Taka did my last one and the turn around was great and AR is awesome. Very slight green tint but the crystal is invisible in all but the worst lighting and i'm super picky about AR.
When thinking about a gen a few important factors to consider are:
1. Custom in house movement
2. Precious metal
3. No available rep and prefereably there never will be (often becuase of movement)
4. Value retention
and finally and most important of all.....get the one you just absolutely love!
Add 2X AR and a relume and you'll never want to take it off. I also took the demmel over all the inside edges of the bracelet to smooth out the Chinese knife edges.
Step 1: buy watch Step 2: call credit card co. and tell them you lost your card. Step 3: receive new card with new numbers in mail. Step 4: activate new card.
Shot with old insert missing pearl but correct thickness. The insert desperately needs a good paint mod, the DLC finish makes the white more noticeable IMO One other note, Taka's AR is outstanding. Crystal just vanishes.
This still needs some tweaks including date wheel alignment and general cleaning but you get the idea. Started as a noob pro-hunter and had double AR applied to xtal with the case and crown sand blasted and DLC'd by two geeks. I added a BP ceramic insert which needs sanding down to fit. The pearl also needs relumed from green to blue. Going to probably switch it to a runner strap.