ZF Tudor Blackbay black bezel w/ 2xAR vs Gen

[kp323]

It’s time for me to contribute something back to this forum. At this time I have a Gen Tudor Black Blay with the black bezel and a ZF Black bay with 2XAR by rnrprof (I don’t know what version of ZF this is, some of you guys can chime in on that). I tried to take pictures of them side by side. The Gen is on the bracelet, while the rep is on the Gen black nato strap.


My impressions at 12 inches away side by side, the rep is pretty good! The dial is good the rose logo looks spot on at this distance (however if you look really close, you can see the rep rose is a little lacking). The hour markers are good as well. The crystal is better on the rep with the profs crystal. The bezel looks good, but once you turn it, you know which one is rep. The crown is the only fault that I can tell if you have them side by side at this distance. The Gen has a more defined rose logo on the crown and the rep sits a tiny bit higher than the Gen fully screwed in. However if you don’t have the Gen next to it, I doubt anyone would notice the height difference. The hands look good to me, the gen has no hole in the pinion but I couldn’t really see that at 12 inches away.


Now the case, I didn’t see anything different, the look pretty close. Caseback very minor details that would only be noticeable side by side. The lume looks similar at first charge, color looks good so as the brightness, but after a minute, the gen is way better.


Bracelet, I got rid of the rep bracelet as soon as I got it. The rep bracelets are just not good enough for me on tudor reps.


Since I bore the sh*t out of you guys with all those text, Here are some pictures. (Photo bucket is acting up so some pictures appear with X on it)






















Gen:




Rep:




Gen: ***Sorry I had to block my Serial #***






Rep:

















Lume shot: Gen should be on the left.

 

[Radman]

Very nice. Thank you

 

[Shikari]

Thanks for the comparison. It is indeed a great rep, the crown is bad but I think the most of us can live with it

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[kp323]

The crown is obvious if they are side by side, if they aren't i doubt anyone would actually remember how the crown logo looks.

 

[fcb1900]

Great compersion, thanks for your time and effort

 

[k4jun]

Good job! Thank you @KP323

 

[kp323]

Thanks guys. It was a pleasure to do this.

 

[Hugop]

Thanks KP great comparison!


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[EobardThawne]

thanks KP for the detailed comparison!

cheers

 

[pam505]

Very nice comparison. Thank you

 

[Maron]

Thanks for taking the time to share. It really is a great rep but with careful inspection the details of the gen are really great. The dial printing, the crystal bevel, the engraving on the caseback

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[rsiegs14]

great comparison. I too have a rep and have noticed that the crown is consistently not as good as well as some of the hour markers aren't on as flush


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[Norrie]

I can live with the crown as I don't think I ever look at the crown when it's on my wrist but I wish the red triangle was correct.

 

[beith]

It’s time for me to contribute something back to this forum. At this time I have a Gen Tudor Black Blay with the black bezel and a ZF Black bay with 2XAR by rnrprof (I don’t know what version of ZF this is, some of you guys can chime in on that). I tried to take pictures of them side by side. The Gen is on the bracelet, while the rep is on the Gen black nato strap.


My impressions at 12 inches away side by side, the rep is pretty good! The dial is good the rose logo looks spot on at this distance (however if you look really close, you can see the rep rose is a little lacking). The hour markers are good as well. The crystal is better on the rep with the profs crystal. The bezel looks good, but once you turn it, you know which one is rep. The crown is the only fault that I can tell if you have them side by side at this distance. The Gen has a more defined rose logo on the crown and the rep sits a tiny bit higher than the Gen fully screwed in. However if you don’t have the Gen next to it, I doubt anyone would notice the height difference. The hands look good to me, the gen has no hole in the pinion but I couldn’t really see that at 12 inches away.


Now the case, I didn’t see anything different, the look pretty close. Caseback very minor details that would only be noticeable side by side. The lume looks similar at first charge, color looks good so as the brightness, but after a minute, the gen is way better.


Bracelet, I got rid of the rep bracelet as soon as I got it. The rep bracelets are just not good enough for me on tudor reps.


Since I bore the sh*t out of you guys with all those text, Here are some pictures. (Photo bucket is acting up so some pictures appear with X on it)






















Gen:




Rep:




Gen: ***Sorry I had to block my Serial #***






Rep:

















Lume shot: Gen should be on the left.

Great looking watch! Was the lume redone or like that stock from factory?

 

[kp323]

Great looking watch! Was the lume redone or like that stock from factory?

It's stock to my knowledge

 

[kp323]

I can live with the crown as I don't think I ever look at the crown when it's on my wrist but I wish the red triangle was correct.

The red triangle as far as I can remember looks correct.