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Second purchase with hont (VSF Planet Ocean 43.5 orange accent)

OmegaSearchingSeb

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Was happy with my first purchase with hont, so here to document the second experience:

26.5.23: contacted Hont about availability of special offer Planet ocean
27.5.23: Hont confirms availability and pricing
27.5.23: payment wired via SEPA, Screenshot of payment provided to hont
 

OmegaSearchingSeb

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Update:
29.5.23: QC received from Hont and GL
30.5.23: Hont confirms payment received
31.5.23: Hont provided Tracking No
9.6.23: Watch delivered via DHL in Germany

Overall the process was good again the second time although the watch was Not overwhelming when i unpacked it. Will Update you all tomorrow and Share an Unboxing Video and First Pictures
 

OmegaSearchingSeb

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First impressions of the watch:
In general I like the watch a lot. Especially the bracelet is a lot better than the one on the worldtimer. Not 100% sure, if i like the orange accents on the bezel though. It just feels like quite an attention grabbing piece.
The rubber strap is just as good as the one on the worldtimer, as is the foldable clasp.

Now to the things I didn't like this time:
- the watch has severe scratch marks on the lugs from VSF obviously having trouble fitting the bracelet. The are only on the inside and will therefore not be visible to anyone but me, but the QC pictures and video only showed this area pretty blurred. I feel like this is not something that whoever took the QC photos could have missed....... I will take that as a lesson learned for myself and demand better QC pics next time.
- the watch arrived ridiculously dirty. I spent almost an hour cleaning the bezel, crown an He-Valve with a wooden toothpick, just to get all the gunk of. On that note, the He-Valve was so tight, that I feared I would break it off opening it. All is good now, but overall that doesn't feel like the greatest product from VSF to me.

As the last time, delivery time from Hont is insane and packaging was good. Will try to upload the unboxing video here as well, just a little long.

 
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OmegaSearchingSeb

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I tried to get the scratched lugs on camera here, but I see now how difficult it is to get those scratches to be visibile in the pic. Disregard the rest of the bracelet please, thats just from my sweaty arms 🙃