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V7 will release Ingenieur!
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Ya... Was forced to...
Got the 1st Aqua from Andiot but was a messy affair, sent it into ICU for restoration.
While waiting, cannot control the urge and went ahead to buy the other 2.
Both white and black are beautiful as well but it was love at first sight for the Aqua.
The morning sun was hitting it well on the dial, so got a picture to share with all.
And the dial went crazy when the afternoon sun hits it.
Thank you so much for your replies! I might just go ahead and get it now. One more final decision is black or aqua xD
It would appear that there is no bad choice.
I was Always picky when it comes to watches with steel bracelet because i thought there is No comfy one without Micro adjust clasp.
The Ingenieur changed my Rules. One of the best wearing watches i have ever Had on my wrist (best one is imho the Aquanaut on Rubber)
The Ingenieur changed my Rules. One of the best wearing watches i have ever Had on my wrist (best one is imho the Aquanaut on Rubber)
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My personal opinion is that you can never go wrong with a black dial watch. It goes with everything and the contrast between the dial, indices and hands is the best. This watch has wonderful AR coating and it makes the dial pop.
I love it how the dial changes as you turn your wrist, but it's difficult to capture what you actually see in photos:
Polished edges on the bezel and on sides of mid links sparkle as you turn your wrist.
And of course there's the lume...need I say more...?
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My personal opinion is that you can never go wrong with a black dial watch. It goes with everything and the contrast between the dial, indices and hands is the best. This watch has wonderful AR coating and it makes the dial pop.
I love it how the dial changes as you turn your wrist, but it's difficult to capture what you actually see in photos:
Polished edges on the bezel and on sides of mid links sparkle as you turn your wrist.
And of course there's the lume...need I say more...?
Wow beautiful, thanks for those pictures, you definitely sold me on this one, and now I just placed the order for black dial from one of TD listed in here
On a side note, excuse me for being such a noob (which I am), on the older post I read someone managed to change the strap, but I am still curious how to remove the bracelet, been searching youtube to no avail (mostly just sizing/removing the link instead of the whole band), probably wrong keyword? If someone could describe how to or point me out the link to the video it would be extremely helpful, thanks and have a good one
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You made a great choice, you won't be disappointedWow beautiful, thanks for those pictures, you definitely sold me on this one, and now I just placed the order for black dial from one of TD listed in here
On a side note, excuse me for being such a noob (which I am), on the older post I read someone managed to change the strap, but I am still curious how to remove the bracelet, been searching youtube to no avail (mostly just sizing/removing the link instead of the whole band), probably wrong keyword? If someone could describe how to or point me out the link to the video it would be extremely helpful, thanks and have a good one
Pay attention to the marker at 3 o'clock, datewheel alignment and alignment of screws on the bezel in your QC photos!
On the bracelet removal issue - unfortunately I can't be of any help, I was blessed with 2 left hands at birth and I avoid such activities the best I can. I have a rep friendly watchsmith who does these things for a very small fee.
I don't understand why there are no decent rubber straps for this watch, I'd pay good money for a quality FKM rubber strap. It would look great on rubber!
Hell, I love this watch so much, I'd buy a gen rubber strap, if there was one available
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Thank you very much for your kind words of advice, I'll be sure to take notes on those points. I just checked my email and saw TD just updated my order status into on process (without me even asking, props to him for this) and I shall continue wait until the pictures start to come, this would be my very first rep and hopefully lucky enough in getting one of the good batch.You made a great choice, you won't be disappointed
Pay attention to the marker at 3 o'clock, datewheel alignment and alignment of screws on the bezel.
On the bracelet removal issue - unfortunately I can't be of any help, I was blessed with 2 left hands at birth and I avoid such activities the best I can. I have a rep friendly watchsmith who does these things for a very small fee.
I don't understand why there are no decent rubber straps for this watch, I'd pay good money for a quality FKM rubber strap. It would look great on rubber! Hell, I love this watch so much, I'd buy a gen rubber strap if there was one available
Exactly my thought also on the rubber strap, I plan to make this my daily wear however work requires me to regularly travel to places where I might easily scratch/damage the steel bracelet and I'd very much like to preserve the steel bracelet only for during occasions at home, hence I think this calls for me having to be able to change the strap by myself every now and then. And completely agree with you that this baby would also look very gorgeous on rubber
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Thank you good sir, so I can just use a regular spring bar remover tool then, I've only had experience with removing the straps for seikos (either with or without the drilled lugs), should this be any different?The bracelet is attached with spring bars
Finally caved in and ordered the aqua blue dial watch. I have way too many black and white dial watches. The black looks stunning in the pics posted above but yes.
Quick question. I saw that IWC sends you three tools to remove the links. How do you remove links on your reps? Do the spring bar pushers work? I thought it might need a tool with a particular diameter or something.
Quick question. I saw that IWC sends you three tools to remove the links. How do you remove links on your reps? Do the spring bar pushers work? I thought it might need a tool with a particular diameter or something.
Perfect. I have tools that look similar to what IWC sends out with their watches. But the diameter of the whole looks bigger and wondered if that will be an issue. I'll use toothpicks to push the spring bar out.
+1 for the toothpick... can't scratch the bracelet/links/pins
Thank you @pippo and @Kup1712 . I'll be using a toothpic. I just realized I can probably break the toothpick in half and smoothen the broken edge to use it as a pushing tool. The metal tools I have are definitely sharp and will scratch. I thought I'd use some tape on the edge but it won't stick or will be too thick. Can't wait to get my watch hopefully sometime this coming week.