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ZF will launch the 2018 Baselworld Tudor Black Bay GMT Pepsi next month

mui.richard

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Looks like a decent piece, can't get past the ICHS though...
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Drifter

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ICHS is not a big deal for me personally as I have never looked at gen hand stack. I probably don't want to either. That way I appreciate this piece more.

Sometimes less I know the better .

It's definitely a keeper for me.

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1675Fanboy

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Post em. Would be good to see how consistent the factory is. So far I have seen minimal variance which indicated ZF did a very good job

Here you go. It was shipped today so I’m hoping it might arrive before I leave next week for a 2 week trip.

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1675Fanboy

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Post em. Would be good to see how consistent the factory is. So far I have seen minimal variance which indicated ZF did a very good job

Here you go. It was shipped today so I’m hoping it might arrive before I leave next week for a 2 week trip.

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Drifter

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WOW got to be the best Pics i've seen so far in my opinion . Nice DW bro wear in good health
Thanks mate. Date wheel is fine on most dates but slight off on some . No biggie


Crystal is amazing, reminds me of my deepsea doomed , great AR on it

Dial, nicely finished.

Bezel , clicks are nice and firm, navy blue is definitely there sometimes hard to capture

Hands . Little rough on the edges but have to look hard to see the imperfections. Again very anal if you want to be

Bracelet . Nicely polished and clasp clicks really well

Everything about it just great. And best of all it's dead silent no rotor noise for a change.



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What is the CHS anyway? I'm too thick to figure it out.. It looks very similar to gen to my eyes. But I am old..
 

Drifter

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What is the CHS anyway? I'm too thick to figure it out.. It looks very similar to gen to my eyes. But I am old..
CHS refers to correct hand stack, I am not sure in which order gens hands are stacked on each other.

On the rep they are using ETA 2836 so stacking of hands is different to gen.

It doesn't bother me one bit cuz I am the only person looking at the time.

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Question on the current owner, does the GMT hand work propperly or are there any problems?
 

Drifter

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So far no problems with GMT, it's moving along nicely.


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Therion666

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Drifter I'm not a native speaker, so my question didn't come out right :) I know what CHS is, I just can't tell the difference as I compare rep pics to gen. I won't bother figuring it out, I prefer ignorance when it comes to reps lately. All that OCD business only made me nervous and anxious and I try to enjoy watches for what they are. But I still can't stand sloppy QC..
 

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So this is my first tudor, so my question might be trivial but still...
I got the QC from my TD:
1 - The bezel looks a bit funky? the dots between the numbers - they look too close to the edge?
2 - The back engraving looks "rough"?
3 - the "lume markers" are not aligned to the "dial markers"? see 12 and 6
4 - Since I'm new to tudor I've got to ask - what else i'm missing? :)

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1 - The bezel looks a bit funky? the dots between the numbers - they look too close to the edge?
2 - The back engraving looks "rough"?
3 - the "lume markers" are not aligned to the "dial markers"? see 12 and 6
4 - Since I'm new to tudor I've got to ask - what else i'm missing? :)
 
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zinduna

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Does the bezel look more blue in person than in pics?

I'd say the pics are accurate. It looks like a matt navy blue -- maybe inky in low light. Certainly not black and there's no trace of royal blue.
 

Alexccmeister

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So this is my first tudor, so my question might be trivial but still...
I got the QC from my TD

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1 - The bezel looks a bit funky? the dots between the numbers - they look too close to the edge?
2 - The back engraving looks "rough"?
3 - the "lume markers" are not aligned to the "dial markers"? see 12 and 6
4 - Since I'm new to tudor I've got to ask - what else i'm missing? :)

From which TD if you don't mind me asking?