I used a 15500 by ZF (w/decorated movement). This was back in the early versions when their bezel screw holes weren't that nice. That's why I had the case sitting around.
I’m assuming you got the steel one?
Yes, the steel one. It needed a custom spacer to fill the gap and hold it in place. The THB caseback was also too shallow for the rotor. But I had an old JF 15400 caseback which was a bit more roomy. Overall, it came out a bit thicker than the stock THB.
the 15400 case and the THB case are both the same 41mm, but you're doing this just to eliminate that gap, correct?
The 15500 case created a sizable gap between the case and movement. I fabricated a custom hold to fit in the case and hold the movement. The THB case back was a bit too slim and didn't give enough clearance for the rotor. The JF case back was thicker and provided the needed clearance. JF might of made theirs thicker to give space for the decorations.
I have the same opinion. Regardless of the inaccuracies, this skeleton watch is beautiful and really enjoyable to wear. I have the steel version without the douuuble balance.
I laugh when I see these types of comments. You don't actually think a $x0,000 watch actually costs anything remotely close to that price to produce, do you? The rep factories can put out very similar pieces at a fraction of the retail price because they don't have all the overhead for dreaming up a watch into existence and then building the desire for it though global marketing. Copying stuff is much, much cheaper than being the first to create something. So yes, if I'm buying a counterfeit good from a dusty shop for $700 (which is not far off from the production cost of many machined steel gens) I want to make sure there are no comically bad copy mistakes.
You're very wrong and you should refrain from posting if you ignore facts. It makes you look exactly that, an ignorant.
I missed this line until FeeFo pointed it out, if you think everyone on this forum can't afford gens you have NFI of what you speak. There are people on here with gen collections valued far higher than your entire net worth, tehrte are people here who could buy you with the change down the back of the couch. The average net worth here is far higher than the median in any country on earth. There are those here who can order a watch worth more than my annual income without needing to give it a lot of thought.
