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[pompompurin's] Let's review and franken an ARF 116234 Datejust :D

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approved my QC pics yesterday

here are some close-up pics of the watch (QC pics)

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The dial alignment is pretty spot on on this one! The coronet isn't quite as high either, tiny gap there rather then touching the rail print. [emoji736][emoji736]


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pompompurin

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Dial looks good on this one [emoji1360]


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The dial alignment is pretty spot on on this one! The coronet isn't quite as high either, tiny gap there rather then touching the rail print. [emoji736][emoji736]


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Lol the stock dial looks nice but unfortunately it will go to waste as I got a gen dial ready for this build
 

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What about the hands ? Will you go gen on those as well. The Jf hands look pretty good to me .
 

Spatiumtemporis

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That depends on what the hands look like when I receive the actual watch

How do you feel about the bp case in comparison to the arf one ? I know the gen has the crown a bit sunken into the midcase and so does bp. Could you please share some pics of the case after you remove the crown ?
 

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Oh man, you are building my grail watch, this will be really interesting! Subscribed right now!

I’ll be selling one with a white dial in a week! Can’t wait. Gen Dial, gen date disc, gen crown, wso smooth bezel, jubilee bracelet freshly brushed to look Genuine, including mid links. Look out for it!!!


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That depends on what the hands look like when I receive the actual watch

Is it my eyesight or did they update the datewheel font aswell? Looks a tad thinner on your QC


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it still looks really thick to me, but hopefully i will be receiving the watch today to confirm

Mine was insanely thick. Had the gen roulette but mine also arrived in really bad condition mechanically so I'm having to send it off :(
 

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damn... i hope I don't get a lemon. What was mechanically wrong with your movement?

Date won't change, really hard to put into date change position as well, wobbly crown on the stem. The wobbly crown on the stem isn't really something that can happen in transit when screwed down kinda makes me think the td might have known about the date wheel problem too which would be a shame but no way to prove that so just gotta give them the benefit of the doubt :)
 

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Date won't change, really hard to put into date change position as well, wobbly crown on the stem. The wobbly crown on the stem isn't really something that can happen in transit when screwed down kinda makes me think the td might have known about the date wheel problem too which would be a shame but no way to prove that so just gotta give them the benefit of the doubt :)

sorry to hear that wow!
sounds like a keyless problem and I hope it gets solved
 

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Only think keeping me back is the SH plus high price.

Even if you do the ETA swap (which is a headache in itselve) you would have to atleast service the SH before selling it and that would be a big loss moneywise.