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Greetings,
If You don’t mind, I would like to share my experience with You about my last purchase, which is Tudor BB 36 with marvelous blue dial.
I got it from Ryan at InTime Watches.
It’s made by KRF (Killer Replica Factory)
So lets talk point by point:
1. Movement
A2824 - works like it supposed to. +4 sec/day. Crown work is solid, nice sound of hand winding. Rotor sound is pleasant. Setting the time feels very solid as well.
2. Case
Case material and finishing quality is almost like gen. The only difference I found, was lug finishing from the inside. (From the side of bracelet end link).
It required slight polish on the edge to feel more silky and smooth. (I corrected this little issue)
Brushing and polishing is done with great precision. Not possible to find the difference from gen if you are not an expert.
The black distance tube for crown is slightly larger (0,3mm) - but it’s not noticeable.
Overall, 36mm case size might sound little small for some people. But for me it’s just perfect. I really don’t like bulky watches. I like modest and elegant.
Bulky watches look for me like “hey here I am! look at me! I want to impress you, so my watch is bigger than my brain”
But no offense. It’s just my personal opinion.
3. Dial
Unfortunately I cannot say if the blue colour of dial is identical to the gen, because I have compared it to the black gen version. But the blue colour is very very nice. Such an elegant tone of blue. I really love it.
Hour markers are impossible for me to find any difference between KRF and gen.
hands - finishing is excellent, BUT (there is a little ‘but’) the lume colour in high daylight is slightly lighter than hour markers lume. It’s more snow white than creamy.
This is unnoticeable at indoor light, but if You are “detail” kind of person - You will know.
Labels, logo - the logo size, position and font is just like gen. BUT the printing is just very little less sharp than gen. It is noticeable with magnifying glass. Without magnifying tool - unnoticeable.
Lume - I have compared it with gen. No difference for me. Also compared with seiko lume (which I think is one of the best at the market). Lume of this watch is very good.
4.Crystal - it’s high end sapphire crystal. Very clear. Positioning (depth) due to bezel - perfect.
5. Bracelet - well, the bracelet was actually something that makes me want this watch. I have an opportunity to play with Gen bracelet. unfortunately this KRF rep bracelet doesn’t feel as good as gen for me. The main difference is clasp locker - it is noticeable lighter than gen, and edges are too sharp. I corrected this issue, so it’s fine now.
Links - the feel and sound like they need ultrasound bath. I will do it tomorrow and I’m quite confident that this will help.
Overall - I’m very happy about this purchase. It’s a very nice rep, very close to the gen. This little “BUTs” fixes are not a problem for me. Some other users could not even recognize them at all.
So finally - I can highly recommend this KRF rep for anyone who is considering the purchase of Tudor BB36.
Please take a look at the beauties. The other one is seiko skx013 with modded ceramic bezel and miltat oyster bracelet (this is my daily watch). The purpose of this picture to compare the size of the 36mm BB and 39mm SKX.
Regards,
If You don’t mind, I would like to share my experience with You about my last purchase, which is Tudor BB 36 with marvelous blue dial.
I got it from Ryan at InTime Watches.
It’s made by KRF (Killer Replica Factory)
So lets talk point by point:
1. Movement
A2824 - works like it supposed to. +4 sec/day. Crown work is solid, nice sound of hand winding. Rotor sound is pleasant. Setting the time feels very solid as well.
2. Case
Case material and finishing quality is almost like gen. The only difference I found, was lug finishing from the inside. (From the side of bracelet end link).
It required slight polish on the edge to feel more silky and smooth. (I corrected this little issue)
Brushing and polishing is done with great precision. Not possible to find the difference from gen if you are not an expert.
The black distance tube for crown is slightly larger (0,3mm) - but it’s not noticeable.
Overall, 36mm case size might sound little small for some people. But for me it’s just perfect. I really don’t like bulky watches. I like modest and elegant.
Bulky watches look for me like “hey here I am! look at me! I want to impress you, so my watch is bigger than my brain”
But no offense. It’s just my personal opinion.
3. Dial
Unfortunately I cannot say if the blue colour of dial is identical to the gen, because I have compared it to the black gen version. But the blue colour is very very nice. Such an elegant tone of blue. I really love it.
Hour markers are impossible for me to find any difference between KRF and gen.
hands - finishing is excellent, BUT (there is a little ‘but’) the lume colour in high daylight is slightly lighter than hour markers lume. It’s more snow white than creamy.
This is unnoticeable at indoor light, but if You are “detail” kind of person - You will know.
Labels, logo - the logo size, position and font is just like gen. BUT the printing is just very little less sharp than gen. It is noticeable with magnifying glass. Without magnifying tool - unnoticeable.
Lume - I have compared it with gen. No difference for me. Also compared with seiko lume (which I think is one of the best at the market). Lume of this watch is very good.
4.Crystal - it’s high end sapphire crystal. Very clear. Positioning (depth) due to bezel - perfect.
5. Bracelet - well, the bracelet was actually something that makes me want this watch. I have an opportunity to play with Gen bracelet. unfortunately this KRF rep bracelet doesn’t feel as good as gen for me. The main difference is clasp locker - it is noticeable lighter than gen, and edges are too sharp. I corrected this issue, so it’s fine now.
Links - the feel and sound like they need ultrasound bath. I will do it tomorrow and I’m quite confident that this will help.
Overall - I’m very happy about this purchase. It’s a very nice rep, very close to the gen. This little “BUTs” fixes are not a problem for me. Some other users could not even recognize them at all.
So finally - I can highly recommend this KRF rep for anyone who is considering the purchase of Tudor BB36.
Please take a look at the beauties. The other one is seiko skx013 with modded ceramic bezel and miltat oyster bracelet (this is my daily watch). The purpose of this picture to compare the size of the 36mm BB and 39mm SKX.
Regards,
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