Trouble is JF RO tourbillions have all been rubbish so far.
Interesting. Would you mind explaining further?
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Trouble is JF RO tourbillions have all been rubbish so far.
Interesting. Would you mind explaining further?
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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.
Disappointing. For some reason there has been no good Vacheron rep (overseas or otherwise) to date.
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.
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.