- 30/3/08
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As soon as I saw this model on the website I knew I needed one, it was love at first sight. From ordering to arrival was 6 days. 2 days being built and tested (these are built to order as are all Mod-Spex watches) and 4 days shipping from the UK to Australia! You can't really fault that, can you?
I got a nice set of QC pics a couple of which are shown below:
After I approved it was lightening fast shipping and turned up on my doorstep four days later. The watch came packed well in a Fedex pouch, a lot of bubblewrap and a nice little case.
It came with the brown leather strap I had requested to replace the bracelet (if I put this on a bracelet it will be a jubilee or shark mesh, I'm not a fan of the Oyster), two NATA straps and both a screwdriver and a springbar tool.
What more could you ask for?
I love this watch, it's well put together, no excess slop in the bezel, the plexi and case were both flawless, not a mark on either and the polich on the sides of the case is mirror, better than most reps. The watch was ticking away on arrival and keeping time, I just changed timezones, the minutes were correct. The protector on the bezel was a Noob one and the case certainly has that quality so it may well be one of their vintage Rolex cases. The high dome plexi is quality, unmarked as I said with minimal distortion (there is some near the edges of course, it's a high plexi). The insert fit is good, even and tight and the crown is an unbranded 702 style crown.
The quality of the strap is fine, it's good leather, sealed on the edges and back with a good cast (not stamped) buckle in Stainless.
It's more than adequate being a quality strap (Mod_Spex sell these as well) but I prefer a thicker strap so I'll have @johng (Nero Straps on RWG) do me one of his Swiss Ammo straps for this watch in a nice dark red/brown. It will suit it to a tee.
I'm yet to test the power reserve but being the Seiko NH-35 it should be around 41 hours. Oh and the lume is very good indeed for vintage tinted lume, it was still readable in the dark after six hours.
All in all this is a great watch, it really is beautiful in blue with the vintage dial and plexi with the snowflake hands making for a very pleasing appearance. For US$248 it's great value as well. This won't be the last piece of theirs in my collection I'm sure.
Unfortunately, if you want one you will need to do a backorder as the sold-out sign is up on the website for this model but I'm sure @CleanRolexAD will be along shortly to tell us when they will be available once more. There are plenty of other combinations available on the site, some of which I have my eye on so go take a look for yourself: https://mod-spex.com/collections/all I'm waiting to see what the currently out of stock Chronographs look like, if I like than there will be one in my future I'm sure.
Sorry for the slightly crappy photos, the weather here has been crap so the natural light is rather dodgy. I really must find where I stored my light tent and photo lights; I put them "somewhere safe", LOL.
I got a nice set of QC pics a couple of which are shown below:
After I approved it was lightening fast shipping and turned up on my doorstep four days later. The watch came packed well in a Fedex pouch, a lot of bubblewrap and a nice little case.
It came with the brown leather strap I had requested to replace the bracelet (if I put this on a bracelet it will be a jubilee or shark mesh, I'm not a fan of the Oyster), two NATA straps and both a screwdriver and a springbar tool.
What more could you ask for?
I love this watch, it's well put together, no excess slop in the bezel, the plexi and case were both flawless, not a mark on either and the polich on the sides of the case is mirror, better than most reps. The watch was ticking away on arrival and keeping time, I just changed timezones, the minutes were correct. The protector on the bezel was a Noob one and the case certainly has that quality so it may well be one of their vintage Rolex cases. The high dome plexi is quality, unmarked as I said with minimal distortion (there is some near the edges of course, it's a high plexi). The insert fit is good, even and tight and the crown is an unbranded 702 style crown.
The quality of the strap is fine, it's good leather, sealed on the edges and back with a good cast (not stamped) buckle in Stainless.
It's more than adequate being a quality strap (Mod_Spex sell these as well) but I prefer a thicker strap so I'll have @johng (Nero Straps on RWG) do me one of his Swiss Ammo straps for this watch in a nice dark red/brown. It will suit it to a tee.
I'm yet to test the power reserve but being the Seiko NH-35 it should be around 41 hours. Oh and the lume is very good indeed for vintage tinted lume, it was still readable in the dark after six hours.
All in all this is a great watch, it really is beautiful in blue with the vintage dial and plexi with the snowflake hands making for a very pleasing appearance. For US$248 it's great value as well. This won't be the last piece of theirs in my collection I'm sure.
Unfortunately, if you want one you will need to do a backorder as the sold-out sign is up on the website for this model but I'm sure @CleanRolexAD will be along shortly to tell us when they will be available once more. There are plenty of other combinations available on the site, some of which I have my eye on so go take a look for yourself: https://mod-spex.com/collections/all I'm waiting to see what the currently out of stock Chronographs look like, if I like than there will be one in my future I'm sure.
Sorry for the slightly crappy photos, the weather here has been crap so the natural light is rather dodgy. I really must find where I stored my light tent and photo lights; I put them "somewhere safe", LOL.
