The SH3285 and VR3285 are the same movement. The SH/VR3285 is widely available and is used by many factories in their GMTs and explorer iis. Clean factory exclusively has the Dandong dd3285 movement which they use in the CF GMTs. There is no dd3285 explorer II yet. But we all hope cf will release one soon.
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GMF Explorer II 226570 with VR3285 Made with Gen as Reference
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I’ve had my GMF for about a week now and I really like it
The VR/SH3285 movement is not very reliable. I’ve seen at least three broken setting levers (red arrows) on my bench. And I’ve seen surface rust on a brand new setting lever spring (blue arrow). My $0.02 is that it’s worth waiting for a dd3285 powered explorer 2.
Ok, thats Bad News acc to the vr movements. I agree that a explorer 2 with dd3235 would be the bestThe VR/SH3285 movement is not very reliable. I’ve seen at least three broken setting levers (red arrows) on my bench. And I’ve seen surface rust on a brand new setting lever spring (blue arrow). My $0.02 is that it’s worth waiting for a dd3285 powered explorer 2.
My daily. Running like a champ.
Mods:
- Gen Crystal + DW
- Gen MS
- VSF setting lever swap
- Full movement service by dogwood
- Rehaut polish + waterproofed to 6 bars
- Bracelet soaked in dry wax to get rid of squeaks and to help keep debris out of the links
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What is dry wax?? never heard of that.
My daily. Running like a champ.
Mods:
- Gen Crystal + DW
- Gen MS
- VSF setting lever swap
- Full movement service by dogwood
- Rehaut polish + waterproofed to 6 bars
- Bracelet soaked in dry wax to get rid of squeaks and to help keep debris out of the links
It's a certain type of bike chain wax, it goes on wet but dries up in a minute or so when exposed to air. Leaves a waxy residue. Supposed to help with repelling dust/dirt/water.
I soak my bracelet in it, inside of a little zip lock pouch. I move each individual link, and make sure it's had a chance to get in. Then I take it out and let it dry, and then use dish soap and a toothbrush to take remove it from the outside of the bracelet.
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I bought a new explorer II from a grey market dealer. The seller has 100’s of verified transactions over and vetted on the Rolex forums, so I have no reason to be suspicious, but I honestly can’t tell the difference when I look at these reps here and my watch or images of other gens. So what do you all think? Gen?
Congrats bro!I bought a new explorer II from a grey market dealer. The seller has 100’s of verified transactions over and vetted on the Rolex forums, so I have no reason to be suspicious, but I honestly can’t tell the difference when I look at these reps here and my watch or images of other gens. So what do you all think? Gen?
That's definitely a Gen no doubt. You can tell by the finishing of the hands and the dial indices, and the perfectly centered date
Thanks! Good to know. I think a lot of people over on TRF’s are oblivious to how good some of these reps are these days. I honestly can’t tell the difference between yours and mine, the finishing on yours looks pretty damn good to me.
Looks good and you soon get to used to it!
A bit large figuring out if I can rock it!
Did I read somewhere that the 226570 will be coming soon by Clean? Is this something true happening?
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Thanks for the fast response. Ok good, thanks for the confirmation, seems like with the better movement this would be worth the wait.
I quoted myself like a dum dum lol
Thanks for the fast response. Ok good, thanks for the confirmation, seems like with the better movement this would be worth the wait.
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