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Tudor Black Bay Bronze - Blue
- Thread starter Wrestleantares
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What about the brushing and the bezel? I'm a littke afraid to f*** it up
Do you have some pics?
I ordered from Puretime - and had a great experience. 12 days from order to wrist.
Excellent, very happy with it.
Visually it is excellent - The QC pictures were very high quality and I studied them carefully for flaws. All indices are excellent, case is excellent , bezel is nice and tight no loose play 60 click - bezel is gorgeous and so is dial hands numbers and indices. Leather band I did not like but looked ok - very thick and felt of qood quality, but uncomfortable with my smaller wrist. Nato band is very nice and very comfortable.
Mechanically - The winding feels nice and smooth, crown unscrews nice and smooth. The real world 24 hour test I actually gained 2 seconds setting and testing by my cell phone. The readout they sent me was 14.1 s/d. My 2h hour real world includes 16 hours on wrist and 8 hours in box - approximately. Unless I have any problems the A2824 will be staying right where it is. I'll throw an ETA movement in if I ever need to.
Visually it is excellent - The QC pictures were very high quality and I studied them carefully for flaws. All indices are excellent, case is excellent , bezel is nice and tight no loose play 60 click - bezel is gorgeous and so is dial hands numbers and indices. Leather band I did not like but looked ok - very thick and felt of qood quality, but uncomfortable with my smaller wrist. Nato band is very nice and very comfortable.
Mechanically - The winding feels nice and smooth, crown unscrews nice and smooth. The real world 24 hour test I actually gained 2 seconds setting and testing by my cell phone. The readout they sent me was 14.1 s/d. My 2h hour real world includes 16 hours on wrist and 8 hours in box - approximately. Unless I have any problems the A2824 will be staying right where it is. I'll throw an ETA movement in if I ever need to.
atldml
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What about the brushing and the bezel? I'm a littke afraid to f*** it up
Do you have some pics?
I didn't take any before/after pics. It's started to patina again so my 'after' wouldn't be that dramatic.
But this was the biggest stain remaining on mine (I sent back the 1st one which was far worse). It came off just fine with some work.
The biggest tell IMO is not the watch itself but if you use the Blue Nato Band. It is obviously inferior. Not the same weave resulting in a jagged appearance of the stripe and no stitching in yellow thread on the side. Even at a glance you can see the jagged line in the middle of the strap. Not that I care I like the NATO far more than the leather.
Parci73
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You are completely right! I love the BBB on NATO. I ordered a original one from Bucherer. Now a great watch with a great strap - far better than leather!
Both straps:
And XF on original NATO:
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Does anybody have more info on swapping out another movement in these watches? Is it something a watchmaker has to do? Mine hasn't been working, within a few months it stopped. I think it's the second's hand hitting the crystal and making it stop and I haven't been able to find a local person that can help me with it. It's sad....love this watch.
slashFAslash
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I don't have mine yet but if the movement breaks I'll swap it with a gen Sellita SW200 which you can buy on eBay for 150€. It should be a straight swap afaik.
Swapping movements is really easy in general. You can watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nBtyFQiw6U to see how. Not same watch but all principals apply. I've done two movement swaps. I bought a cheap tool kit about $15.00 and a cheap hands remover and hands replacer for another $10-$15. Watched a video and did it. No problem at all.
You are completely right! I love the BBB on NATO. I ordered a original one from Bucherer. Now a great watch with a great strap - far better than leather!
Both straps:
And XF on original NATO:
Whewre did you order your gen strap from I cannot find one - I checked out Bucherer's strap site. Thanks!
slashFAslash
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Update: They've cleaned it for me and everything is fine now
I've just now received the QC pics for mine and the case is dirty too, especially on the top right lug and crown side of the case. Do you guys think that it can be cleaned off easily? (Don't need any other QC help just posting the pics bc of the dirt)
I've just now received the QC pics for mine and the case is dirty too, especially on the top right lug and crown side of the case. Do you guys think that it can be cleaned off easily? (Don't need any other QC help just posting the pics bc of the dirt)
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