Upcoming VSF Two Tone Gold Submariner 116613LN

[Repmaster1337]

Nice!
will get the bluesy with wrapped gold.
trustytime
any news about sub nodate and blueberry 41mm? Thanks

 

[rockdaytona]

Maybe will wait it out for the 126613

 

[StreetFighter]

Maybe will wait it out for the 126613

116613LN and 126613LB.. that's the combo to have. The 12LB has nice white print on the dial same as the 11LN..

I wore a 11LB for 2years straight then one day I hated it. The blue bezel does not suit the watch imo. The blue bezel suited the early 116613LB with the flat blue dial, that's the dial it was designed for, but when they discontinued the flat blue dial and replaced it with sunburst in 2013 they should have updated the bezel too and made it darker. The 16613LB before it has a nice rich blue colour bezel (there were a few shades over the years) but the 116613LB got it wrong.

 

[Yogibear]

Don’t want to piss on anyone’s parade but where is my calculation wrong?

Gold weighs about 19.3 grams per cubic centimeter. That means if you had a small gold dice cube of size 1 cm x 1 cm x 1 cm, (i.e., with a volume of 1 cubic centimeter), it would weigh 19.3 grams. So 1 grams would theoretically fill a volume of 1/19.3 cubic centimeters or 0.050 cubic centimeters.

Volume is area x height, (i.e., area x thickness). So theoretically 1 grams can plate an area x thickness totaling 0.050 cubic centimeters. If the thickness is 20 microns, i.e., 0.0020 cm, then the area you can plate with that much gold is 0.050/0.002 = 25 square centimeters.

3g of gold would plate a 20 micron 75 sq cm... I would guess that a two tones need a lot less.

Because it's a lie and not real gold. It would be a disaster if it actually was real gold plated.

 

[MikeMeezy77]

The LB is on my radar. Big ups to VSF for being consistent!


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[sgt.njoy]

Damn it.. I pulled the trigger on the LV!

 

[HG 2000]

Will wait for pics of the actual watch, but if VSF puts the same effort into this as the others, I’m sure it will be good.

I’m still going to hold out for a No Date though.

 

[Da9b]

Damn, going to have to invest in a bigger watch box soon.

 

[Asmodeus]

Don’t want to piss on anyone’s parade but where is my calculation wrong?
Gold weighs about 19.3 grams per cubic centimeter. That means if you had a small gold dice cube of size 1 cm x 1 cm x 1 cm, (i.e., with a volume of 1 cubic centimeter), it would weigh 19.3 grams. So 1 grams would theoretically fill a volume of 1/19.3 cubic centimeters or 0.050 cubic centimeters.
Volume is area x height, (i.e., area x thickness). So theoretically 1 grams can plate an area x thickness totaling 0.050 cubic centimeters. If the thickness is 20 microns, i.e., 0.0020 cm, then the area you can plate with that much gold is 0.050/0.002 = 25 square centimeters.
3g of gold would plate a 20 micron 75 sq cm... I would guess that a two tones need a lot less.

(0.8cm width * 2.5 circumference) *16 mid links + 3.2 clasp + accounting for extra size of sel + bezel + crown = about 41cm2

 

[Bgarcia7]

trustytime Would you happen to know when the 114060 no date is going to be released? Thanks

 

[mari115]

There is no way they used "real" gold for the wrapping.

Hope to be proven wrong tho!

VSF is definitely on a roll!

 

[MolluskMan]

There is no way they used "real" gold for the wrapping.

Hope to be proven wrong tho!

VSF is definitely on a roll!

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What do folks mean by this? Are factories known to use some kind of gold alloy or even no gold at all for wrapped and plated models?

 

[NYC_MIA]

I will feedback to them on this, though I believe they are already in production.

Thanks

If they don’t plate the sides this will all be done in vain. It’s an instant tell and something the community has voiced concern over numerous times.


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[up2wind]

All the concentration will be on the color tone of the 'gold'. GLHF!!

 

[Yogibear]

All the concentration will be on the color tone of the 'gold'. GLHF!!

That's the biggest concern with these reps... the ARF 116613 looks 10k to 14k in colour. The VRF wrapped version has the orange tint issue.

 

[supe12sta12z]

Judging from their omega smp300 reps, they have shown that they are capable of doing gold pretty well. Let's hope that translates to these two tone reps.

 

[DrHack]

Would someone care to explain the difference between "wrapped" and "plated"? I know what plating is but I'm not familiar with wrapping.

 

[rcom440]

Would someone care to explain the difference between "wrapped" and "plated"? I know what plating is but I'm not familiar with wrapping.

It’s just a thicker layer so scratches won’t show any steel underneath.

 

[mari115]

What do folks mean by this? Are factories known to use some kind of gold alloy or even no gold at all for wrapped and plated models?

They are known for not using real gold either for plating or wrapping

 

[Cadows]

I will feedback to them on this, though I believe they are already in production.

Thanks

Im sure they know it. If they dont do it its because they didnt want it.