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Vsf 2018 seamaster diver 300m
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Thanks for your valuable insight, Maybe that's why I bought the genuine which will arrive next Friday
Does this Black one look better?
Hi everyone,
Thank you for all your insights, I read/skimed the entire 221 pages of this thread, it's quite incredible the level of information we can get here!
You've all convinced me to go for this amazing model, but before buying, I was trying to find out one answer within the overall discussion: "how close/accurate is the VSF Blue dial vs. gen ?"
I understand from old post that black is easier to replicate. However, I have not seen a proper blue gen so it's hard for me to estimate whether the blue is accurate or not.
I've also watched lot of video and, obviously, depending on the light condition, the dial go from blue navy to electric.
#1 The blue of this video is really navy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX9MQ7Rgnbw
#2 Whilst this one is quite electric:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHp_N5ut-HQ&feature=youtu.be
From the overall pictures I've seen within the thread, I feel like the overall tone is more oriented towards electric blue (video #2) but I would be keen to get your opinion.
Thank you in advance!
Thank you for all your insights, I read/skimed the entire 221 pages of this thread, it's quite incredible the level of information we can get here!
You've all convinced me to go for this amazing model, but before buying, I was trying to find out one answer within the overall discussion: "how close/accurate is the VSF Blue dial vs. gen ?"
I understand from old post that black is easier to replicate. However, I have not seen a proper blue gen so it's hard for me to estimate whether the blue is accurate or not.
I've also watched lot of video and, obviously, depending on the light condition, the dial go from blue navy to electric.
#1 The blue of this video is really navy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX9MQ7Rgnbw
#2 Whilst this one is quite electric:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHp_N5ut-HQ&feature=youtu.be
From the overall pictures I've seen within the thread, I feel like the overall tone is more oriented towards electric blue (video #2) but I would be keen to get your opinion.
Thank you in advance!
Thanks for your valuable insight, Maybe that's why I bought the genuine which will arrive next Friday
Does this Black one look better?
My dearest Sir and fellow member of RWI. It certainly does look much better. And thank you for your lovely picture that ive used as my night material. I have already used one whole roll of toiletpaper thanks to you. Its awesome, and im a little bit jealous. To me this is one of the hottest watches you can get. Id choose that over a rolley all day (if u dont compare value and aftermarket prices hehe). Awesome photo mate. Keep them coming.
divemax
Active Member
Can you get this watch with white lume instead of yellow/beige lume? I had one of these when they first came out and loved everything about the watch except for the yellowish lume color.
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Yep, Omega make a pretty good one. Haha.
On a serious note I don’t think VSF have any clue this is a problem! Which is a shame as it would be good enough with nice white lume!
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divemax
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divemax
Active Member
I agree. I think they sell a lot more if they change the lume color.
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This topic comes up fairly often with any dials that are not either black or white. Often times dial get compared from pictures that come from different sources with different lighting and different camera settings and people would say the Raptors not compare well with the Gen. I have had two of the black ones but none of the blue ones of this model. I might not be the one the best one to ask what I would say in general if I wanted the blue one I would just go and buy it and don't worry too much about. You're not likely to ever come across someone else out in the wild with the exact same watch and was out a Gen 2 compared to right next to your rap you're never going to be able to tell the difference
Thanks for this Nanook65! Indeed I'm not at all excepting such situation, and if it happens (a direct gen vs. replica confrontation) frankly I'll not mind
My question was actually not well formulated, sorry for this. I was more asking the color accuracy to understand if VSF are more biased overall towards the "electric blue" or the "navy blue" (that I can tend to see on OMEGA website).
The reason of my question is simply that I'm hesitating between black or blue. I'm not asking the naïve "which one is best color" question, since it's clearly a taste choice, so I'm just trying to assess all elements to make a final decision. If the VSF blue is much more light/electric than the GEN one, I'll probably go for the black.
Thank you.
bibby1
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Maybe I’m not looking hard enough, are there any plain black dial seamasters currently out? It seems all I’ve seen lately are the waves in the dial. There must be a solid black option?
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bibby1
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i’m not sure of this is what you mean. But the blue dial and the bezel changes shades of blue depending on the light. It could be light blue and dark blue. This is true for the rep and the gen. So the pic you see on the omega site, is only one shade it is capable of. I hope that makes sense?
I personally don't really like the shade of blue they chose for this version. And the black dial changes its appearance in different light conditions enough to make the watch interesting. It's also much more versatile than the blue version, it can be worn with anything.
These two photos were taken at the AD's. I like the way the blue version looks inside, but I find it to be too electric blue outside in natural light.
