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OMEGA SPECTRE MKF (review and photos)

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You sure do know how to capture this beauty.

Looks fantastic and great review. Well done

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Glaize said:
Looks good, but I think that only the one who owns the 2 can tell which is the best, don't you think ?
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Except I think there are key areas in which these reps are different so defining 'The Best' is going to depend on how the individual rates/ranks those.

For example I'm less concerned about the movement (I'm happy with the 2824) and bracelet (would have it on leather immediately) so those two criteria don't impact me, I'm far more concerned with the bezel ring.
 
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The Rod said:
Half a mm qualifies as pronounced?
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I don't know what the difference is in mm, what I'm saying is that when I look at the side-by-side the difference *looks* pronounced to me. It might not be, and if it's half a mm then it isn't, but in that pic it does to me.
 
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Hoender said:
I don't know what the difference is in mm, what I'm saying is that when I look at the side-by-side the difference *looks* pronounced to me. It might not be, and if it's half a mm then it isn't, but in that pic it does to me.
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A member measured the larger one at 1,5mm and I measured my VSF at 1mm, so it's indeed half a mm.
 
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The Rod said:
A member measured the larger one at 1,5mm and I measured my VSF at 1mm, so it's indeed half a mm.
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I don't understand how this is noticeable if not side by side, so the difference would be irrelevant.
 
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In one word VSF is a better version. Flat hands MKF made is an easy tell.
Does anyone ownsVSF yet? How is a bracelet?
 
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Are your spring bars bent? I had that problem on an old beater Rolex. Bent spring bar. I was riding down the road with my arm out the window. Pulled it back in, no watch!!!! Didn't even feel it fall off.
replace those babies with some strong bars.
 
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Hoender said:
Except I think there are key areas in which these reps are different so defining 'The Best' is going to depend on how the individual rates/ranks those.

For example I'm less concerned about the movement (I'm happy with the 2824) and bracelet (would have it on leather immediately) so those two criteria don't impact me, I'm far more concerned with the bezel ring.
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Good arguments , that's a good point of view , the bracelet is not so important for me either because otan is not my cup of tea and it's the same for the iron bracelet . But otan by VSF is better and it's seems that "tm" is now corrected on the iron bracelet .
And what about the general finition of the watch itself ? Dial screams false on the MKS : especially the lume color and marker hours which are too sharp and seems too yellow / not creamy , wrong markers on the bezel , the logo , the police , flat hands , all is worst than the VSF ... What else ?
Case is also under the VSF version , and on the back , we have a rather poor rep movement with "jewets" marked on it. So what is the best ?
 
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Glaize said:
Good arguments , that's a good point of view , the bracelet is not so important for me either because otan is not my cup of tea and it's the same for the iron bracelet . But otan by VSF is better and it's seems that "tm" is now corrected on the iron bracelet .
And what about the general finition of the watch itself ? Dial screams false on the MKS : especially the lume color and marker hours which are too sharp and seems too yellow / not creamy , wrong markers on the bezel , the logo , the police , flat hands , all is worst than the VSF ... What else ?
Case is also under the VSF version , and on the back , we have a rather poor rep movement with "jewets" marked on it. So what is the best ?
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Question is, if VSF is good enough to call it super rep ;)
 
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leo6929 said:
I don't understand how this is noticeable if not side by side, so the difference would be irrelevant.
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Except in the picture that I’m using to make the comparison it is clearly noticeable and therefore not irrelevant to me. Very keen to see an updated pic if the newer version measures differently.

This is a subjective issue chaps, bit odd to tell people that the criteria by which they choose to make their decisions are irrelevant.

FWIW I work in a very small team with someone who has a gen so the side-by-side is inevitable.


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Glaize said:
Good arguments , that's a good point of view , the bracelet is not so important for me either because otan is not my cup of tea and it's the same for the iron bracelet . But otan by VSF is better and it's seems that "tm" is now corrected on the iron bracelet .
And what about the general finition of the watch itself ? Dial screams false on the MKS : especially the lume color and marker hours which are too sharp and seems too yellow / not creamy , wrong markers on the bezel , the logo , the police , flat hands , all is worst than the VSF ... What else ?
Case is also under the VSF version , and on the back , we have a rather poor rep movement with "jewets" marked on it. So what is the best ?
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Dude. you've got it all wrong.

OK. I will summarize everything as a person who owns both MKS and VSF Spectre watches right now.
First of all, the bezel and the dial on VSF is absolutely horrible compared to MKS version. Actually, VSF is attempting to renew their dial because they KNOW they've done a horrible job for that.
(ex. The OMEGA logo and the font is totally wrong on VSF)
At the same moment, MKS has done amazingly. Absolutely stunning job for their bezel and dial especially the tooth on them which is something VSF was not able to catch properly at all. (Tooth are supposed to be in rectangular shapes like MKS and Gen unlike VSF's circular shapes)

However, something that is really funny about VSF is that they have done a better job for the back side of the watch than MKS'.
The lid of MKS is not accurate neither VSF... but I can tell you that VSF has the lid that is closer to the gen. Most importantly, if you check out the 007 mark on the MKS lid, you could spot that something is really wrong with that. the number 007 and the gun are somehow attached!! WTF?! VSF in the meanwhile, did a better job but still not accurate enough. but still, I gotta say, better than MKS. (Now.. here comes a dilemma. Both lids are just horrible. The letters SPECTRE are supposed to be thicker and darker than any other fonts on the lid. MKS did a right job for that, but VSF has done wrongly. But I think 007 mark is the most important spot on the lid.. so I'd say... VSF)
And then.. we have that infamous 'jewet' word on MKS movement. That is totally non-sense. What kind of a mistake is that eh? VSF has much better movement also because of the clone movement, so VSF wins!

Therefore, in conclusion, in order to have the best replica of your Spectre watch, instead of wasting your glorious time to writing bunch of comparisons in this forum,
I will say.. buy both of em! and Franken them!

Bring your MKS watch first of all, maintain the bezel and the dial, change the movement to the VSF movement, and change the back lid to the VSF one!
You also know that the bracelet and the NATO of MKS version are wayyyy better than VSF ones! VSF bracelet is fXXXed up and the Nato strap has horrible stitches. Use MKS ones!
Also, FYI both companies failed to make a decent second hand which is ironic cuz it is probably the MOST important part that actually differentiate the Spectre Seamaster from the general 300 Seamaster watches... SO... goto ebay and spend $140 (so cheap!!) to buy the gen Spectre Seamaster second hand while you could afford it!!

VOILA! That makes the best Spectre Seamaster rep you could possibly get!!
 
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