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ZF RM55, new super clone movement

Mightyjoke

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I was making a joke looking at your invoice.

The joke is there were people coming here to bitch, but they didn't realize they bought from scammers and the scammers charged them tax.....

i sense another stupid argument coming so QUICK time to diffuse.

why did the bicycle fall down
because it was TWO TYRED

ok ill see myself out
*crawls

PT dropped the Asia edition
Nice but I prefer white legend cause of the titanium side case
 

trtr

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It also seems with the updates PT reposted the watched to their website as they all have an updated date of June 17th. What's more interesting is the carbon pattern is different and (to me personally) looks less appealing to the ones they first posted and can be seen above.
 

ObscureShape

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It also seems with the updates PT reposted the watched to their website as they all have an updated date of June 17th. What's more interesting is the carbon pattern is different and (to me personally) looks less appealing to the ones they first posted and can be seen above.
I thought so also, looks more plastic-like. I think it is just the lighting
 

fletch512

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Hard pass for me. This is another case of one step forward, one step back. The movement plates look better, but the paint on the ribs is bumpy that it looks like it was put on with a spatula. Earlier models at least tried to emulate the brushed steel ribs of the gen. No way will this reflect light and change shades from silver to black like the gen does. People seem to focus on the NTPT patter, which is subjective from one watch to the next, but I would think the dial itself would be a bigger concern from an aesthetic standpoint.
 

trtr

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I thought so also, looks more plastic-like. I think it is just the lighting

Here's a pic I saved of the original dark legend rep watch post vs the one of the latest dark legend

Could be lighting but pattern looks different to me.

KFdamt.jpeg


(one below is their latest upload)

KFdUcF.jpeg
 

fletch512

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I thought so also, looks more plastic-like. I think it is just the lighting
Didn't someone post in the RM threads that ZF now uses a different factory for their NTPT case? I thought they used ABD cases, but not any more.
 

greenbeans

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Hard pass for me. This is another case of one step forward, one step back. The movement plates look better, but the paint on the ribs is bumpy that it looks like it was put on with a spatula. Earlier models at least tried to emulate the brushed steel ribs of the gen. No way will this reflect light and change shades from silver to black like the gen does. People seem to focus on the NTPT patter, which is subjective from one watch to the next, but I would think the dial itself would be a bigger concern from an aesthetic standpoint.
Just speculating, but I imagine that this being the first of its kind clone movement, they figured they could get away with cutting corners and saving costs in all other areas and there will still be a lot punters. Hopefully the other issues will get addressed in later releases which shouldn't be too hard given they've done it before.
 
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centrum

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For a few years I’ve tried to like this brand and I just can’t.
Me neither, and that's what's so great about it. You know how to source a high quality replica of it and can play around with it like a toy. That's what I'm planning on doing if I can find models that look the least childish.
 

seanizcool

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Finally a black case with a complementary black strap instead of funky colored straps. This looks the best so far.

My next wait is for the white ceramic "Bubba Watson".
Same, just waiting for a ceramic version and I'm all over it
 

Reaps

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Just speculating, but I imagine that this being the first of its kind clone movement, they figured they could get away with cutting corners and saving costs in all other areas and there will still be a lot punters. Hopefully the other issues will get addressed in later releases which shouldn't be too hard given they've done it before.
I doubt it. ZF doesnt update models at all. Look at their BB58 lol