a titanium submersible on my watch. I've not seen a gen's caseback so I cannot be 100% about this. Let's see what David has to say about this...
MOVEMENT
A standard a.7750 as good as it gets. The rotor in not engraved nor stickered.
Onto the pics...
CASE
The shape of the case is really good, the CG is thick and sharp and the CG lever follows the contour the the CG itself really nicely. The lever is really tight and snaps nicely. The crown has a very good definition. A really nice thing to mention is that this is the first rep I've ever received with the lug pins flushed equally to the case on all 4 points. I've replaced them with panatime's spring bars either way because I am terrified to strip the threads of all PAMS.
BEZEL
The Bezel is as close to the body as humanly possible (you can't even fit a needle point there). But there is a small but perceivable jiggle before you turn it on both directions which subtracts from the gen feeling. Also the first black marker and the last black marker appear to be a little too close to the bezel inserts (compared to the gen photos).
GLASS
The glass is sapphire with no AR (very difficult watch to photograph) but very high quality. The glass is slightly domed which is awesome!
DIAL
The dial is absolutely brilliant! It is not black, it's more like a medium gray color. The fonts are really beautiful and perfect and the seconds sub-dial has beautiful concentric circles that give it a really nice detail. The lume is SICK! The pearl and numerals glow like a torch!
STRAP
It came with a so-so rubber strap (David warned me about this though). I immediately swapped it for a Panatime shark strap as seen on the photos.
CASEBACK
The caseback is really nice but I think David here made a mistake. The caseback is TITANIUM! It even says titanium on the back. To me, David has mistakenly put the caseback of a titanium submersible on my watch. I've not seen a gen's caseback so I cannot be 100% about this. Let's see what David has to say about this...
MOVEMENT
A standard a.7750 as good as it gets. The rotor in not engraved nor stickered.
Onto the pics...
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