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Two steelfish sitting in the pond , lol a review w/pics

rbj69

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Well i got my two BSS watches today , i ordered the white and blue cause i couldnt decide which i liked best, and still cant , lol the white is actually a silvery white color and is very nice looking, and the blue is a pretty deep blue but the ar coating makes it bright blue in different lighting

right now im wearing the blue one and it will probably be my choice cause i dont have many blues and my madison said daddy i like the black one, lmao and i tried to convince here it is blue but she still called it black , lol

ok first thing first, it feels like it is built like a tank, the braclet is nice but needs a good polishing , not quite as nicely done as the BCE but only because it is not polished finish like the BCE , also they put those cheap arse pins in it to hold the braclet ,so it sounds like some change jingling in your pocket , lol i installed thicker pins and it is nice and snug now , lol detaill people details , lol the engraving is nicely done but they went a hair deep on the letter g but no biggie really , i guess they got carried away with the engraver , lol

it appears the pearl is a little more greener tinted than the markers r but i still dont think it is up to SL specs. and the markers seem to have a textured finish on them , i guess i need to get the lume out , lol (also on the blue dial it appears they made the lume a bit wider on the right side markers than they did on the left side ones, lol but again i know i was reluming this baby) the white one is more uniformed , they must have used a newbie to lume the blue one , lmao

the dial is nicely finished and looks very sweet , the datewindow silver outline seems to be pretty correct, some said it looked bigger in the pics than gen. but i dont think it does (pics can be decieving sometimes, lol)

the bezel is done up nicely but havent figured out yet how to remove it (in gen. u just unscreww all the little screws around it and pull it off but it doesnt seem to be the case on this one, bummer, seems like it would be easier doing it the way gen. does) but appearance is nicely engraved and pretty much spot on and turns nicely as well

caseback is awesome looking, the sides r nicely done , overall for me it would be stupid to buy the gen. for 2 grand when u can get this one for under 500 bucks with basically the same movment (not hardly any difference to me) other than the few little things

i usually tend to only buy a rep that at least cost 3 grand or more but i guess this one caught my eye and now im glad it did

also the ar coating is nice but i dont think it is double sided or it could be the crystal is so thick u cant see it as good , but in the light u see it just like my BCE (but defintiely better than most of our reps)

now here r some pics of it for u

the first one shows the ar coating blocking out the outside shine




ar shot on the blue


sideview for the blue on the wrist




white dial


so u can see the lines in the dial r good

side view shots for u (sry bout the fingerprints )



caseback engravings nicely done


clasp engraving with the deep letter G , lol


some lume shots (sry the pics didnt come out that great it is actually better than the pics show)



i hope u enjoyed my pics and i hope this helps many with there questions about the watch
joe
 

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ok

waiting is replica world anyway..

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Awesome. I am waiting to get mine as well. I got the gen blue rubber strap from the AD wating in the drawer. What size pins did you put it in so I can go pick some of them up. Def dont want for it to sound like change.

Thanks for the pics and the write up.
 

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since u have a local AD i would recommend u get those pins they sell that breitling has , they r thick and have those spear shape ends on them , mine r solid ss rolex aftermarket pins , i keep then in stock and i buy them by 1000 count , i usually replace my customers and mine pins when needed, which is many times ,lol

also did they have the strap readily available in your local AD ?

joe
 

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is it just me or does the lume on the hour markers look completely inconsistent?
 

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Is it just the way it looks in your pics or are do the hour markers not look uniformally the same? = some of the chrome outlines look thicker than the others.

How do you think the white one dial looks compared to gen?

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i actually think it is the pics but with a loupe the lume isnt applied that good , it looks textrued so maybe in the pics the angles and the texture is making some look thicker than other ones , i do see what u mean , but im definiteyl reluming this puppy anyway so that should be smoother and better overall consistency , looks like a newbie relumed it to me( , lmao


also i got my imageshack to download some more pics for u all

joe
 

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i looked at it somemore and it appears they coated the markers on the right a bit more wider than the left one, so it looks like up close the rings r different sized, lol but u cant see it unless u look really hard for it and if it is magnified like it is in the pics , but like i said after i relume it , it will be much better

nice catch guys , i didnt notice it till u said something , but when i bought these i knew they were getting lumed anyway , lol

joe
 

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S**it, s**it and s**it!!! I'm broke and I'm gonna be even more broken... I have to get this one right now... Still hesitating... blue?, white?... Thanks Joe for this good review, but my wife will not be so happy :)
 

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just remember the white is silvery white and cool looking and the blue is cool looking when the ar flashes by it , it was a hard call for me man, but i am letting the blue grown on me , lol
and your welcome , i think (as long as your wife doesnt blame me ) lol
joe
 

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My AD has the strap Joe, I will pick one up for you on Monday and ship it out to you. Pm me your address. Ill let you know on Monday when I have it so you can PP me.
 

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Yllwtrb said:
My AD has the strap Joe, I will pick one up for you on Monday and ship it out to you. Pm me your address. Ill let you know on Monday when I have it so you can PP me.

awesome bro, many thanks to u , now i dont have to wait 6 weeks for it , lol also make sure u put your return address on the package so i can send u some thicker pins like mine ok



thanks

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thelawnmowerman said:
Rbj......is the gen 'silvery white'

well on the bretiling site is says silver dial and nothing about white , i think our dealers call it white but i think they should call it silvery white , lol it beautiful actually

hope this helps

joe
 

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Good job Joe. Do you think you will do a pressure test to see if they are waterproof? Also how does the mvmt look? From what you have said it looks like it will only need a little work on the lume job to make this a keeper rep.
 

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thelawnmowerman said:
I'm having one next month , A silver one with tan strap.

I've just ordered same model... I expect having it next week... I'll make my watchmaker to perform a pressure test up to 100 m at least.