Like I said before, for this range of watch it's more suspicious what kind of car you have!both are nice reps. My 2 cents of course
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New YLF Portuguese Same thickness 3714
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DrGran
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The car is not the issue here.What kind of crazy argumentation is this? Now if you had said house now thats another thing all together (tongue in cheek...) :bsmeter:
I have to admit, this looks better than the ZF dial, especially the subdial rings.
What do you think about the overall quality?
I confused the clock to another of much higher value. I mean, if you're afraid that people will find out with a replica of a watch of 30k, if you come down from a VW GOLF it is likely to happen. Clearer?
DrGran
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I understood you the first time. You tried to put things in perspective and I found it funny and beside the point. Get aSKODA so you can afford a PATEK they say here in Norway...cars are way expensive here
Personally, I don’t think the ‘luminance’ of new slim (v3) ZF dial is all that great. There just looks to be too much variation / contrast between the sub-dials and the main dial itself. Having said that, I’m not sure if this new YLF version has gone too far the other way. The whole dial looks pretty flat, and there appears to be very little sunburst effect.
A few other observations on this new YLF version:
A few other observations on this new YLF version:
- I’m not sure about the colour of the markers / numerals (blue too light?)
- Tachy bezel looks closer to gen - numbers and markers are bigger / more pronounced (too small on ZF)
- Some of the numerals still look too thin, plus ‘3’ & ‘9’ are the wrong shape (ZF shape is better)
- ‘SWISS MADE’ is better (too small on ZF). Still not right though and ‘CHRONOGRAPH’ looks too tall.
- Minutes markers are too big (ZF better)
- Chrono minute sub-dial is still too small / low (same on ZF)
- Rotor engraving is obviously better (none on ZF).
Exactly there is very little sunburst on the gen, SWF probably does this the best. The numbers are finished much better on YL. Maybe this is just my biased opinion but I feel like ZF makes the least accurate 3714, I really didn't get the hype around that watch
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Maybe I'm missing something, but I say there isn't ANY sunburst on the gen white dials. There are some 3714 models with sunburst dials, but these aren't them.
I think the hype surrounding the latest ZF 3714 was mostly about the thinner movement, with better sub-seconds gear transfer, which was basically a clone of the gen 79350.
I suppose you are right about the movement. But yeah, the gen's subdials can have a sheen but only under certain lightning. It definitely doesn't look anything like the ZF. I would say the subdials of SWF are the closest to gen.
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Ok yeah, I see what you mean now on the subdial depth. One thing about the gen is that there is some starburst though, below is a pic I took today off a gen. Granted not as prevalent as the ZF though.
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In the same boat, though I hate to bother her since I already have my order in and she's QC'd it. If the YLF turns out to be that much better I'll probably flip and rebuy.
The model 3714 has been introduced for years. There are 2 types of dials of the same model as far as I know.
The "concern" for some of geeks like us : the sunburst effect of the subdial in the rep dial is much more than the gen one (BP/Portugese models)
The "concern" for some of geeks like us : the sunburst effect of the subdial in the rep dial is much more than the gen one (BP/Portugese models)
To my eyes, the gen has a subtle sunburst 'effect' in the sub-dials - created by the concentric ring patterning. And this creates the differentiation between these and main dial itself. (I wasn't suggesting the main dial itself has a sunburst effec.)For me, this contrast is too stark on the ZF, and perhaps not stark enough on this latest version.