Hmmm. I mean is it that hard to do a proper font and datewheel (I know nothing about the internals)?
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Yes I started to notice, oh well... just dont wear it during 20-29th of the month if you have other watches to enjoy LOL
I genuinely do this with my ARF Yachtmaster. I literally do not wear it between 20-29th because it is slightly left justified and it pisses me off. I don't know if it borders on OCD but not having the date centered really gets to me!
I totally agree, DW is extremely important. Its how experts tell how dodgy a rep watch can be, I really hope spongebob or mikey will develop new DW disc or layovers for this.
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This is exactly what I'm going to do! I have other watches that have a wonky day or two or three and I just don't wear it during those days. I have plenty of great watches to skip a day. It's a small price to pay for a great watch!
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Good idea, it just might work for the MKF V5 which has different font issues. 10-19 looks fine but the rest appears too small or not tall enough to fill the date window.
Lol I know how that goes got a DJ II that was fine for a long time now can only wear it from 24th to 16th
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My TD said that ZF doesn't typically sell spare parts, so I can't buy this date disc separately. Does that sound correct about ZF? I can't buy spare parts?
Try telling him you will pay him 100 usd to get the parts. See what he says.
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My TD got back to me.
The date disc was not centered vertically, as it sat too high, so my TD rejected it for me.
Also, the watch is 9.1mm, not 8.8 as intime stated. My TD measured it and informed me. I wonder who's more accurate though.
The date disc was not centered vertically, as it sat too high, so my TD rejected it for me.
Also, the watch is 9.1mm, not 8.8 as intime stated. My TD measured it and informed me. I wonder who's more accurate though.
The more I’m seeing of this the more I’m disliking it. Only .3mm thinner than the V6f and nearly double the price. A big disappointment. IMO they need to forget about these silly decorative movement plates and work with the stock Miyota plates like PF and KMF. They’re not fooling anybody I know but neither are the shitty deco plates.
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I agree about the pricing, sure, but I disagree on the watch as a whole. The dial finish looks superior to the V6F. The thinness, if it really is 8.8mm, is a big improvement, and is something I'm willing to pay for. We are talking incremental improvement, which is proportional to where we are at with the industry as a whole.
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The dial for me is ruined by that elongated line at 5. The pubes and stuff on the hands/dial can be removed I know, but it's incredibly sloppy considering this is a $480 rep. Multiple things have put me off this watch. I'll be waiting for the next maker to come along and rep this, I'll pick up a V6F again in the meantime.
Agreed.
I got lambasted from a few members for saying its not an upgrade from my V6F and now I stick by this decision even more. I don't think the dial is at all far superior and now after all said and done its only .3mm thinner than the V6F? Couple that with the ridiculous off centered date window and I fail to see how this can command $480 to be honest.
ZF are a great factory (my JLC Moonphase is sublime) but their QC is atrocious. The should scale back and concentrate on more quality rather than trying to rep everything under the sun.