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Hyjynx

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How many people working at IWC do you supposed have read this thread?

They are easy to spot - huddled together at a computer in a country club, cursing out the Chinese like Tourette-afflicted juveniles.


Come for the watches, stay for the drama! [emoji12]
 

ianm

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Owners that can afford and buy genuine brands of luxury watches are very unlikely not to buy the real thing and get a rep. Sales are unaffected for the most part, however they do want to protect their brand. Going after the Chinese is a slow tedious process when it comes to copying.
 

eisbaer

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Hey Sharkey and Eisbaer...On your white w/ blue hands, the dates don't look centered left/right in the window...is that just the angle of the picture? I just got my QC pics and mine looks like that too, so wondering if it's the camera angle or what?

Thanks guys. They look beautiful. I'm (hopefully) getting a white w/ silver to go with my noob laureus ingeneur
It looks fine. The tail of the 7 is exactly in the middle
 

sharrkey

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Couple of wrist shots

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Feck think I'll have to get this now[emoji30][emoji30][emoji30]


S???R?I????? :sharrkey:
 

sharrkey

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Hey Sharkey and Eisbaer...On your white w/ blue hands, the dates don't look centered left/right in the window...is that just the angle of the picture? I just got my QC pics and mine looks like that too, so wondering if it's the camera angle or what?

Thanks guys. They look beautiful. I'm (hopefully) getting a white w/ silver to go with my noob laureus ingeneur

I didn't see anything wrong with mine, probably just camera angle


S???R?I????? :sharrkey:
 

aligborat69

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Feck think I'll have to get this now[emoji30][emoji30][emoji30]


S???R?I????? :sharrkey:

Lol. I'm in the process of deciding which other watches to now let go so I can keep my collection manageable with all these IWC additions! Lol

Have to say, these 5001 are unbelievable quality wise. Amazing!
 

eisbaer

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I've temporarily changed the strap to a regular one and the watch sits better positioned on my wrist. Still deciding whether to order a quality strap for the clasp or a regular strap. Just don't know yet...
 

Sub007

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My Laureus arrived !!! and this is probably one of the prettiest watches I have ever seen. It feels just great on the wrist. It is still on the rep strap as I decided not to mount the Rios Blue Strap as 115-75 is just tad too short for me (will be in the sales section). The Rios is an amazing strap, the full scale alligator pattern is just perfect, the stitches really nice and even and proper threading used...think it is as good as a GEN but then for half of the money LOL


So here are the pics...enjoy

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Here´s the RIOS Strap, nice dark blue alligator just like the GEN Laureus strap
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Poolsfinest

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Is there any reason why so few have gone for the 52010 white face with white gold case and numerals?
i like the look of it but most seem to have gone with blue or gold numerals...
 

Nikoteen

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[MENTION=88111]Sub007[/MENTION] that's the beauty I will get..... stunning..... I'm glad someone went for one of these. Fantastic.

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renoz

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@Sub007 that's the beauty I will get..... stunning..... I'm glad someone went for one of these. Fantastic.
Same for me, but now came out the withe dial with blue sub.... Even harder to decide now... Blue with white or white with blue!!?? (No! I'm not going to take them all!) ;-)
 

Patsanchik

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Among the different pieces from ZF, I'm noticing the numerals seem to look more gen-like on some watches than on others. And it's driving me bananas because it's making it even harder for me to decide which model to go with! :sad: Judging by pics posted in this thread, the black dial seems to look the most consistently good, but I can't pick black because all my watches are black and I need something different.
 

turpissima

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Not the most accurate, as ardoise gen wasn't issued in stainless.

So who do you think will spot that it's stainless steel and not white gold when you wear it? Don't worry about those little differences and accuracy thoughts, just follow your heart when you make the decision.
 

elconquistador

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Not the most accurate, as ardoise gen wasn't issued in stainless.
I bet there are no more than 1000 people in the country that know that.
If you know one of them, the giveaway will not be the watch, it will be you, as I assume you don't drive a Bentley and have a 25 year old Russian trophy wife.
 

C5000

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Is there any reason why so few have gone for the 52010 white face with white gold case and numerals?
i like the look of it but most seem to have gone with blue or gold numerals...

There is a great pic on page 147 of the white gold/silver numbers. That's what I ordered. I think it's more formal (to me) than some of the others...it's a dress watch for me suit/sportcoat, and I think it's subtle. I don't want a ton of attention when I'm working...rose gold and most of my clients will think I'm charging them too much. They are all really nice. Go with your gut, there is no wrong answer.