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Unknoun

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Yesterday, Chinese local dealers posted the following picture. Any idea what this means? New issue with a new belt?
 

Danza1813

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Yesterday, Chinese local dealers posted the following picture. Any idea what this means? New issue with a new belt?

Personally think that strap is awful. Cheapens the look of the watch.


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Daytonamania

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Just received word that after spending 14 days at customs in Guangzhou, China, my watch was sent back to the TD. So bummed. Gonna be at least another 3-4 weeks before i get it now.
 

Unknoun

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Yes, to be honest, I don’t understand what they mean by that. There are the same fresh posters and with rubber. just wondering what they wanted to say?
 

phdsjain

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Anyone sporting this one on a 6.5"/16.5cm wrist?

Does the VSF rubber strap fit?
 

phdsjain

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This watch actually comes only on rubber. 16.5cm will be a bit of stretch. Here it is on an 18.5cm wrist.


I had my doubts but went by Tim Mosso's words. I've worn the 45mm BPFF but that had a lug to lug length of only 48mm. This one is clearly much larger. Thank you!
 
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kryp29

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About to GL this but I needed a second opinion badly. I can't help but keep looking at the 12 markers, I'm still not sure if it is misaligned.
 
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Thatwatchguy

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About to GL this but I needed a second opinion badly. I can't help but keep looking at the 12 markers, I'm still not sure if it is misaligned.

You are right, once you see it you can’t stop looking at it:(
 
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Therion666

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The right stick at 12 is tilted. That's the only thing you'll ever see after you unpack it. It will always be there, staring at you. I'd ask for a replacement.
 
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kryp29

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Thanks for the feedback. Unfortunately this was my second QC of this watch. The first one had the whole dial misaligned in the case, not even a bezel misalignment..

I’m trying to convince myself this second one is ok but I just can’t take my eyes off that 12. It looks like madonna’s teeth..
 
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micksmith1987

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Anyone sporting this one on a 6.5"/16.5cm wrist?

Does the VSF rubber strap fit?

This is how gen looks on a approx. 16-16.5cm wrist:
Definitely too big for my taste. Which is a bit funny, cause I used to wear 45.5mm planet ocean and it felt great
 
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Mrpong

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Just received word that after spending 14 days at customs in Guangzhou, China, my watch was sent back to the TD. So bummed. Gonna be at least another 3-4 weeks before i get it now.

Really? The customs seized your watch?
 

kryp29

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The right stick at 12 is tilted. That's the only thing you'll ever see after you unpack it. It will always be there, staring at you. I'd ask for a replacement.

My TD's QC team is still not seeing this to be slanted and he sees no issue for some reason. I asked for a higher res pic but he's still telling me he's not seeing the misalignment even after drawing it out on their low res 800x600px QC pics...
 

Daytonamania

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Really? The customs seized your watch?

I don't really know if 'seize' is the right word. It was just stuck there for 2 weeks before being sent back to the TD.

He told me recently customs has been rejecting a lot of packages and sending them back to whoever posted them.
 

Nick010

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Can confirm this. Had the same problem a couple weeks ago. Ask the TD to sent with 4px.