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The bracelet size of the MK XVI is 20mm! not 19mm. The previous model I believe was 19mm.

It is looking pretty good. Need to see the rehaut to get a better idea and it does not look to have double AR yet.... promising but needs a bracelet for me to buy it. Crown looks much improved over the last effort.

Nice result R! Good to see you went for it buddy. Makes a huge difference! Enjoy!!

Just been looking through some pages on Puretime's website and came across this. Looks interesting but obviously lacking certain details like dble AR at the moment. Have a look. http://puretimewatch.com/product/mark-xvi-ss-11-editoin-a2892-prototype/

I have been told by another dealer to expect a much better quality offering in the next few weeks so I would pass on these early [censored] up watches!

I have the same problem and I'm guessing like me you have a crystal for the Topgun which is slightly smaller than the 3717 crystal. I bought a Taka Topgun type thinking it would fit in my 3717 but it is smaller and slightly thicker too(not a problem). Not sure if Takashi is still arouind, he has not looged into RWI since Feb this year!

Only the cyclops has AR coating, not the crystal!

A gen bezel is far better cut I agree but if you fit a gen bezel you will need a gen retaining ring too unless you want to grind down the TW retainer to fit. It is a not a 1:1 part unfotunately and needs trimming to work smothly.

It is a mid size Smp and there is nothing wrong with it other than it being a few years old!!

I'm platinum not VIP. Thanks!

Lost my Platinum buddy

Not much to add other than amazing work. That is by far the best 1665 I've seen whether gen or franken! Enjoy buddy!!

Qc pics are pretty much pointless apart from basic visuals. I have had 2 watches recently with issues that were impossible to see in qc pics. One was an AP jumbo with a bad clasp and poor thread on the crown and the other was the new exp2 with a clasp that simply won't click together whatever I do. Sent from my BlackBerry 9800 using Tapatalk

This is a WM9 Version 2 but it is the same as the TW case etc. Everything you see on that watch is genuine apart from the hands, mid case and date wheel. All the other parts are gen incluidng bezel assembly and retainer, crystal, dial, crown and tube and complete 93250 bracelet! I miss this watch as I sold it a little while ago but I have a gen ceramic Sub to cheer me up!

You will need a bezel, insert and crystal retaining ring as the rep retainer is not made to identical specs. you will be looking at a cost of around £300-400 for all that if you are lucky enough to find them. Ebay is where I found mine but you have to be quick. This is how it can look on a TW watch.

I'm curios about the so called Ar coated crystal. Have they done the cyclops? or all of it! I wonder.

I could be very tempted to bid but the hand on the bottom subdial does not set to zero!

Not sure what the steel was on the rep but nothing compares to the overall lustre a genuine Rolex has! That said it compared qiute well and did not have the dull finish in low light that the reps used to have in the past.

The worst thing that needs to be fixed from the SSD is the lack of rehaut compared to the gen. It is quite pronounced on an SD16600 and was not there on the last rep so dial also appeared bigger that it was. Superlume for me is not important if the other major problem is not better!

I hope this is a good one this time around and they will sell plenty!

Anybody got one yet? Tempted to mess about with one although the bezel numbers will be impossible to alter!. Cg's are not a problem though.

All gen

Cool! Thanks Buddy!!