I can attest to the beauty and quality of this watch.. the detail is there on the case back too. I'll post pictures tomorrow! This is the real deal!
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New Overseas from JJF with (finally!) rubber straps!
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jasonbaylee
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We are excitedly waiting for z3br4 's pics. It shld not be too long for his pics to show up.
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Quick pics at the office, I'll expand more on my findings so far in a bit.
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As far as I can tell it's pretty close, there isn't much special about the gen DW, I'll try to snap some comparison pics
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From these images, the centering may be slightly off on mine but acceptable for me. Font is damn near identical save for the gen being slightly smaller.
My biggest complaint so far is strap length, which ultimately boils down to me having a 7 1/4" wrist. I'm on the third to last hole and the tail just gets held by the first keeper. This would be a problem on the gen as well. Rotor could be quieter but nothing a little oil won't fix. The dial on this really captures the gen feel, the last VC rep didn't seem to have a dial quite as crisp and it didn't produce the same sheen or color shift. Coupled with what I feel is plenty sufficient colorless AR, the dial really pops on the JJ Factory model.. never heard of this factory but it seems to know how to build a rep.
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The gen rubber strap is pretty short too, it was perfect on my 6.75" wrist but would probably be short on a 7" and up wrist.
This is a decent looking replica. The things that stood out to me were the ship medallion (a lot of detail loss, looks almost sanded down compared to gen), possibly the wrong inner incline angle on the strap outer groove and small gaps between the bezel and the case in some places. The black one is probably closest to the gen, the white one remains to be seen as I doubt they were able to get the dial tone correctly (it's actually silver) and the strap colour on the blue is too bright a shade of blue instead of a dark subdued navy.
This is a decent looking replica. The things that stood out to me were the ship medallion (a lot of detail loss, looks almost sanded down compared to gen), possibly the wrong inner incline angle on the strap outer groove and small gaps between the bezel and the case in some places. The black one is probably closest to the gen, the white one remains to be seen as I doubt they were able to get the dial tone correctly (it's actually silver) and the strap colour on the blue is too bright a shade of blue instead of a dark subdued navy.
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From these images, the centering may be slightly off on mine but acceptable for me. Font is damn near identical save for the gen being slightly smaller.
My biggest complaint so far is strap length, which ultimately boils down to me having a 7 1/4" wrist. I'm on the third to last hole and the tail just gets held by the first keeper. This would be a problem on the gen as well. Rotor could be quieter but nothing a little oil won't fix. The dial on this really captures the gen feel, the last VC rep didn't seem to have a dial quite as crisp and it didn't produce the same sheen or color shift. Coupled with what I feel is plenty sufficient colorless AR, the dial really pops on the JJ Factory model.. never heard of this factory but it seems to know how to build a rep.
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I don't have any gaps between the bezel and case. Feel in hand is very close to gen, it even exudes the same quality IMO. I have been in the rep game awhile and I would consider this one of the better replications I have owned and handled. The medallion really isn't bad, very minor when compared to watches with open casebacks. It is against your wrist anyhow, outward appearance is what matters to me, and on that note it's pretty spot on. I'm not sure what you are alluding to on the strap angles, could you be more specific? This rep is much better than the previous replica IMO (owned and sold that as well). The worst offense to me is the noisy rotor if you get it spinning real quick, but as mentioned it really probably just needs some oiling.
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Also judging by the way this dial catches light, I would imagine the white dial is very close to gen. The gen dial is not silver it is actually a white color but has a sheen that produces a silver look, similar to the AP 15400. The angles of the texture produce this look. Just as this black dial can look graphite at certain angles.
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I stand corrected on the internal groove incline angle remark - saw your pics on the phone and it looked like the groove had less angled inner ridges than the gen, but after having the pic on the computer screen I can confirm that's not the case at all. Overall, the reproduction of the strap appears to be very faithfully done.
Good to hear that there are no gaps between the bezel and the case, I should have specified that I wasn't commenting on your pics but on the ones I saw on one of the dealer sites, my apologies for the confusion.
I agree that the medallion engraving detail level doesn't matter all that much while worn on the wrist. And of course, it would be unreasonable to demand the same degree of artistic execution from a massively cheaper replica, but all these points notwithstanding - this is still a valid observation - the dulled down engraving was actually the only thing that jumped out at me immediately when I saw the pic of this new Overseas rep.
As for the silver/white dial - I assure you that the dial is silver in colour and even though it appears white in some lighting conditions, especially indoors and with fluorescent lighting. If you look closely, it is definitely silvery white albeit with a lot less light play and refraction then the 14500 for example, which is also silvery, not white. I tried to take a picture to illustrate this but unfortunately the iPhone camera just doesn't capture the real life metallic sheen of either of the two watch dials:
Good to hear that there are no gaps between the bezel and the case, I should have specified that I wasn't commenting on your pics but on the ones I saw on one of the dealer sites, my apologies for the confusion.
I agree that the medallion engraving detail level doesn't matter all that much while worn on the wrist. And of course, it would be unreasonable to demand the same degree of artistic execution from a massively cheaper replica, but all these points notwithstanding - this is still a valid observation - the dulled down engraving was actually the only thing that jumped out at me immediately when I saw the pic of this new Overseas rep.
As for the silver/white dial - I assure you that the dial is silver in colour and even though it appears white in some lighting conditions, especially indoors and with fluorescent lighting. If you look closely, it is definitely silvery white albeit with a lot less light play and refraction then the 14500 for example, which is also silvery, not white. I tried to take a picture to illustrate this but unfortunately the iPhone camera just doesn't capture the real life metallic sheen of either of the two watch dials: