finally got mine today. black dial & bracelet. movement is super silent and overall it look's awesome - really happy so far.
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V7 IWC MK XX first impressions
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day 1 is over - kepps time pretty well: +3 after 24hours. the crystal looks is superb. rotos totally silent. now just have to find a nice strap for the beauty.
I received my V7F IWC Mark XX a couple of days ago. Was very excited at first but then heard a very loud rotor. The same fidget spinner sound I know from my other MY 9015er rep.
So I opened the caseback to check and potentially silence. And there it was, the unpleasant surprise. A decorated MY9015 like in the ZFs and no A2892!
The TD insisted that he got the watch from V7. Factory is now on holiday, so could not comment yet.
Hopefully there's another explanation than V7F start using that Miyotas.
So I opened the caseback to check and potentially silence. And there it was, the unpleasant surprise. A decorated MY9015 like in the ZFs and no A2892!
The TD insisted that he got the watch from V7. Factory is now on holiday, so could not comment yet.
Hopefully there's another explanation than V7F start using that Miyotas.
ZF uses the 9015, that's probably what you have there. V7 has stickers on the back saying V7F. You had any of those?
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Nope. No V7 sticker and no warranty card.
I confronted the TD saying he sent me a ZF. He then showed me the message of the order he gave to V7F.
Could also well be a mistake at the TD when assigning watches to orders. Maybe someone else now got my V7F instead of the ZF he ordered.
However TD acted quite helpful till yet and refunded me the difference between ZF and V7F. I may sell it now via M2M and then give it another try after CNY.
Yeah they probably mixed up the orders. They do look quite similar lol. Good on the TD for making things right and selling it m2m and giving it another go is probably your best way forward. Good luck and I hope you get your V7F, it's a great watch.
here some pictures from my v7f mark xx movement:
btw: did anyone else alreasy noticed this little nice detail - theres an iwc logo on the innerside of the caseback:
btw: did anyone else alreasy noticed this little nice detail - theres an iwc logo on the innerside of the caseback:
I got my V7F Mark18 Pilot with black dial in the summer of 2023. I couldn’t be happier with it. I had it checked and partially oiled by a trusted watchmaker. Now it’s on a good black leather strap since the one it came with doesn’t appear to be good quality.
I got my V7F Mark18 Pilot with black dial in the summer of 2023. I couldn’t be happier with it. I had it checked and partially oiled by a trusted watchmaker. Now it’s on a good black leather strap since the one it came with doesn’t appear to be good quality.
sounds awesome.
just one note on my 2nd power reserve test for my mark xx v7f. gave it a full wind on friday evening and didnt touch it during the weekend. it lasted 43.5 hours. just for the stats..
i did 40 hand turns (basically half turnes. i guess i might turn the crown about 180 to 200 degree at each hand turn) so - around 25 full crown turns approximately. i thought that should be enough as i was wearing the watch the whole day before winding it up
but anyhow should not be an issue if you give it some more turns as its an automatic...( and therefore you anyway might not be doing this everyday ., as even on automatic manual winding might produce additional and unneccessary wear on the movement as far as i know..)
The ZF tightens up after a loooooot of turns. I want to say a minute or two of twisting the crown.
My watch lasts about 50hours when fully wound up. I’ve heard that it sometimes vary also in gen movements so I wouldn’t be to worried. In general I’d also say that these watches are absolutely NWBIG pieces.
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