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Vacheron Constantine Overseas Tourbillon
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Anadrol5
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- 14/10/18
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JF has so far come up with two iterations of RO tourbillion. V1 was just pure rubbish on all fronts eg. thickness, colour of the dial, printing of the AP logo etc.
With V2 they brought the thickness down to 11 mm but for some reason decided to make the balance wheel of the tourbillon a lot smaller than the gen (and V1) whilst leaving the size of the chamber the same. This left a huge gaping hole in the middle of the watch which makes it visually very strange and therefore an instant tell. The printing of the AP logo is also very weak on V2. In addition, the colour combination for specific versions of the watch are all wrong. For eg, the platinum version with the lighter colour blue dial is supposed to have a silver colour balance wheel whereas JF left it in gold colour like the others.
Suffice it to say that there are no RO tourbillon rep watch worth buying as of yet as other maker's versions also have glaring flaws.
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I understand what you mean now, and I concur. Thank you for this
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Rainbowkin
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I am pulling the trigger on this piece and will give you an update after receiving. I have been lurking after Vacheron case and bracelet for a while now - hopefully the bracelet and case are well constructed so that I can send it to someone for a refinish and potentially thinning the case.
edit: after watching the video, I have decided to not pull the trigger on this one.
edit: after watching the video, I have decided to not pull the trigger on this one.
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Rainbowkin
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Here is the youku: https://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDY1N...kuUgc_5.dtitle
I am a native Mandarin speaker, so i can understand the speaker in this video. Here is a brief note on what he has said in the video:
I am a native Mandarin speaker, so i can understand the speaker in this video. Here is a brief note on what he has said in the video:
- dial color is overly rich; the dark blue is too dark
- Thickness: 13.5mm
- tourbillon is far off: the center jewel is apparently a piece of plastic and has wrong color; there should on be only one blue screw on the tourbillon but the rep tourbillon has 3
- the bracelet end link quick release is very stiff
- the sticker made the clasp very stiff; the speaker couldn’t one side of the deployment clasp
- the speaker doesn’t recommend this watch all. He hopes someday a good version will come out.
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Rainbowkin
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Here is another video on youku: https://v.qq.com/x/page/g0959l00b4b....uUgc_16.dtitle
The thickness measured at 14mm with a caliper in the video!
The rep is manual wind, while the gen is automatic. The gen movement has a 22k gold arc-shaped rotor (as you can see through the gen caseback), while the rep rotor is just a deco.
The thickness measured at 14mm with a caliper in the video!
The rep is manual wind, while the gen is automatic. The gen movement has a 22k gold arc-shaped rotor (as you can see through the gen caseback), while the rep rotor is just a deco.
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Rainbowkin
Renowned Member
The JJF overseas especially the deep stream is very good and underrated on this forum. Their only flaws are the rotor noise (can be fixed) and very minor dial tells (cross symbol and texture if not deep stream). JJF's case reconstruction is very very good also.
Agree with this, even though the dial pattern isnt the same as gen it still looks great, the deep stream (unavailable now) is the closest to gen.
Rainbowkin
Renowned Member
It is a beautiful rep but has been overshadowed by the Genta designs in the stainless steel holy trinity. In my opinion, on the watches themselves and not to mention historical context, the VC 4500V is at least on par with the RO and Nautilus, with its bracelet and case construction standing out among the 3. If Rolex bracelets are the king of tool watch bracelets, then VC's bracelet is the most elegant. I really really wish there is a good VC 4500V blue dial available. 8P's version isn't bad, but the dial is just too shabby.
The XF 2000V might be worth your consideration, it's gorgeous but of course quite a different overseas to the 4500V. It has an exceptional quality bracelet for a rep.