I personally have never had either one so maybe someone else can comment. I am a big proponent of Black and white dials for reps as they are easier to get right. With that said, others really love the blue and there don't seem to be a lot of negative comments on it so I think it must be pretty close.
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Vsf 2018 seamaster diver 300m
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I personally have never had either one so maybe someone else can comment. I am a big proponent of Black and white dials for reps as they are easier to get right. With that said, others really love the blue and there don't seem to be a lot of negative comments on it so I think it must be pretty close.
hey guys, do you think the lumens of the hands are good? can it be that it is a light effect?
Time_Wizard
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hey guys, do you think the lumens of the hands are good? can it be that it is a light effect?
I think that in the last batches only the hand lume is not perfectly white.
I personally will have them relumed for 40 euros, if they are the same colour in reallife as they are in QC.
If you don't want to go this length you can either accept this little flaw or wait for the next version/batch and hope that VSF will fix it.
I realized now that from 15 to 27 minutes there is no symmetry ... so I'll try another! thank you so much
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What do you mean by "there is no symmetry"? Normally the dial is pretty well aligned and the second index / hour markers should be symmetrical.
White or black is usually spot on but blue can sometimes be iffy! Let’s see I think I’m gonna go ahead and purchase one.
You really need to post a pic of what you are talking about. You know the saying.... a picture says a thousand words applies here I am thinking....
I have absolutely no clue what you are talking about
That makes sense, wonder how long till they sort that out. Just placed my order for a blue one, but did mention to him I rather let him hold the cash than get lume mismatches again..
I’m fairly certain its a batch issue, like THXuk mentioned, new dial old hands. Personally, I rather have all the lume with a slight yellowish hue (like how the VSF used to be) than a mismatch in lume.
I posted the white dial a little earlier in the thread. In the shot, an extreme closeup with vibrancy/contrast etc tweaked up (as you do), you can see a clear difference. The indices are clearly cooler, whiter and brighter.
https://forum.replica-watch.info/fo...18-seamaster-diver-300m?p=9037427#post9037427
However, to the naked eye, un-retouched, at a focal length resembling a normal human eye? You'd barely notice a difference if not specifically looking for it.
Doesn't bother me one bit.
https://forum.replica-watch.info/fo...18-seamaster-diver-300m?p=9037427#post9037427
However, to the naked eye, un-retouched, at a focal length resembling a normal human eye? You'd barely notice a difference if not specifically looking for it.
Doesn't bother me one bit.
See, thats the problem, when I see an issue, I tend fixate on it. My BB58 is really good, the lume colour and dial is not gen like, but my only issue with it is that the hands and indices are different shade which is something I always seem to focus on.
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Believe me, understand that BB58 is a rep. it is much lighter on the arm than the SMP VSF.
Guys am I seeing things or is the right indices at 12 tilted to the left?
Or am I also a victim of the Parallax phenomenon Nanook posted several pages ago?
Ok since the Forum wont let me post the picture directly. Here the link
Beside that I can´t spot any issues.
Only thing what worries me a bit is the amplitude of 329 from the time grapher this watch has.
Or am I also a victim of the Parallax phenomenon Nanook posted several pages ago?
Ok since the Forum wont let me post the picture directly. Here the link
Beside that I can´t spot any issues.
Only thing what worries me a bit is the amplitude of 329 from the time grapher this watch has.
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The Parallax issue shows its head here on this pic quite nicely between the markers on the bezel and the markers on the dial at both 9 & 3. This issue is only an issue because the bezel insert and the dial are on two different planes ie different distances from the lens which exaggerates the effect significantly. The two vertical indices @ 12 are both on the dial and also on the same plane (same distance from the lens) so there should be very little, to no, parallax issue with those two markers.
As far as your eyes deceiving you or not I took the liberty of blowing the area up in your pic around the 12 to a ridiculous degree. As can be seen in the pic (Below) it is more an issue of both of the markers being ever so slightly off than one on and the other off. As to your decision to Green light or Red light that is another matter. I think an argument can be made either way. On the "Green Light it" side of things it is so slight that on the wrist you are highly unlikely to see this. One the wrist the watch will actually look the same as if you look at these pics on your phone from 10 or even 20 feet away. Give it a try and see what you think... Even Gens have slight flaws like this and the next one he sends QC pics of could easily be worse. People constantly complaining about and Red lighting stuff like this is part of the reason 10 yrs ago a Seamaster Rep cost $125 and now they cost $350. Of course there are other reasons too, but you get my drift. In addition to that I have a really good relationship with my TD and I want to keep it that way. No need to reject things that I wouldn't ever see on my wrist just because I can.. On the "Red light it" side of things, it is your money and it is $350. Of course if it bothers you when you get it in hand you can sell it on m2m for almost what you bought it for. hmm..... can't think of much else..
If it was me, I would accept it and move on with my day.
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Yea, I knew that, but I wasn't 100% sure that the other guy asking the question would know that so I just thought I would clarify.
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QC pics of my blue and black seamaster. First set is the black dial. Looked good until I got to the clasp which says 007 on it!! Looked on Trusty's site and it app3ears to be OMF clasp from a 007 watch. https://trustytime.shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=35_83&products_id=21358 So that got me looking closer at the bracelet on both my watches. The writing 50JJB is inscribed on the inside of the bracelet which going though a quick search of pictures I only saw 11HJC on both OMF and VSF. After flipping between a reddit post https://www.reddit.com/r/RepTime/comments/fc4hai/seamaster_300m_omf_vs_vsf/ and trying to compare with alt+tab both my blue and black vs the omf and vsf on trusty's site they're all starting to look the same. Both cases look like VSF to me so my specific question is do both bracelets look like VSF bracelets and only the clasp on the black seamster wrong? I think both cases look good and want to green light but just would like confirmation on the bracelets.
