ZF RM55, new super clone movement

[Reaps]

Good point but to counteract there's a fine line between shitting on someone's decision to purchase and meaningful critique of the watch.

 

[ObscureShape]

@SMP_lover any idea on if your straps will fit this new ZF clone? Apparently gen straps fit so I imagine yours wouldn’t be an issue

 

[GiantSquid]

I think there's a fine line to ride between pointing out flaws and deeming them unacceptable, and it's also hard to talk about flaws without it seeming like a dealbreaker. I think the coolest thing about reps is the journey from shitter to clone, and it's rare that we get to see as big a journey as we have with RM55s in the last five years. In 2019 those giant thick KVFs with terrible deco, shiny ceramic, and the entirely wrong case shape was the best you could get. Now here we are five years later with multiple levels of clone at multiple price points, all of which are so good that they can be worn daily without worrying about them exploding. It's been so cool to see the progression, and from that perspective it's easy to ignore minor flaws like colours, brushing, etc. Not that they aren't flaws or don't exist, but in the grand scheme of things the fact that we're even talking about things that small for RM reps is pretty amazing.

 

[SMP_lover]

@SMP_lover any idea on if your straps will fit this new ZF clone? Apparently gen straps fit so I imagine yours wouldn’t be an issue

I'm 99% sure it fits. ZFs from i think v2 stayed pretty consistent in this regard.

 

[ObscureShape]

Heres another up close video on BiliBili https://b23.tv/meyRBfo

 

[trtr]

Heres another up close video on BiliBili https://b23.tv/meyRBfo

Now that carbon looks more like it.

I wonder if its sporadic or based on batches.

 

[mattmcgarnsy]

For those who wanna see what a gen NTPT looks like:

Theirs doesn't look half bad from that BiliBili vid above

 

[happyguy1688]

so safer to buy ceramic as will be closer to GEN?

 

[Stuvetjee]

so safer to buy ceramic as will be closer to GEN?

Yes, if it has the good shape lol

 

[positivitony]

Yes, if it has the good shape lol

and nobody has perfected that shape as of yet no?

 

[Cheesegrater]

Yes, if it has the good shape lol

Got a photo of what a good shape, color, shine or pattern look like and compared to gen?

 

[Stuvetjee]

and nobody has perfected that shape as of yet no?

correct. although ZF their ceramic was very good before.

 

[Bombardier]

 

[ObscureShape]

ZF vs BBR comparison vid https://b23.tv/dIwBP1p

 

[Mightyjoke]

Main point

 

[Mightyjoke]

The strap had arrived now waiting for the watch

 

[nirvana0002]

Received pictures from my local dealer before ship out to me, expect to receive it in few days.

 

[Mightyjoke]

Very accurate colour looks exactly like gen omg

 

[happyguy1688]

colour of crown should also be blue

 

[jsanta]

ZF vs BBR comparison vid https://b23.tv/dIwBP1p

For those of us who don't have English subtitles, what would be the differences?