Santos 100XL

[Alex1976]

What’s the best factory currently for the Santos XL and what do you guys think about the model below?

Thank you very much for your expertise and support.

 

[Gtmatt22]

BVF makes a fine XL and from what I have read is one of the best. Availability can be an issue thought.

 

[Alex1976]

I will go with BVF for a Santos 100 XL, looks great and also thinner. Thank you very much!

 

[JohnnyBlack]

Recently I ordered this watch and only available from TDs was GF factory. I will post pictures once it arrives.

 

[Alex1976]

Recently I ordered this watch and only available from TDs was GF factory. I will post pictures once it arrives.

I found a local dealer who has some BVF Santos XL on hand.

 

[JohnnyBlack]

I found a local dealer who has some BVF Santos XL on hand.

Great, it would be great to compare once we have watches in hand.

 

[Dj3381]

I have a V6F Santos 100 XL on a gen brown strap. It attracts more compliments than most of my gen watches!! I got the gen strap from my local AD. for $375. Worth every cent. Night and day compared to the crappy rep straps (I had tried 4 different ones and they old dissolved in a matter of weeks).

 

[suppish]

I have a V6F Santos 100 XL on a gen brown strap. It attracts more compliments than most of my gen watches!! I got the gen strap from my local AD. for $375. Worth every cent. Night and day compared to the crappy rep straps (I had tried 4 different ones and they old dissolved in a matter of weeks).

Nice! What was the process for getting a gen strap from AD? Did they ask for any proof of purchasing or serial number?

 

[Dj3381]

Nope. I just walked in and said I wanted it as a gift for a friend of mine. They were happy to sell it.

 

[Richyv]

I thought that I read a post where someone purchased a strap from Cartier and a couple of days later Cartier reached out to him asking for the serial number off the back of the watch. I have the GF Santos Xl and desperately want to replace the cheap strap that it came with, with a genuine Cartier.

 

[Dj3381]

I thought that I read a post where someone purchased a strap from Cartier and a couple of days later Cartier reached out to him asking for the serial number off the back of the watch. I have the GF Santos Xl and desperately want to replace the cheap strap that it came with, with a genuine Cartier.

Well if you walk in with authority and wearing a nice watch (my JJF Vacheron Overseas) and say you want it as a gift (so it is clear you do not own the watch) they cannot ask for a serial number can they? They even offered me a Cartier watch box for free to put the strap in. I declined politely.

 

[suppish]

Well if you walk in with authority and wearing a nice watch (my JJF Vacheron Overseas) and say you want it as a gift (so it is clear you do not own the watch) they cannot ask for a serial number can they? They even offered me a Cartier watch box for free to put the strap in. I declined politely.

Yeah makes sense. Thanks! Will give it a go

 

[Dj3381]

Sure. A question you need to be sure the answer to for sure though is whether the gen strap will fit with whatever this BVF rep is. The gen strap fits perfectly a V6F but I have no idea about BVF.

 

[Dj3381]

Also, the dial colour of the BVF seems a bit too white. In the gen (and the V6F) it is slightly creme.

 

[absinth]

Is there anywhere that still has v6f?

 

[Dj3381]

Is there anywhere that still has v6f?

Definitely not. I have a nearly new V6F Santos 100 XL on which I just put a gen Cartier strap but you will have to really tempt me to sell.