RAF 16610, New 5 Digit Factory

[GIG]

The bracelet is better thank I thought, hasn't got the chamfered sides of the links that the old one had. What is the clasp code?
The date font some may say is too bold but the 2010 16610 I had recently was bold just like that.
Yeah, it has a few flaws but it looks good enough. Enjoy.

Bracelet is sharp! Lugs have a rounded over bad polish job look

Case needs some work, but overall im happy. I'll compare to the South Korean Ebay Case later.

 

[KushBandit]

Mine arrived today, pretty happy to have a 16610LV again in my collection

They put the wrong crown on it, that one is meant for a white gold watch. Very nice overall

Bracelet is sharp! Lugs have a rounded over bad polish job look

Case needs some work, but overall im happy. I'll compare to the South Korean Ebay Case later.

The lug chamfers look good, they're not supposed to be sharp like the ceramic models. Watch looks great overall, crystal could be better though

 

[GIG]

My crown has correct stainless markings and almost perfectly oriented at 12oclock

Like I said... gotta make sure you pick the right dealer and get a good batch

 

[Perpetual]

Mine arrived today, pretty happy to have a 16610LV again in my collection

Bezel inlay sitting nice I'll take that, from these pictures it will need a rebrushing lugs to get rid of them Chaaaaaaaaamfers, gen crystal replace crown and you have yourself a nice Kermit cheers

 

[kevinting69]

hows the stamping on the clasp?

 

[Steffen3010]

My crown has correct stainless markings and almost perfectly oriented at 12oclock

Like I said... gotta make sure you pick the right dealer and get a good batch

Ah that’s the reason why you have choosen that fat date font

 

[GIG]

Ah that’s the reason why you have choosen that fat date font

Haha touche my friend

It may be the way my camera is interacting with the cyclops, or possibly crystal height? Maybe you got a better crystal and cyclops? I have already ordered a new VS3135 from ebay, and I may go Gen Date Disc if I'm not happy after that.

I also planning on adding a Gen Crystal and Bezel Insert. My bezel has some damge from factory and im not happy with font. Also swapping the bracelet to an ARF 6 Digit.

Is your bezel click as bad as mine? I'm gonna have to add a bezel click spring to the list at minimum.

 

[Steffen3010]

Yes maybe just the camera...

cyclops is worse, looks a bit like they tried to get a black hole effect
also the LEC isn't good. I will go gen.

What I have heard is you need to be carefull with VS movements,
the date window should not match perfect to the VS date disc.
Should be fixed with VR or Gen date disc.

I already ordered a VR movement

bezel click is okay, same as the ARF I had in the past and better than
the JF I have owned.

 

[centrum]

So I have ARF 16610LN and LV's. Are these new RAF's better?

 

[Steffen3010]

So I have ARF 16610LN and LV's. Are these new RAF's better?

No it's no upgrade

 

[Saggiolus]

Received mine. A little disappointed on:

-Bezel: very sharp and flimsy. Feels light and cheap compared to many other replicas
-Bracelet same as above. Is taking a mineral oil bath and tomorrow and ultrasonic bath with oil to see if improves. So far it feels very bad compared to many other replicas.

I’ll do a photo comparison next to gen tomorrow and post.
Lugs don’t look that bad at a first glance but I have to do a proper side by side.

 

[Steffen3010]

Bracelet same as above. Is taking a mineral oil bath and tomorrow and ultrasonic bath with oil to see if improves. So far it feels very bad compared to many other replicas.

Compared to which replicas would be interresting

 

[GIG]

Received mine. A little disappointed on:

-Bezel: very sharp and flimsy. Feels light and cheap compared to many other replicas
-Bracelet same as above. Is taking a mineral oil bath and tomorrow and ultrasonic bath with oil to see if improves. So far it feels very bad compared to many other replicas.

I’ll do a photo comparison next to gen tomorrow and post.
Lugs don’t look that bad at a first glance but I have to do a proper side by side.

Bezel is horrible on mine. Not even satisfying to turn

I dislike the 5 digit bracelets in general. Mine feels sharp and build quality is good. It could benefit from and oil bath and cleaning.

I'm looking forward to seeing your side by side

 

[KushBandit]

Bezel is horrible on mine. Not even satisfying to turn

I dislike the 5 digit bracelets in general. Mine feels sharp and build quality is good. It could benefit from and oil bath and cleaning.

I'm looking forward to seeing your side by side

Instead of baby oil or machining oil, look into dry lock lube with teflon. Dirt and grime doesn't adhere to it, and a thin teflon coating is left behind. Makes a much better and longer lasting difference.

Something like this:

DRY LUBE WITH TEFLON™ – Blastercorp Canada

blasterproducts.com

 

[heska]

Could someone take a picture of the CG profile ? Like this:

thx!

 

[StreetFighter]

There are variatons of gen CG profiles over the years as far as I'm aware. I've had a dozen gen Subs and not all are the same.

 

[Saggiolus]

Dear friends I rushed to take a few photos for you to review. I will do a better photoshoot soon.
Please find the side by side RAF/ARF vs GEN here

As you can see the bezel. OMG if it sucks. In person is worst than in photo. Finishing is totally wrong too.

https://imgur.com/a/Yg3fJ57

 

[Saggiolus]

Dear friends I rushed to take a few photos for you to review. I will do a better photoshoot soon.
Please find the side by side RAF/ARF vs GEN here

As you can see the bezel. OMG if it sucks. In person is worst than in photo. Finishing is totally wrong too.

https://imgur.com/a/Yg3fJ57

Like for real. With that amount of money you get reps that are 1B times better.

 

[GIG]

I appreciate the photos and excited to see the next round of comparison photos from you!

I agree the bezel is Trash! Gotta be honest. That said, its still the best value for a 16610 rep and the most accessible.

 

[Saggiolus]

I appreciate the photos and excited to see the next round of comparison photos from you!

I agree the bezel is Trash! Gotta be honest. That said, its still the best value for a 16610 rep and the most accessible.

It is the best 16610 replica. For sure.
But I don’t understand why they put care and effort to make the newer models basically feeling like gen and not this one that is my favorite.
Over all, case shape is not that bad. Maybe a little lugs shaving but that’s minimal.
Mostly the bezel is shit (I’m going to polish it and rifinish it as good as I can)
Bazel action also is not really good
And the bracelet. It doesn’t look bad but it feels bad.