Thanks guys. I feel like my last post was quite negative, calling out 2 things that aren't perfect on this watch, but really this is a very good watch given the usual price considerations.
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Here are some photos.
They're both in natural light on an overcast day and taken using the 2x camera on my iPhone. It's macro enough that I can't see ALL of this detail with the naked eye, but the two things mentioned below are noticeable, especially if you know what to look for.
The one in direct light shows that the height of the tapisserie and how pronounced and detailed each square is fades towards the bottom left of the dial. It's at its worse around the outside edge of the 7 and 8 markers. In my QC pics (which I also shared) I thought it was due to being out of focus nearest the camera but it's not.
The slightly darker photo is in natural light but out of direct sunlight, this shows the lume color. The lume looks fine when charged and in a dark room but you can see there's still a slight yellow tint to the dial markers in daylight, whereas the hands are white. Honestly, if there weren't hundreds of comments about hand vs dial lume in this thread I wouldn't even mention it, but since it's a hot topic I'll say it's there but really minor.
finally some real life honest shots that will allows everyone to build its own opinion....
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It must be variation... the one on puretime looks pretty crisp. I'll share my QC pictures of it, I've got one on order at the moment.
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My accepted QC for reference also (v2)
Was a little worried about the dial print but seems it was just the light.
Lume, hour markers and screws seem fine to my eyes.
Just got my QC photos (v2) from J Time here. Thinking of whether I should GL it. Do you think the lume difference between the dial and hour markers has been improved from v1?
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From all the photos from this v2 it looks like theres been an improvement. Very little but its noticeable for sure.
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Lume difference is a known flaw, so if you couldn't accept it then you shouldn't have ordered it in the first place. Even if you reject the next one will have the same issue
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Yeah I'm aware of the lume difference flaw, and I'm accepting of the flaw when I pulled the trigger. I saw a few people posting their v2 photos and decided to just get it. Was just asking those who had more experience with the v1 for their insights.
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Awesome, thanks so much for your input. As long as there's a slight improvement from v1. I'm more than happy GL-ing it.
Something I forgot to mention. The screws in the bracelet of mine are all perfectly fine. I loosened and retightened every one of them as part of resizing the bracelet, even those I didn't need to remove.
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I'm not sure you got my point. All v1 are the same, all V2 are the same. There may be a difference between v1 and V2 but it's irrelevant. You ordered a V2 and you are being presented a V2. So whether there is a difference between v1 and V2 does not warrant rejecting a watch
I'm used to seeing more QC pics than this, but to my untrained eye this looks good. It also doesn't really look like this has the same edge fading issue or light print that the previous posters have, nor is the lume unmatched. Does this look like v1 or v2 to you guys?
I'm used to seeing more QC pics than this, but to my untrained eye this looks good. It also doesn't really look like this has the same edge fading issue or light print that the previous posters have, nor is the lume unmatched. Does this look like v1 or v2 to you guys?
These QC pics just remember me why I am not buying from this td anymore lol
His service and everything is fine, but QC pictures taken with a toaster is something I don‘t need when trying to QC my ordered watch
Sorry for OT ... to answer your question: Yes it looks like a V2 to me