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Phenomenal!Wanted to share my three Tungsten GMF Daydates - yes these are still available, yes they're 168g, and yes they're amazing.
The YG is plated, the other two are stock.
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GMF Day-Date 40mm Tungsten Heavy Version
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This is YG right? Sorry, I know this should be obvious but night shift on my phone messes with my eyes lol
What irritates me regarding V2 and or V2.1 is that the bracelet has a different plating than the case. On V1 both case and bracelet have the same plating. The factory has taken shortcuts on V2 including less tungsten!
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The gold plating is worth it, but it's quite difficult to find anybody who can plate tungsten. Comparing it next to clean gold + real gold jewelry and it clearly makes a difference. In room lighting maybe it's not so much, but in the bright sunlight it glistens insanely well.
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I agree. I have a couple of plated tungsten DD and they look great. We’ll see how long they last.
Backt0thefuture
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I am extremely interested possibly getting the Day Date 40 GMF 1:1 Best Edition 904L Steel Grey Dial Stick Markers on Presidentiak Bracelet with the A2836 mocement（Tungsten Heavy Version) from CTime. There apparently isn't any threads regarding this model. Please send link for any watch threads that can answer my questions below.
Has anyone handle a Tungsten rep before? Can you feel the different with the weight in hand. I notice some people would have different weigh count ranging from 166-200g. Possibly that the first batches were "heavier" and the factories wised up to save on cost and now are lighter, is this true? Also found some believe the Tungsten is placed on the Rotor and case back specifically, is this true?
Has anyone owned a GMF Day Date before? How's the build quality?
I did notice the Day font seems a bit thinner than Gen (would others agree?) Has anyone installed Gen Day & Date wheels? Was it complicated and needed modifications or simple plug and play?
Is it me or does the bracelet look different from Gen? After watching countless videos on YouTube of Gen Dark Rhodium Day Date 40s, it seems to me the bracelet links are more tightly fitted together (could be due to the ceramic pins). The SHAPE of the links also seem "more pretty" and potentially different shape? Longer? Shorter Height? Or maybe my eyes just need a break form the screen, ahhaha?!
Honestly, any insight would be greatly appreciated. Love this watch! Reminds me something Bruce Wayne would wear overlooking Gotham.
So the consensus seems to suggest the average weight in 166g+- Not bad. Does anyone have some insight on other details for the GMF factory DD 40? I did a post above as well. To me it seems the font is a bit thinner compared to Gen. What are some other noticeable differences to Gen? Would greatly appreciate any insight. How does the movement feel when winding? Anyone owned these bad boys for a extended amount of time?
Any talks regarding a new release?
SEIKOSENSEI
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i am being told that GMF are out of stock tungsten watches and likely not to produce more. i am glad i read this thread, was not aware of an inferior "v2". i am debating buying regular SS models instead now. has anyone heard anything different?
thanks,
thanks,
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Whoever told you this is a liar. GMF still produces but they release batches irregularly and are in short stock constantly, so be patient.
V2 exists and is slightly lighter (like 1g). Not a deal breaker (this is the weight of a few grains of rice. Are you going to notice it? No.)
The biggest annoyance about v2 is if you have a YG rep the bracelet and case are slightly different color.
All in all it's still worth it to try and obtain one. But if you wanna save cash go SS I guess. But why go for an inferior version?
Can someone confirm that the V2 GMF plating color differences is only an issue on the YG models?
The RG V2 don’t have this issue? Been wanting a RG / olive dial
The RG V2 don’t have this issue? Been wanting a RG / olive dial
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Gabriele75rn
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Is it the one with real meteorite dial?Adoro il mio appuntamento al tungsteno
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I believe so. That’s what the seller told me. Here are some more photos from the guy I got it from. You can really see the character of the dial.
Awesome meteorite.
Can someone confirm that the V2 GMF plating issue is only on the YG?
The RG / olive dial don’t have a V2 plating mismatch between the case and bracelet?
Can someone confirm that the V2 GMF plating issue is only on the YG?
The RG / olive dial don’t have a V2 plating mismatch between the case and bracelet?
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I just got that a few weeks ago but got it replated so I’m not sure. Just go to reptimeQC and look at recent QC images of it.
mmaggi
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Can someone speak to the rose gold version and if a re-plate is required out of the box? Trying to justify the price of getting one re-plated.
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No not any of mine two YG pieces. Despite one having a different plating on case & bracelet.
mmaggi
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@johnlogan - How often do you wear them? My concern is the plating coming off more so than the color accuracy.