I haven't seen the gen side by side with this so I cannot answer that with any authority. What I can say is that it is at least as good as the v5 PO as some people have said its the same caseset. The dial is better imo and is really beautiful. the caseback is perfect, the insert color looks nice and the pearl seems to be the achilles heel. mine is pretty decent and i have no issues with it, but some photos of a couple others i have seen left some to be desired. hope that helps...
i whole heartedly give this an enthusiastic thumbs up and have no reservations recommending it to anyone. it is a steal at 225$ USD especially considering how much reps have increased in price this past year.
be prepared to wait an extra week or two on these. they are hard to get and the maker was having trouble sourcing a couple parts due to raids when I was awaiting mine.
cheers
in case my reply looked like i was confirming scooby's post i was saying he was incorrect... it does come in 42mm, i have one on right now... pic incoming
Looks nice ichi, great wristshot, strap looks really good on it. You are the only other person I know that picked one of these PO's up! The dial is really cool isn't it?!