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it is my understanding that the tooling and manufacturing of ceramic parts is quite complicated/expensive - Angus told me that the makers would not do it since the case also consists of several parts, unlike let's say the Chanel I agree on the Mellow Yellow - here is mine :-)

if I am not mistaken I already confirmed this - I know for a fact from one of our dealers

Maciek - this is supposed to be the Ice Bang - but the Tantalum bezel on the gen is darker than the SS used on the rep

don't get too excited the case on the Ice Bang and the Black Magic is made out of PVD coated SS rather than ceramics like the real one - you can easily tell the difference when you touch it and it also looks quite different - the best versions are still the regular SS HBB, the SS HBB with ceramics bezel and the Mellow Yellow

I just can't help myself I have 6 more watches with The Zigmeister right now waiting for fixes upgrades - one of them is my 187 that will have a Swiss movement when it comes back

Maciek: I can only second your experience with TWP - I too have the IWC CD from him and I couldn't be happier

1) the date font that Hublot uses varies greatly 2) the "HUBLOT" text on the dial of my 2 HBBs is serif - the genuine is sans serif - but it is very hard to see without looking at photos of the watch

thanks all for your compliments a lot of it is the equipment - I use a Canon 20D with a Canon EF-s 60mm Macro lens - put it on a tripod and use a lightbox (you could actually use a white plastic trashbin and some cheapo lights :-) Swiss 6497

just received my 92, 111 and 217 back from The Zigmeister and couldn't be happier thanks Rob as usual awesome work 111H: cannon pin update, Palpatine crown and Superluminova 092H: Jimmy CG, Palpatine crown and Superluminova 217H: DSN AR crystal, cannon pin and Superluminova here is the happy family

Welcome Matt - I am sure you are going to love the IWC - when I started about 3 years ago I thought I am going to have about 5-10 replicas, over the years I ended up with 30+ at the high point and I started to consolidate my collection a couple of months ago. be careful, since this is really a highly addictive hobby cheers M8 LP

RFLMAO - ausgezeichnet hab' mich kaputt gelacht

made me realize that I haven't worn mine for a while - I will put it on now

you can't really just swap the movement from Asian to Swiss since the hand post sizes are different - The Zigmeister posted this a while back. It has been my experience that a properly serviced Asian movement is as good as their Swiss counterparts and in some cases the Swiss movements also need servicing/have issues out of the box. Remember they are being assembled in the same environment the Asian ones are, meaning no QC

now the fun is over Dutchy - have you decided what College/University you will go to?

on the PAM196 you should go with the Swiss 7753 - not just because of reliability but mostly because the date has the correct distance to the dial - not like the recessed date you get with the Asian 7750. here is mine:

yes it is screw down crown and both pushers are non-screw down, the one at 4 turns and operated the inner bezel

klar doch..und was machst Du hier

why?? - this way he has a chance to send it back to Ruby in case he didn't notice

now this is starting to become one of my favorite threads

Nice Planet Ocean - have you noticed though that the hour marker on the 12 is crooked?

I would so love this to come out as one of the new super replicas

To honor the original post title here is what I know to come out within the next couple of months: Panerai Northpole GMT PAM252 and Big Bang Black Magic if the post would read: "what do you want to come out as the next super rep" my response would be: IWC Aquatimer Chrono SS and TI with both rubber and bracelet IWC Spitfire Chrono (42mm silver dial)

now I get it it actually requires some effort to turn the crown at 4 o'clock and than it clicks for every minute you rotate the bezel, so accidentally moving it is something that is very unlikely

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