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Radiomir 183 BS: HF dial vs GEN dial (PICS)

Bozz

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I had the opportunity to buy a gen Radiomir dial. While I was building a franken Radiomir with a HF 183 O-series, I thought of comparing both dials.
Despite HF dial is well done, the differences are there and they are considerable.
The cutout of the indices is very accurate, but the fonts on HF are thinner and flatten, the color is slightly off. The background is semigloss, slightly translucent.
On the gen the fonts are sharpen, thicker and slightly raised, the color is more saturated. The background is matte and the texture more noticeable.
the lumen is incomparable. Gen is unbeatable. I'm sorry but I have trouble making the lumeshot.
I feel sorry for the quality of pics. But I was working under artificial cold light.

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Bozz

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The dial is gen, there is no doubt, for both the source and because I know very well the gen watch.
I dont know if you've ever seen a gen Radiomir closely. However if you start an image search on the web, you'll find many pics that will confirm what I said.
Unfortunately the colors in my pics didnt come accurate because the cold light alter colors. I'll post some better pics of my franken when completed.

From 9maiali:

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Cheesemonger

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Can't wait to see what it looks like. I have the G model, but have wondered about finding a gen dial.

 

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Waiting to admire the final product!

;)

The HF dial is good, but totally off when compared near the gen

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The HF dial near the franken 183
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Some mods on mov, swiss Y incabloc included ;)

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ALE7575

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This is an interesting and nice comparison
Of course REP POINTS ADDED !!
And I will include this link in PAM GUIDE
Thanks
ALE