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This watch is a pre-production sample so this by necessity is a first impressions rather than a full review and besides, there are people far more qualified to pick out the tiny details than I. Yo have all seen pics of this watch, it's the one that was used for the teardown photos by C-Time and has since been reassembled and shipped off for me to take a look at.
Overall the finish is very nice indeed, the polishing and brushing is pretty much perfect, I saw no marks on the watch at all with just a couple of light buff marks on the clasp which polished off with a cape cod in seconds. The shine on the ceramic bezel has to be seen to be believed, if you could get that finish on vehicle paintwork you'd be very happy indeed. Bezel numerals are good, about as close to real platinum as I've seen. All bezel numerals are correctly filled (any spots in the pics are dirt, not bad paint) and the blue/black demarcation is crisp and where it should be. There is zero side to side play in the bezel and the action is positive if still slightly "soft" but it's nothing I'd complain about myself, it feels solid and it works. The coronet on the crystal is very difficult to see (as it should be) and properly formed, you need to catch the light just right to see it.
The bracelet is nice, it had no tight/sticky links and flowed like water as a jubilee should, the clasp works well with a positive, smooth action. The markings are crisp and look good to me but I'll let the experts vouch for the accuracy and placement. The link screws were all tight but not over tightened and all had threads in good order with all of them unscrewing without any issues.
The hands are nicely finished with good crisp edges and well polished. there was one tiny scratch on the minute hand but remember, this watch has been stripped for photography. The lume on the hands is also well applied and even. I won't speak about the dial as this is being changed on the production watches as Clean are not happy with the first batch that were produced and won't be using them. Someone such as @occb2 will have to point out why as it looks fine to me, it must be a text placement or font issue as everything is crisp and clean. Date wheel is good, I haven't taken a full set of date pics but if people really want me to I suppose I can, it's just a pain.
The watch is keeping good time having lost maybe 10 seconds over the first week, when it's settled in (another couple of weeks of run time) I'll do a time graph check and regulation but it's currently well within COSC. And yeah, I'm lazy and haven't set the GMT yet, I'll do so and let you know but I'm sure all will be good.
To sum up, Clean have done very nicely indeed with this watch, it's damn nice! Really, things are so good now any complaints are just nitpicking; if you are that fussy, go buy the gen (in about a year and a half if you are "permitted" a place on the waiting list). Thank you to @CTime for supplying the review sample and to Clean Factory for allowing them to do so before the official release.
Overall the finish is very nice indeed, the polishing and brushing is pretty much perfect, I saw no marks on the watch at all with just a couple of light buff marks on the clasp which polished off with a cape cod in seconds. The shine on the ceramic bezel has to be seen to be believed, if you could get that finish on vehicle paintwork you'd be very happy indeed. Bezel numerals are good, about as close to real platinum as I've seen. All bezel numerals are correctly filled (any spots in the pics are dirt, not bad paint) and the blue/black demarcation is crisp and where it should be. There is zero side to side play in the bezel and the action is positive if still slightly "soft" but it's nothing I'd complain about myself, it feels solid and it works. The coronet on the crystal is very difficult to see (as it should be) and properly formed, you need to catch the light just right to see it.
The bracelet is nice, it had no tight/sticky links and flowed like water as a jubilee should, the clasp works well with a positive, smooth action. The markings are crisp and look good to me but I'll let the experts vouch for the accuracy and placement. The link screws were all tight but not over tightened and all had threads in good order with all of them unscrewing without any issues.
The hands are nicely finished with good crisp edges and well polished. there was one tiny scratch on the minute hand but remember, this watch has been stripped for photography. The lume on the hands is also well applied and even. I won't speak about the dial as this is being changed on the production watches as Clean are not happy with the first batch that were produced and won't be using them. Someone such as @occb2 will have to point out why as it looks fine to me, it must be a text placement or font issue as everything is crisp and clean. Date wheel is good, I haven't taken a full set of date pics but if people really want me to I suppose I can, it's just a pain.
The watch is keeping good time having lost maybe 10 seconds over the first week, when it's settled in (another couple of weeks of run time) I'll do a time graph check and regulation but it's currently well within COSC. And yeah, I'm lazy and haven't set the GMT yet, I'll do so and let you know but I'm sure all will be good.
To sum up, Clean have done very nicely indeed with this watch, it's damn nice! Really, things are so good now any complaints are just nitpicking; if you are that fussy, go buy the gen (in about a year and a half if you are "permitted" a place on the waiting list). Thank you to @CTime for supplying the review sample and to Clean Factory for allowing them to do so before the official release.
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