aprolexlover

Looks like a MK3 bezel Heres a original one

Do you know what the difference with JF and TC where I observed many member who has bought from this maker?

Hey guys, My gf wants to get a really good rep watch to start out. I'm trying to persuade her to get the 16610LV since this case lungs are slimmer than the newer generation 116610LV which looks wider on her wrist. Our ultimate goal is to upgrade the genuine external parts later. Such as getting a gen dial, insert and also DW. But my question is, whether the JF is a good base to start out, is the stock insert colour and dial good enough to be seen as gen at first sight? Also are the gen parts easily replaceable without any modification to the base watch, or without cutting the gen dial feet? Your advise is much appreciated APRL

Where did you guys get the dial from? Is it gen? I have not seen one before.

Im pretty sure if you are equally meticulous like me it will certainly bother you. LOL Striving to perfection

Yeah its sort of like a hit and miss, gambling for a prize game when dealing with him. I asked him to send me QC photos before shipping it out, but he totally ignored me..... I was thinking whether should I order the mk1 bezel instead, some of my mk2 numericals are kissing the edge and some are touching the dots, the minute track is also a fraction longer. But it makes a huge difference overall.

Ah... i bought the same from him, but he sent me one that is a fraction less accurate.

Nice watch, where is that bezel from? MK2?

Thats really good news, I paid in dec 5, so maybe my order will come after 1 month's time. Thanks for the update

Prof Steve

Thank you, the new V2J blue dial is a huge improvement over the predecessor V2. The tappaserie is far more accurate, theres actually much more detail in the dial now than before, because of this improvement the light transitions differently now into the dial. Making it look darker than usual, but honest truth is V2J and V2 dial share the same colour. It is because how the light reflects and transitions in V2 makes it somehow lighter. I think JF noticed this and address the issue, although its still not as accurate as gen it is good enough for now. I think in V3, they are updating the new tappaserie to the silver and black dial if not mistaken. Previous V2J's were running on V2 dial for silver and black variants. The weakest update on the V2J was the darker DW, which is seen as a major flaw because the difference between the dial and DW colour is significant. I updated the DW with V2's and it matches the V2J dial. Also thanks to you for helping me to realign the markers, and with LL's service to shave down the caseback and rotor made is even more gen like!

Thank you, took me 3 months to get it where it is today. Very happy with it, I love this watch so much.

Here's a loco louie V2J, modded with V2 dw. I love how it sits on my wrist 10/10 watch.

Its not close to gen unfortunately, the double digit fonts are a fraction apart but its quite good I would say. The watch was built by @slay, he will have more information about this. If anyone knows how to make this DW, I can edit the fonts via Illustrator, just need to provide me with the base DW template and i'll get it as close as gen.

The dial is pretty good, very nice indeed. I was always very curious where they got the arabic datewheel. Now I know where to look for one! Thanks for sharing.

It's done by you bro. LOL

wow stunning, do you mind to share more photos of this beauty? I hardly come across any custom built 1675 UAEs

Blackboxes somehow has the best watches. Love everything here! This guy has really good taste.

I hope he gets back soon, I really do believe in his work. You can see from his products offering is really good value for money, I ordered a 15400 in October and it came to me sometime in November, the shipping was tremendously fast as he use Aramex. With such confidence on the first order, I went ahead to place a second order on a two tone 15400 for a franken project, paid him since beginning of December and saw him cash out the funds after week. Since then we have been exchanging messages on WeChat until he sent out an announcement. I've been texting him once a week just to check on him, but it seems he didnt even reply. However on the other forums, some members are claiming that they have received their orders. It looks like the lead time is around 3 months and he isnt taking any order for now. Which possibly means i'll be getting my watch sometime in end Feb or latest by Mar 2018?

Let me try Ah it works now! Thanks I was trying to figure out what code this forum was using. Thank you so much

My goodness, that 1675 UAE. Was this from @slay ? What a stunning watch! My next custom build for sure!

Hey guys, I'm trying to figure out how can I insert full width images in the forum threads without it being automatically scaled down. I'm browsing from my desktop and notice some member's photos extends across the width of the browser, however when I insert the image links through "insert other media from URL", the photos seems to be scaled down tremendously and full view only available if I click through the image. Anyone can help me out here? This doesnt seem to happen in other forums. Thank you APRL