For a while now I've wanted to post this:
what the f@#$ is this sheet of blue or purple colored chemical being applied to "best", davidsen and other panerai reps and being called AR coating????
gens do NOT have this. what gens have is ANTI-reflective coating, not a colored reflection. to cut down reflection - any color! so it looks like there is no crystal and you can touch the dial. after all, that's the purpose.
the most i get from my 111h gen, for example, and ONLY at certain angles, is a single bluish-green circle no bigger than the size of one of the numbers on the dial. it's actually captured in the picture of an 005H below, near the "4" marker. Otherwise, one of the most special things about the watch is how the crystal appears invisible - no reflection, and certainly no "colored sheet" effect!!!!
whatever the stuff everyone is calling AR is, it is anything but an ANTI-reflective coating!!!! it's just coloring like the stuff they put in grape colored soft drinks! personally, i'd prefer not to have it until they figure out how to truly make the crystal invisible. 'cause the reps i have with this crap are the crappiest reps i have, if you know what i mean. you can spot them as reps a million miles away due to this blue "sheet" they catch at many angles. the newest "best" reps are the worse. the older ones that didn't have this look a lot better (even if they suffered from other problems).
seriously, what expensive watch brand do you know that reflects a color like that? (hint: zero). they all reflect virtually NOTHING. again, that's the point. and if a certain spectrum of light is reflected at a particular angle, that reflection is certainly not the size of the whole crystal! heck, even fossil, timex, casio and seiko's do not do this. this is ONLY a rep phenomenon. So no need to worry about secret handshakes
Just shine your rep colors!!!
it's late, and i probably sound irritated. but this AR thing is a true farce! like calling mineral glass "synthetic sapphire" or calling polyester "leatherette". let's at least be honest. and let's also get this food coloring off our reps - they really underscore the fact that they are reps more than the little things we pick on like font, canon pin, crown thickness, etc., that can only be seen upon close inspection (or how about swan neck - who the heck cares what the back of the watch looks like!).
this is a biggie, in my opinion, and should be addressed and fixed.
what the f@#$ is this sheet of blue or purple colored chemical being applied to "best", davidsen and other panerai reps and being called AR coating????
gens do NOT have this. what gens have is ANTI-reflective coating, not a colored reflection. to cut down reflection - any color! so it looks like there is no crystal and you can touch the dial. after all, that's the purpose.
the most i get from my 111h gen, for example, and ONLY at certain angles, is a single bluish-green circle no bigger than the size of one of the numbers on the dial. it's actually captured in the picture of an 005H below, near the "4" marker. Otherwise, one of the most special things about the watch is how the crystal appears invisible - no reflection, and certainly no "colored sheet" effect!!!!
whatever the stuff everyone is calling AR is, it is anything but an ANTI-reflective coating!!!! it's just coloring like the stuff they put in grape colored soft drinks! personally, i'd prefer not to have it until they figure out how to truly make the crystal invisible. 'cause the reps i have with this crap are the crappiest reps i have, if you know what i mean. you can spot them as reps a million miles away due to this blue "sheet" they catch at many angles. the newest "best" reps are the worse. the older ones that didn't have this look a lot better (even if they suffered from other problems).
seriously, what expensive watch brand do you know that reflects a color like that? (hint: zero). they all reflect virtually NOTHING. again, that's the point. and if a certain spectrum of light is reflected at a particular angle, that reflection is certainly not the size of the whole crystal! heck, even fossil, timex, casio and seiko's do not do this. this is ONLY a rep phenomenon. So no need to worry about secret handshakes
Just shine your rep colors!!!it's late, and i probably sound irritated. but this AR thing is a true farce! like calling mineral glass "synthetic sapphire" or calling polyester "leatherette". let's at least be honest. and let's also get this food coloring off our reps - they really underscore the fact that they are reps more than the little things we pick on like font, canon pin, crown thickness, etc., that can only be seen upon close inspection (or how about swan neck - who the heck cares what the back of the watch looks like!).
this is a biggie, in my opinion, and should be addressed and fixed.
