I wanted to buy both a rose and shield version of the black bay red and attempt to do a case back swap, so I can have the well made dial of the shield with the thin case-back of the rose.
Rose came out great after two QC:
I had four QCs for the shield version, and every single one of them have bracelet end link problems. They are either flush or pop out past the lugs. Not one was recessed like gen/my rose that I received QC for:
This is a collage of four QC. I just told my dealer to order a shield dial to put into the rose.
But anyway, I'm making this topic cause I heard the shield version is considered a super-rep? Clearly not with these end links. I thought it was just QC issues but their entire batch is like this. Wanted to ask if others who have the shield variant have this same end link issue or if this is just a recent batch issue?
Rose came out great after two QC:
I had four QCs for the shield version, and every single one of them have bracelet end link problems. They are either flush or pop out past the lugs. Not one was recessed like gen/my rose that I received QC for:
This is a collage of four QC. I just told my dealer to order a shield dial to put into the rose.
But anyway, I'm making this topic cause I heard the shield version is considered a super-rep? Clearly not with these end links. I thought it was just QC issues but their entire batch is like this. Wanted to ask if others who have the shield variant have this same end link issue or if this is just a recent batch issue?
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