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IWC 5035 Annual Calendar Comparison, teardown and Review

spursian

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Still the same problems..
 

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Yes, unfortunately. However, what would you have expected? That's just another version of exactly the same watch that we already know.
 

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Anyways, quick comparison of gen vs rep. Is the dial smaller on the rep? Looking at the spacing between rails and edge

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On the rep, the rails should be closer to the edge of the dial. That's why the dial appears smaller. They really need to go back to the drawing board and revise everything. [emoji57]
 

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Waiting for V2 the last Hope otherwise The watch dead


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Waiting for V2 the last Hope otherwise The watch dead


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Agreed, instead of saying "let's spend some money to fix those flaws", they simply go with "let's just make versions of this thing and see if anyone is gonna get it". How unfortunate for us.
 

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On the rep, the rails should be closer to the edge of the dial. That's why the dial appears smaller. They really need to go back to the drawing board and revise everything. [emoji57]

Agreed. Hence why it was said earlier that the subdials were too close to the rails when in actuality it's the other way round.

This is why we need ZF thrown into the mix. Never good when there's only one maker on a specific model. Mind you I may still bite the bullet, I'm 50/50 on this
 

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With ZF you will have pretty good rep quality, but pretty shitty assembly quality. So you're between a rock and a hard place anyway.
 

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Look like YL correct DW positions, subdials still wrong , no idea about back engraving


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DWs windows now in good position


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The wrong back engraving maybe From Big first batch stock


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