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nice ! though not reps....

The watch was a limited edition for the Swiss national soccer team. The symbol is supposed to be their logo or something like that. It is showing a red soccer player.

I strongly believe its part of the game How should we otherwise believe that some reps are so incredibly close and yet even most of the new ones have a flaw which would clearly be peanuts correcting in relation to the other highly complicated features that are they got correct ! Example: the new Po ultimate. Everything is so precise: the engraving, the hand lenghts, the dial font, the case, the hev....so it should seems to be a joke that they were too stupid to exactly copy the omega logo. The answer is: they dont want to, its part of the game. Prove me wrong !

I think its Angus who is running this great project. We have to thank him !

I agree, it looks rather poor this rep, yet still it would be nice to find out where it comes from. Maybe the source is already working on an upgraded version ? The source may also have an interest in improving this piece given the strong poll result (we will hopefully have).... GO VOTE IWC Lovers !

Is this a rep ?? Looks quite good. I think you need to find out who sells these...sooo many people are eagerly waiting for this baby ! The pushers look strange (they should be titanium) and the datewheel is black on the gen.

Do you like the new Hublot thats coming out ? I think it is so much different from many watches, it would bring some diversity into your collection maybe ?

Yes, this is very interesting indeed. The pusher is not supposed to be missing. This must be a rep. The datewhell exists in both black and white version, this was already mentioned somewhere above.

Sounds good, can you post some pics sometime ? I am interested in JLs...

@V: I like your cat pic

The last thing you guys have to worry about is the accuracy of this BB. Being a BB fan since the product line launch I have closely followed the happenings around this brand and they are very inconsistent in production (which is actually quite upsetting if you are a true collector of gens and put high emphasis on the authenticity etc. and thats why the BB will not become a big classic....yet still i fell in love with it ) , meaning they have all kinds of different limited editions. That is, they try to make, disproportionately many limited eds as compared to other watch brands and give them away at/for all kinds of events as part of their agressive marketing strategy. So dont worry too much about the color of the date wheel, there is black and white, dont worry too much about engravings, if you order a gen, Hublot will leave out certain engravings on the back if you wish etc. Same with the hands, its true the F1 edition had steel hands, but you could get it with gold hands as well if you know the right ppl. Concerning the cf dial, from real pictures (not computer pics as above) the dial looks very similar to the rep. We would have to see them side by side to perfectly judge though... Hublots business is very personal and they are quite flexible to respect personal preferences. That being said, Thanks Angus for doing an awesome job ! Enjoy your watches guys (and girls )

Cause they are good watches for realistic money (especially the swiss etas) ! In fact, a friend who owns a gen and a swiss eta rep of the same Rlx version says the rep keeps better time (+/- 2 sec./day)...and thats what watches are there for in the first place, to keep time.

I'm speechless...all those pannies

The new Big Bang will be easily up there in the very top.

Check out www.hublot.ch or search on www.timezone.com under Hublot for Pics. These are definitely the current models. The gold one is a special edition, i posted a link somewhere in this thread above.

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@chronus: Splendid idea, i would go for engraving if feasible...

How about the omega logo, has it aleady been corrected on the ultimate ? I have been told that they were planning to fix that issue...

How come the "ultimate" has the correct Omega logo ? i thought it had the wrong shape on the edges of the logo. Can you post more pics, pleeeeeaaaaasee !

Please consider: If the rotor engraving is done (and maybe the "H") this easily beats all the reps on this board in terms of accuracy hat i have seen so far...strive for the max !!

Here another picture for reference of the back. Yeah, the rotor as wel as the logo are engraved... i am a bit dissapointed...

But what about the part that swings (dont know the name) and has "HUBLOT GENEVE" on it ?

Sorry as i said i dont know much about this industry :cc_surrender: If that is the case then of course printing is an issue

I dont get the breaking argument either. I have very little knowledge about the watchmaker profession but I would have assumed the printing goes onto the part of the movement (i think it is a called a bridge) BEFORE the movement is put together or not ?

Thats a tough fight between the two it seems. For me the Big Bang wins usually over most AP models due to the following reasons: 1) dont like the AP hands 2) I prefer a nice back window to see the movement (though this might be a newbie-syndrom which will fade away eventually) 3) most APs look too "steely" (as in too much steel) IMHO 4) and finally, the name alone is worth owning one. Isnt it a true pleasure to pronounce the name out loud ? BIG BANG ! This AP is a good one though, I especially like the carbon bezel, looks sweet. and also it has a very nice back window for good view on the movement. Still, the Big Bang wins for me even above this one: - the bezel screws look more elegant on the BB - i prefer the BB rubber strap - he white dial is hard to read off on the AP and the three chrono hands in three different colours are a bad style IMHO - i like to have hour numbers on the dial and the ones of the BB are very exclusive So Lets say, the AP goes down in round 9 or so