I am not going to promote the VC seller since the one I purchased arrived missing the lume on the #9 position...when I requested an exchange (as per their warranty) I was ignored....I will say, in my months of research of the reps prior to purchase ( I should have put as much time researching the sellers!), it seems to me, there are only three manufacturers...I am basing that on the serial numbers on the back...I got the one ending with 322. No cannon holes in the ship on the back, but I have never seen a gen and don't know if this is there or not. Otherwise, the date window is really the only issue for me... they can be re-lumed easily. Also, mine has the gold 2836-1 movement, but I don't mind that so much.
Has anyone tried to file the date window at an angle?...don't know that i'm daring enough.