What would that be?Heard Intime is going to have a special customization option for the ZF v3. Anyone else know about this?
Did you both check the colorless jewel @5 o clock? In both QC cases the hands hide it.
Was just curious because it appeared on 2 separate QC‘s in a row. Pretty sure everything will be okay!
looking forward to your wrist shots! Enjoy her.
Unfortunately it doesn’t move. It is still a decorated base movement.
Ok, dumb question: What else can be modded after the ABD case? Are we talking different color straps or something?
I think he's referring to the winding gears (that connect the crown to the mainspring), not the balance wheel. The balance wheel at 5oclock never oscillates like a gen watch.Apparently it is possible if the watch is manually wound. Found this in the description on intime.
https://www.intime05.co/richard-mil...eleton-dial-on-red-rubber-strap-nh05a-v3.html
Ok, dumb question: What else can be modded after the ABD case? Are we talking different color straps or something?
Apparently it is possible if the watch is manually wound. Found this in the description on intime.
https://www.intime05.co/richard-mil...eleton-dial-on-red-rubber-strap-nh05a-v3.html
The balance wheel does not move! The barrels do when wound.
The new rm035-02 ZF v3 looks insanely close to the original when considering price, the only real let down for me is the movement.
It's not automatic, it's manual wound. It runs at 3hz, not the original 4hz. And the balance wheel on the 'dial' at 5 is fake and doesn't move.
These flaws aren't a deal breaker by any means, but I'm curious why they went with the NH05A. I don't recall ever seeing it in a rep watch before.
Is it reliable? Is there something unique about it that made it the choice of movement for some RM reps? What are the benefits?
The rep producers always surprise us, so maybe it's not crazy to assume they'll rep the movement one day.
But is it worth holding out a for?
Pretty sure they’ll add a carbon inner bezel
The new rm035-02 ZF v3 looks insanely close to the original when considering price, the only real let down for me is the movement.
It's not automatic, it's manual wound. It runs at 3hz, not the original 4hz. And the balance wheel on the 'dial' at 5 is fake and doesn't move.
These flaws aren't a deal breaker by any means, but I'm curious why they went with the NH05A. I don't recall ever seeing it in a rep watch before.
Is it reliable? Is there something unique about it that made it the choice of movement for some RM reps? What are the benefits?
The rep producers always surprise us, so maybe it's not crazy to assume they'll rep the movement one day.
But is it worth holding out a for?
The Seiko NH05A is an automatic movement (which like all automatic movements can be wound manually also). That’s the movement they’ve put in this watch.
It is an obvious choice because of it’s small size:
- the diameter at 17,5mm makes it perfect to decorate and imitate a highly skeletonized movement because it’s small enough to hide beneath decoration plates and doesn’t take up much space.
- Its thickness of only 5,92mm makes it perfect for decorating and mounting on top a big rotor without adding significant to the case thickness.
Also it’s obvious because of it’s cheap price and because of it’s reliability.
Downside is, it’s not made for driving big, bulky hands and hence the known issue of hacking of the seconds hand.
Reps are always restricted because of the movement there isn’t freedom to make it like the gen.
The frequency is irrelevant IMO as the balance wheel isn’t front faced at 5 and isn’t visible.
NWBIG to the extent that this is a $300,000 watch? AbsolutelyI understand, so the movement is ideal for enabling factories to rep the skeletonised watch design.
A good compromise between reliability and aesthetics.
JM, in your opinion do you think this watch is NWBIG by this point? (The ZF and ABD v3 collab)
Cheers mate.