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New Factory - RF Factory Upcoming 126610 Release
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mercurio007
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My gen and vsf compared.
Wow, thank you sir for this which clears the air.
VSF dial seems to be cleaner as well? If those specks are remnants of dust/ink
The ‘Rolex’ is not quite as bold as gen. The ‘s’ in ‘oyster’ looks off as well, as does the ‘t’ in perpetual.
Jayalvin777
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It legit looks the same as gen and vsf. Maybe the circle in the coronet might be a little different but thar doesnt even matter because wr are talking about something you can't see in daily life. There are a lot of people that moan about really ridiculous stuff on reddit and considering as others said, rolex has different variations when it comes to their dials, was the same stuff when vsf came out with their 116610ln.
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I honestly don't see major issues with the dial print on RF... Am I missing something?
No its ok....Here my QCs from Andrew:
Fabulous happy and already GL it.
Fabulous happy and already GL it.
derjenigewelcher I usually don't do this type of close inspection but I compared your QC pics above with my VSF (I actually had to a take a picture of the dial and compare since I can't even see all the fonts/texts in person with naked eyes lol) and I honestly think RF dial text is good. Only few minor differences I was able to spot were the coronet shape, shorter "I" on SWISS below the 6 marker, and more spacing between "C" and "E" in CERTIFIED (which is actually more correct on RF).
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It's really not a thing to bother about. If you look at some genuine watches you'll see all sorts of inconsistencies in font spacing. 
Looks nice.
please make a comparaison once you have it on hand especially the movement as the rest look quite nice.
0.5 beat error sucks.
I will compare 3 watches (VSF/RF/CF) when arrived
I will compare 3 watches (VSF/RF/CF) when arrived
Tijdwijzer
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Yeah I would love to see this battle, curious which bracelet had the best feeling. Is the bracelet from clean an ARF on the 126xxx sub?
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Regarding the dial fonts, I've posted about this several times as has muiramas ("shit show" is so right, lol)
The bottom two lines of text on many gen Subs, GMTs, YMs, etc (and some upper lines on Daytonas) share some anomalies in front size and spacing. The rep factories have simply copied those anomalies onto their dials to make them look as exact to gen as they can.
Not all dials have all these characteristics but there is a great preponderance of similarity among gen dials. Some have speculated this was done intentionally by Rolex to make counterfeiting more difficult. If so, it is obviously a failed effort so they could give it up and start printing proper fonts like the digital dials. It's hard to believe Trusty would say what is alleged in that reddit post, that the RF dials are all flawed, pick something else, it was probably was one of his sales minions. I could tell you multiple accounts of similar inaccurate information.
Here is a gen GMT dial next to the RF 126610 dial. Once you study these anomalies, they are easily recognizable on other dials.
The common anomalies in the bottom two lines:
The first letter of the first three words is oversized, on the last word it is not.
Most E's, L's, and T"s are oversized.
The C in OFFICIALLY and the F and D in CERTIFIED are oversized.
Fonts have disproportionate widths - compare the widths of the T, O, and E vs others.
There is uneven spacing at the end of CHRONOMETER.
RF got all of these anomalies spot on. RL for this issue? Um, no.
The bottom two lines of text on many gen Subs, GMTs, YMs, etc (and some upper lines on Daytonas) share some anomalies in front size and spacing. The rep factories have simply copied those anomalies onto their dials to make them look as exact to gen as they can.
Not all dials have all these characteristics but there is a great preponderance of similarity among gen dials. Some have speculated this was done intentionally by Rolex to make counterfeiting more difficult. If so, it is obviously a failed effort so they could give it up and start printing proper fonts like the digital dials. It's hard to believe Trusty would say what is alleged in that reddit post, that the RF dials are all flawed, pick something else, it was probably was one of his sales minions. I could tell you multiple accounts of similar inaccurate information.
Here is a gen GMT dial next to the RF 126610 dial. Once you study these anomalies, they are easily recognizable on other dials.
The common anomalies in the bottom two lines:
The first letter of the first three words is oversized, on the last word it is not.
Most E's, L's, and T"s are oversized.
The C in OFFICIALLY and the F and D in CERTIFIED are oversized.
Fonts have disproportionate widths - compare the widths of the T, O, and E vs others.
There is uneven spacing at the end of CHRONOMETER.
RF got all of these anomalies spot on. RL for this issue? Um, no.
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GGEuroHEADSHOT
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vipstyle888
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The I in SWISS looks like the top part of a exclamation mark... missing 20% off the bottom? do you see that too?
Also, BOLD choice on the green bezel! I myself never had a green bezel and although these are rep prices, I would kick myself if I end up not liking it,
I always been a black dial black bezel kinda guy, so to try out "green", I ordered a Pagani Design 1661 in green just to try it out...
But please do post a nice macro of the SWISS when you get it, and congrats on your watch purchase!
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