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U Black Macro shots

Snpr9696

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I thought I would post a few macro shots of the Sinn U Black for those interested. *Photos were taken using an iphone4 while sitting in a car so keep that in mind when evaluating. *In the next few weeks I will post more pics of various reps such as Rolex, Breitling, IWC, Pams, Ulysse Nardin, ETC. *I figured this would Help a few with font recognition on dial faces, hand stacks, and engravingings and overall build quality. *It's kinda like having a loop. *We can only see so close on the QC pics.

What I've noticed on my U Black is although the font lettering is crisp on the dial the painted hands are horrendous as well as the pearl marker. *The paint started to scratch as soon as I received it. *You can also see the paint a little chipped on the second hand and unevenly applied to some of the dial markers. *From afar it's not noticeable so it won't kill ya. *But check it out. *I think eventually I'll repaint the hole thing, markers, hands and pearl all the correct u black color since it isn't correct in the first place. *Enjoy!

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Aza

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Great shots!
How did you achieve such close up focus on your iphone?
 

5up3rman

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bloody hell awesome pics with an iphone.
did you use a loupe than through the iphone
 

mattsheehan

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Looks like a common problem with these u-blacks.

I too have one with the exact same problems. The hands are very poor but liveable.

However the twelve marker on the bezel is horrendous. chipped away like yours to expose the metal underneath.

Ive posted the problem on hear asking for help in how to rectify the problem with no success.

If your planned mods are a success i'd gladly pay you too do the same to mine if thats an option.

Also ive put a new strap on to mine. when removing the strap i noticed something had been drawn on the case with permanent marker. it was hidden by the rubber strap but not now. Anty suggestions on removing this without damaging the PVD.
 

Snpr9696

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My IWC big pilot had the same marker marks between the lugs. Have no idea what that's about.
 

believer123

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Those are some darn good pics... especially for a cell phone. Those look better than my camera!
 

Robbo73

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Not sure if I'm going for the black or the "regular" yet, but I'll be asking Goin to do a lume job for me and sort that chip issue. Had a quick e-mail exchange with him and he reckons it'd be straight forward to lume and protect the 12 hr marker on the bezel.