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dmastah12

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  1. I own the 3717 (with AR & DW-swap), GST (out-of-the-box) and Ingy (lello DW) and a Gen MkXVI;

    if it's a first buy, go for the Ingy.... reliable ETA movement and not to much that can go wrong

    my first IWC was the GST (white dial on SS) and I still wear this watch proudly without any mods

    For some strange reason i dont feel like the ingy. Will have a read about the GST and get back. Thanks !!!

  2. Hi Guys,

    7 am parcel from china delivered at home, open the package and guess what? a WATCH!!!!!!!!!!

    The thing is i hadnt even ordered the watch much less pay for it. i had queried the price from my dealer but then forgot about it , anyways it landed up at my place.

    I emailed my dealer telling him that he had sent me a watch that i hadent paid for and what address would he like me to send it back.

    Now since it is an expensive watch do you think i should courier it from the UK to china?

    If i courier it, would it be right for me to ask courier charges?

    Should i register mail it, or would that be unfair?

  3. "you are dealing in illegal items, what do you expect?"

    I expect , If he cant provide what i pay for, then he shouldnt be in the game. Stop advertising and let others who can, run the "illegal business"

  4. Welcome and hope you have a great experience.

    I order my reps from dealers in china direct. usually get them in 4 days , no problems so far ( touch wood) and if it gets latched in customs another one will be sent.

    I am not willing to pay almost 35%- 40% more for QC, customs, blah blah blah.

    Spend some time reading and you will make a wise choice.

  5. I'll second the 3717-05 vote. The flaws are so minor: day/datewheel font is off (but can be swapped to ETA), seconds subdial hand should be a bit smaller, and minute hand is a bit long.. and the caseback design is wrong for this model (but correct for the black dial 3717). Other than those tiny flaws, it's pretty much spot on.

    3717spitwrist2.jpg

    Man thats one sweet looking watch you got there

  6. There is no perfect out of the box rep. You can wear all those IWC that I mentioned without modding anything and 99.9% of people would never pay attention, but it depends how you feel about it. Even if you put the correct the DW some minor flaws will still be there: for example, the hands of the ingy (hour and minute) are little beat shorter than the gen and there's nothing you can do about it and the Co. on the case back is wrong, the 3717 still has the thick numbers and hour markers compared to the gen, and I am not sure about the slevin since I don't own one yet , but you are reffered to Pug's excellent review on this watch. So in conclusion, you either have to compromise on some flaws or invest a lot of time and money in modding or invest a lot of money (not so much time though) and buy a gen. So good luck and I am sure you will enjoy any of the great IWC reps that were mentioned here.

    Thanks , makes sense. I guess i need to do some more reading up on here.

    One last thing, is the big pilot the biggest of the IWC's?

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