So I finally got my Aquanaut from KMF.
God damn it's nice.
The rubber strap has enough 'links' to fit around a fat mans leg. Use a small nail scissor to cut it to fit. Tried a few different scissors but a quality nail scissor did the best job for getting the strap cut evenly across.
Unboxing experience is amazing, although I could immediately hear the loud miyota rotor. It's definitely louder than my JF AP.
Thickness (or lack of) is amazing. 8.4mm. Just wow. Will definitely pick the KMF over ZF for the extra half mm. Decoration on movement is fine. ZF is incorrect anyways (nobody can copy the patek 1:1, so I'd rather choose a thinner case)
Quality is great. Clasp locks beautifully with a strong snap. Feels like quality. I was a bit worried about the dial missing brown tones, but the KMF definitely has that, just hard to capture with my phone camera and its automatic colour/white-balance. Only thing this needs is a DW but I already ordered the DWO, so hopefully that should come soon and I'll get it fitted.
I'll just list up the only cons I have with this piece:
1. Loud rotor OOTB (could be fixed)
2. Looks like there are a few dust-spots on the inside of the crystal, not a big deal though and will be cleaned when swapping DWO.
3. DWO, font is too small - as mentioned.
4. Lume isn't applied as well as on ZF. Could be a QC issue, but I also noticed that on the dealer websites, so I just approved since everything else looked great.
Amazing piece. Unboxing experience was superb inside the patek box.
Again, in real life the dial has a lot more brownish tones to it, but the camera doesn't pick that up. Camera also added a lot of unnecessary sharpness in the photos below. Haven't had a chance to take some with my DSLR yet. If/when I'll post them somewhere.
God damn it's nice.
The rubber strap has enough 'links' to fit around a fat mans leg. Use a small nail scissor to cut it to fit. Tried a few different scissors but a quality nail scissor did the best job for getting the strap cut evenly across.
Unboxing experience is amazing, although I could immediately hear the loud miyota rotor. It's definitely louder than my JF AP.
Thickness (or lack of) is amazing. 8.4mm. Just wow. Will definitely pick the KMF over ZF for the extra half mm. Decoration on movement is fine. ZF is incorrect anyways (nobody can copy the patek 1:1, so I'd rather choose a thinner case)
Quality is great. Clasp locks beautifully with a strong snap. Feels like quality. I was a bit worried about the dial missing brown tones, but the KMF definitely has that, just hard to capture with my phone camera and its automatic colour/white-balance. Only thing this needs is a DW but I already ordered the DWO, so hopefully that should come soon and I'll get it fitted.
I'll just list up the only cons I have with this piece:
1. Loud rotor OOTB (could be fixed)
2. Looks like there are a few dust-spots on the inside of the crystal, not a big deal though and will be cleaned when swapping DWO.
3. DWO, font is too small - as mentioned.
4. Lume isn't applied as well as on ZF. Could be a QC issue, but I also noticed that on the dealer websites, so I just approved since everything else looked great.
Amazing piece. Unboxing experience was superb inside the patek box.
Again, in real life the dial has a lot more brownish tones to it, but the camera doesn't pick that up. Camera also added a lot of unnecessary sharpness in the photos below. Haven't had a chance to take some with my DSLR yet. If/when I'll post them somewhere.