First Order with Trusty

[AlicW]

Hi everyone, after lots of reading on here I have placed my first order for an IWC 500908 LPP Big Pilot - ZF best edition.

Ordered 05/12/22
QC received and approved 09/12/22
Despatch confirmation and tracking received 10/12/22

Cant wait to receive it and see what the quality is like, looks great in the QC pics and the ZF big pilots always seem to get rave reviews so hoping for good things.

The tracking number I received was a Royal Mail one similar to buying from AliExpress but using tracking apps they don’t seem to have any detail for the China side which you can normally see fine on AE shipments, anyone know which courier they ship with, all I have been told is Express Airmail.

 

[Winni1611]

My experience is that you can't get any Information between watch beeing shiped in
China and arriving at your country. From that point on you should be able to track it
Again.

 

[AlicW]

My experience is that you can't get any Information between watch beeing shiped in
China and arriving at your country. From that point on you should be able to track it
Again.

Thanks, that’s what I suspected would be the case. Patience is key!

 

[AlicW]

Watch arrived yesterday in perfect order and I must say I am over the moon with it. Quality is great and the timekeeping excellent.

On receipt of the watch I purchased an original Santoni strap from IWC which arrived this morning, for my second strap I chose one without the steel rivets as I prefer it without, on comparing the two the sticking of the two is very similar, the rep strap is a little darker and has less of a taper from thick to thin along its length but I doubt you would ever spot the difference.

Both rep and genuine straps are quite stiff out the box so hopefully they will get more supple as time goes by but the genuine one does have slightly more visible grain and life to the leather.

 

[AlicW]

I must say many thanks to Andrew for his assistance to my many stupid questions throughout the purchase. Will most definitely be an easier transaction for my next watch!!

 

[megadevoid]

Very nice! Congratulations!

Would you say the included strap would fit a 19.5-20 cm (7.5-7.8 inch) wrist?

 

[AlicW]

Very nice! Congratulations!

Would you say the included strap would fit a 19.5-20 cm (7.5-7.8 inch) wrist?

Definitely, my wrist is 18.5 cm and I am on the 3rd hole on the genuine strap, was in between 2nd and 3rd hole on the rep strap as the spacing is slightly different.

At 1 - 1.5cm bigger you will be bang on mid range on the standard length strap

 

[megadevoid]

Cool! Sounds perfect

What about the lume by the way, is it good? How long does it last on average?
Do you know if this is the so called "v2" variant with the more consistently applied lume?

 

[AlicW]

Cool! Sounds perfect

What about the lume by the way, is it good? How long does it last on average?
Do you know if this is the so called "v2" variant with the more consistently applied lume?

This is a V2 version, lume is generally good, consistent colour and intensity cross the face and hands. I must admit tho Scottish weather hasn't been great so have barely been outside without it being covered by a big jacket.

Jury is still out on how well it will perform on that front, from sitting inside in artificial light you get barely anything from it but that is the same on my gen Breathing, iPhone torch makes it glow strong so I'm hoping it will be good when exposed to some natural light.

 

[AlicW]

I should add as well that the lume has good depth to it, it is nicely domed in all of the numbers and the triangle at 12 o'clock has a good pyramid effect to it sufficient to catch the light correctly, I had read some of them are quite flat which is not the case here.

 

[trustytime]

Thanks for the support.

Nice watch. Enjoy it!

 

[AlicW]

Thanks for the support.

Nice watch. Enjoy it!

Your welcome, looking forward to selecting my next one