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VSF VS3135 Submariner Comparison Against the Gen

takks

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Generic tube can accept Gen crown on VSF?
Or has to be installed Gen tube?
 

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Gen insert + gen crystal


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Is gen bezel a direct fit onto vsf stock retaining ring? Need to change hytrel ring (use gen or vsf?) anyone? Thanks
 

takks

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Is gen bezel a direct fit onto vsf stock retaining ring? Need to change hytrel ring (use gen or vsf?) anyone? Thanks

No need to change the retainer ring.
You can just replace the Gen bezel.

Mine has been updated with Gen bezel, crystal, hands, dial and calendar disk.
All of Gen parts were moved from Noob V6S super franken which I built 5years ago.
I have also Gen crown but I don't think to change the crown going so far as to replace the crown tube.
VSF crown looks so nice.
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What’s this feature?

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EDIT.. my bad, it’s a trick of the light. Never seen that before!
 
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do you think this is a vsf 3135?

Need a look at movement to confirm if it’s a VS3135.

The watch itself could well be a VSF116610, I’d like to see a better pic with the watch not so close to camera so I can see the crown guards properly.
 

up2wind

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No need to change the retainer ring.
You can just replace the Gen bezel.

Mine has been updated with Gen bezel, crystal, hands, dial and calendar disk.
All of Gen parts were moved from Noob V6S super franken which I built 5years ago.
I have also Gen crown but I don't think to change the crown going so far as to replace the crown tube.
VSF crown looks so nice.

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thanks for the info. So you fitted gen bezel and used the vsf retaining ring and vsf bezel hytrel ring right? The bezel turns smooth?
 

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No need to change the retainer ring.
You can just replace the Gen bezel.

Mine has been updated with Gen bezel, crystal, hands, dial and calendar disk.
All of Gen parts were moved from Noob V6S super franken which I built 5years ago.
I have also Gen crown but I don't think to change the crown going so far as to replace the crown tube.
VSF crown looks so nice.
8354668544895e28154412b2d4172a1e.jpg



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Yes, you have to. The gen bezel gasket and the vsf bezel gasket are extremely different and there is no way to make it fit a gen bezel unless with extensive modding (read sanding the gasket by half its thickness)
 
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takks

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thanks for the info. So you fitted gen bezel and used the vsf retaining ring and vsf bezel hytrel ring right? The bezel turns smooth?


Retainer ring is VSF but I don’t use VSF hytrel ring because it was damaged when VSF bezel taken off.
Hytrel ring might be Gen or Noob V6S.
I have been using it for 5 years.
Of course bezel turns smoothly.
VSF retainer ring and bezel inside profile seems Gen spec.


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