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New Release: VSF Explorer 1 36mm

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I don’t know if stickers effect but to me case shape looks too much rounded, clean still better
clean lug is too skinny. vsf is too rounded like their OP. I suspect they use OP case. Both factories need to fix the lug.
 

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Something looks off about those VS lugs, it doesn't look like a Explorer case at all



Furthermore, the hour hand is wrong. The lume plot is too thick.

 
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Am I tripping or does the supposed “VSF” explorer look more glossy? And it seems to be more rounded (at least the crystal)?
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That's looks very much like the shine you get from those plastic crystal protectors
Well i think the real thing is that its a comparison between 36mm and 39mm....
 

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Am I tripping or does the supposed “VSF” explorer look more glossy? And it seems to be more rounded
The VS is 36mm and the Clean is 39mm so no point in comparing both different watches
 

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so we can confirm both vsf and cf got the lugs wrong. I think I'll hold on to my CF for the time being. Hopefully CF will come out with a V2 that fix the lugs.
 

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Based on the initial comparison, the Clean is perfectly fine and it doesn't seem that the VSF will be an obvious upgrade. It's just another good alternative.
 
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Based on the initial comparison, the Clean is perfectly fine and it doesn't seem that the VSF will be an obvious upgrade. It's just another good alternative.
clean is off in terms of lugs as well
 

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clean is off in terms of lugs as well
I mean the tips are shorter and don't edge down, you can kind of see it on the side a bit but from front on it looks pretty much dead set. Having handled gen and rep it's pretty much dead set on impossible to tell since the 36 Explorer is even smaller than the 36 Datejust lmao

This VS... let's just wait for irl impressions but to me it doesn't go straight down, it's a bit curvy when it meets the case. I'm also not that impressed with them using the 39 hour hand instead of the 36 hour hand, which is a flaw that the BP 36 had.
 
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I mean the tips are shorter and don't edge down, you can kind of see it on the side a bit but from front on it looks pretty much dead set. Having handled gen and rep it's pretty much dead set on impossible to tell since the 36 Explorer is even smaller than the 36 Datejust lmao

This VS... let's just wait for irl impressions but to me it doesn't go straight down, it's a bit curvy when it meets the case. I'm also not that impressed with them using the 39 hour hand instead of the 36 hour hand, which is a flaw that the BP 36 had.
From the front, Clean's lug is thinner causing the bezel to protude out more. I didn't notice at first until I compare side by side with gen IRL. It is one of those flaws that you'll have to pay close attention to notice. A rep is a rep after all.
But the good thing is, like you said, it's a small watch. At 30cm distance, it's already hard to notice.

For now, I think Clean 124270 is still the best rep out there.
 
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Has anyone looked into the new vsf airking? Same thing there??
 

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Hmm, a modern 36mm with 20 lugs and 18 at the clasp... while not accurate, I could be into it. I don't love the bracelet of my gen.
 
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