I bought coral red and I'm going to build a hybrid using the best GMF and King parts
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Oyster Perpetual 41mm 124300 KING
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Let me know if you can put the GMF bracelet on the King.
Can you put a gen dial into the King's case, the dial also fits on top of the movement too? Any idea?
- 8/8/20
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For this price it’s a great watch , bracelet fells cheap that’s only bad point I can see , will have oil bath maybe will be better
For this price it’s a great watch , bracelet fells cheap that’s only bad point I can see , will have oil bath maybe will be better
HacknHand
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- 10/3/22
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I received my KING OP41 in silver the other day after a hassle free transaction with a RWI TD.
Some observations when comparing it to my EWF:
My only disappointment is that I can't get my EWF Jubilee bracelet to properly engage with the KING head, it's a bit strange because the KING Oyster bracelet mates perfectly to the EWF head with no obvious (under loupe) EL gaps... the springbar alignment must be 0.?mm out but I can't see where/how and i don't know how to fix this. It's a pity because I think the basic Rolex Oyster bracelet (reps) suck and also don't even look that good.
Some observations when comparing it to my EWF:
- KING and EWF look identical, same hands, dial, case, bezel, lume, etc. nothing is distinctly different even with a loupe
- KING (head only) is 62.5 grams, EWF is 59.9 grams, an indistinguishable difference on the wrist
- KING movement (rotor) is much quieter than EWF when given a gentle to moderate shake (no bracelet)
- KING stem tube threads have better engagement than EWF but they're much rougher, the machining is poor - they will probably bed in with use but cross-threading is a real risk
- KING crown has much, much sharper beveled edges than EWF, easier to grip but feels far less premium than EWF
- KING winding feels rougher than EWF but at the same time less fragile
- KING has disconcerting feedback when fully wound but EWF feels like it might break at any time
- KING (mine) keeps better time than (my) EWF... KING is about +5s per day, EWF is about +15s per day
My only disappointment is that I can't get my EWF Jubilee bracelet to properly engage with the KING head, it's a bit strange because the KING Oyster bracelet mates perfectly to the EWF head with no obvious (under loupe) EL gaps... the springbar alignment must be 0.?mm out but I can't see where/how and i don't know how to fix this. It's a pity because I think the basic Rolex Oyster bracelet (reps) suck and also don't even look that good.
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Very helpful! I have an EWF and sounds like the upgrade may not be the upgrade we were hoping for. At least not me.
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I have two EWF OP 41 and i am very satisfied with both. What made a big difference is the Double A/R coating i got from http://www.reluming.de/It’s all relative and preference.
Now both dials pop!
Just received mine. I like it. The bracelet isn't as bad as I was expecting. It doesn't feel as solid has a VSF sub but a genuine OP isn't as solid as a genuine sub either way.
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McDuck888
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- 22/2/17
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This looks amazing on you!Just received mine. I like it. The bracelet isn't as bad as I was expecting. It doesn't feel as solid has a VSF sub but a genuine OP isn't as solid as a genuine sub either way.
I'm really enjoying this simple and minimalistic watch.
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Looks amazing !I'm really enjoying this simple and minimalistic watch.
Not meant to be rude, wondering for how long those gold plating of the hands and indices can last though.....I'm really enjoying this simple and minimalistic watch.
Because theres nothing touching them they should last for years