Hahah seriously mate, it was like a pregnancy lol. Cheers :drinks_cheers:
I finally received it and I'm leaving my short review for those who are still interested in this timepiece.
I've always been a huge fan of dress watches and JLC brand, my first rep ever was a JLC date just because there was not a fully working moonphase rep yet. When ZF announced this watch I've immediately started looking forward to it, as you can see by my early posts in this thread.
I had many problems with my orders but now after 97 days since the payment I've finally received it.
Let's start the review, as soon as I opened the box the watch was packed into some protection paper and there was no plastic box or a small plastic bag but nonetheless it was nicely covered and protected so it came with no scratches from the factory.
The feeling I got immediately was that it looked much smaller than what I was thinking, maybe that's because I've recently got used to wear a 44mm PAM111, so all the flaws that I got paranoic watching on macro pics just disappeared with the naked eye.
It is really lightweight but still solid build.
I winded the crown and started checking if all the buttons worked correctly. I then set the date and the moonphase and then the time. All worked flawless with no problems.
The watch was running really fast, it gained 4 seconds in 1 hour but I managed to regulate it to +10/12s and now it has only gained 2 secs in 5hours. I used a 1mm screwdriver.
The dial: it is amazing, really subtle sunburst and it shines like heaven, the moon subdial colour is per gen, too and I don't see any flaws at all except for the hand aligning just slight right on some dots, but that's almost invisible to the naked eye. The numbers are really small and I do believe that the black dial has more readability than the silver one. Markers are great too. The hands create a good reflection/shadow game and to my eye the dimesions are per gen. 10/10
The movement: The second hand sweeps smoothly. I've read a lot of comments talking about the noisy rotor. Honestly it's NOT noisy at all. I had a JLC replica with a miyota 9015 and it was MUCH MUCH louder, for example I could hear it while switching the gear driving. This watch is absolutely silent and the rotor spins nicely and you can hear a pleasing rattle sound while winding. The moonphase works perfectly. 9/10
The case: The case it's nicely polished and it's 1:1 with the gen, also the printings on the back are nicely made. The lugs are perfectly curved and the crown logo is ok. 10/10
The crystal: The sapphire crystal had a really strong turquoise hue, almost disturbing to my eye. Strong direct light gets turquoise reflected while rays that hit the crystal with more angle get reflected with a blue/purple hue. This effect is called scattering Rayleigh and it's the same reason why our atmoshphere is blue, but gets yellow orange when the sun is on the horizon. I don't know what kind of AR colour has the gen but the TDs sell this as Green AR while it's turquoise-cyan-blue. 8/10
The strap: Absolutely plasting feeling leather and not good quality at all. The alligator printing is not bad at all but it's pretty useless. Swapping strap is suggested 3/10
The clasp: I didn't get a good feeling while seeing the clasp, at first I had the feeling it was not even made with steel but then I realized it was only my impression. It's really thin and lightweight but it closes nicely and I don't feel it's going to open accidentally. The JL logo is nice too. 6/10
In the end my overall is 8/10 that can be 9/10 if you switch the strap. In my opinion it's by far the best JLC rep in the market at the moment and a must-have for all the dress watch lovers.
Today I've tried to take some pics fastly, will take more in the coming days.
Thanks a lot for your time.:bb:
People who dont have it, definitely stick it on the buy list
