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New RM 35-01 Z (not ZF) ready
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From research, I learnt that the rm case is made up of hundreds of layers of ultra thin carbon fiber prepeg tape as shown above. It is heated and compressed. It is finally carved.
The question is, does the pattern happen due to the heat or is it finished?
Anyway, it would be interesting if someone could add to this technical discussion. Perhaps one day one can buy the tape, heat it, and paste it to any watch and solve the pattern issue.
That being said, I like the curvature of the new model way more that the kvf models.
The question is, does the pattern happen due to the heat or is it finished?
Anyway, it would be interesting if someone could add to this technical discussion. Perhaps one day one can buy the tape, heat it, and paste it to any watch and solve the pattern issue.
That being said, I like the curvature of the new model way more that the kvf models.
So is it a different Z - Factory? As their sticker differs? Or is the ZF we refer to ZF - Factory (ZFF)?
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BIONONE
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the carbon is the only thing that looks good - anything else is awful like KVF...
BIONONE
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Yes you are right the TPT carbon is made of multilayered prepreg where each layer is turned by 45° - the layer height is very low as every unidirectional fiber sheet is not thicker than 0.15mm
The RM Bezel got its distinct pattern through another important feature and that is the curvature of the prepreg block itself - the correct diameter of the TPT pipe that is cut into pieces to produce the bezel is on e of the most important factors to achieve the correct pattern appearance. That said the over all bezel shape and curve influences the TPT pattern a lot which results in completely wrong results like on the KVF.
Beside that it is interesting to know that the marble effect comes from the polishing of each cut fiber surface which is larger and smaller depending on the angle that they were cut. Maybe a bit difficult to explain as english is not my mother language and i am fairly no expert on TPT hehe
I was talking with the Instagram seller that was showing images of it shown above in this forum. He told me the thickness is around 14.35-40mm which if true is amazing! I hope it's true, you never know since they are not a TD, I can't wait for TDs to get these so we can see if it's true
I receaved the Z factory rm35-01
I will post pictures tomorrow
Thickness: 15,8
I will post pictures tomorrow
Thickness: 15,8
oh yeah? that was quick. That sounds more reasonable, I can't wait to see it. I guess you can't trust instagram sellers as usual
- 11/8/17
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No don't use imgur, use http://picr.me
(why ? https://forum.replica-watch.info/for...72#post6858572 )
And because with picr.me you are sure your image will stay here
Here's a little tutorial for picr.me :
https://forum.replica-watch.info/for...78#post7586878
SuperLory
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velcro strap is the most comfortable strap ever
this said, FC pattern is a huge improvement but the side pics was cockblocking
this said, FC pattern is a huge improvement but the side pics was cockblocking