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You can test it out on a cheap piece with Asian movement. This vintage watch costs you probably about 20 dollar. Indeed. The lume should not glow at all by this time. This watch is far from accurate from the genuine article but I intend to use it as a daily beater and I would like to have lume on it. Well, this maybe just the beginning of my quest in collecting vintage Rolex reps. Will probably create a 5513/12 in the future.

Thanks a lot for your compliment Freddy It's certainly can be still improved and machine applied lume will look much better. A big flaw here nevertheless is the brightness of the lume. It overpowers even the genuine modern Rolex with C1 lume

Hands! Yes, I use the black colour oiler to do the job. All lume stuff (varnish, dilutor, lume) comes from RC Tritec.

We will have another one, don't worry. Narrowed down the place either in Baden W

Yeah. It's a stock MBW dial. The lume used is a Superluminova C3 from Tritec, mixed with bright orange lume also from RC Tritec (small amount of this one) then applied over MBW dial. To my surprise, the lume blends very well with that "darker" background. Please add a little bit of dilutor to the mix too so that it will mix nicely with base background thus creating that "vintage" effect. Don't overpaint the lume to the white area, it will turn out ugly. This is actually an unexpected result... Was experimenting with Tritec stuff. I would say that it's not overly vintagized but the colour is spot on if you compare it to the pearl. As for the pearl, it's real Tritium pearl. Thank you I am not going to mod this watch further. I will leave it as it's.

Better pictures here: Just took better pictures today

Thank you More about the replica: Case is very well made on this piece. No sharp/unfinished parts. It is nicely PVD but without the bead blasting process which genuine watch has. However, it has nicely brushed parts as well. Polished PVD magnet maybe fingerprint magnet. So prepare to bring your microfiber cloth along with you The crown screws down nicely and it has a mixture of polished and brushed parts on the side. The BM logo on the side is also spot on. It doesn't wobble when unscrewed/at time setting position. Pushers are polished and they do the job very well (large surface area) pretty smooth to press. As for crystal, it's single sided AR coated. I can see that the coating on the genuine article is not very strong too. As good as it can get (relative to the gen article). However, IMHO double sided AR coating sounds to be a better choice for this watch. Dial looks to be pretty good, except for the some blemishes near the edge (see pictures). It's difficult to notice but it's worth it if you look out for this symptoms on your watch too. The centre galvanized piece looks spot on to the genuine article. It's actually the best part on this watch and one of the reasons why I like the look of this watch. The screws on the dial is actually non functioning. You can turn it but be really careful not to scratch it. I aligned this screws to look like that. The gen article has "random" screws allignment. The hands are also in Rose Gold colour, luminous hour, minute and second hands. The rep lume is average and look slightly tad too green. I relumed it and it look much better now. Datewindow is properly centered. Datewheel comes with wrong Arial font standard Asian 7750 hi beat with black background. I have swapped my piece with ETA datewheel with black background which is correct for this model. Caseback looks pretty well made too, alongside with the whole watch case. It has a nice mix of brushed, polished, and see thru part. Giving it a nice look to the whole movement. Lacking of regulator is not an issue here as it's not visible with this caseback but the rotor gear shape is a dead giveaway. As far as engraving on the rotor goes, I would say it's very very close to the genuine. The screws! This is my only complain. Don't attempt to open it if you don't have hex key 1.6mm diameter. Screws are not made with high quality in mind. Be really careful when opening the caseback. The watch comes with rubber strap. It's soft and pretty comfortable on the wrist. I wish it could be a little bit stiffer like on the genuine article or like Porsche Design/IWC CD/Original Omega SMP rubber. The straps are held with a single spring bar on each side to the deployant buckle. This is to me a design which works but not as robust as on Paul Picot or Porsche Design Flat 6. On the Picot, the straps are held with 2 pairs of spring bars, 2 pieces on each side. On the Porsche Design, the straps are held with special grip secured with a total of 4 screws for all sides. So, just make sure you have good quality spring bars (the one which comes with rep is acceptable). Lastly, the quality of the deployant on my piece is excellent. Infact it has very good tolerance and pretty easy to operate for opening and closing. It doesn't open up by accident too. However, as reported before, there are cases of faulty buckle. Stay tune for conclusion and marks.

It stops people from seeing the whole album but pictures are still accessible (if you know exact path). Still not a very good protection. Watermarking pictures maybe a way to go.

Well... He can come back using another username, just watch out. Anyway, we removed his signature a long time ago too. He has simply too many outstanding issues before he was given a space at RG. Now I agree, good riddance.

hmmm sounds funny but wouldn't be the gasket destroyed after that long period of time? Sounds like urban legend to me.

Ah I see... This review is not complete. I am asking for interactivity, let's see how it goes. On the contrary, the clasp on mine works very very well. It's infact one of the best around as compared to Porsche Design or the Picot (which is I think the worst). Would you mind describing further about the defect?

Preface This week's review will be on Baume & Mercier Riviera Magnum XXL PVD Black + Rose Gold Perhaps I will try another review style again where you can post your comments/questions and pictures on this very same review and I will add mine later on/in the middle of this discussion. It's at the moment not a very popular watch and I know that pizzanooo owns this piece too About the watch The genuine: This watch is pretty similar with Ebel 1911 BTR in terms of many decades of root. The Riviera line has been around for many years. It has a signature of "symmetrical" design in contrary with Ebel 1911 BTR which was reviewed last week. The bezel has dodecagon design (12 edges) and the screws used are of hexagonal type. The genuine watch is powered by a decorated top Chronometer grade ETA7750 based movement. The bezel on the genuine Magnum is made of 18k Rose Gold too. The replica: Pretty much replicated very close to the genuine article, down to decoration on the rotor and the central galvanised piece, machine decorated plate on the dial surrounding the chrono subdials. A major problem that I can foresee/have already seen is the colour of the rose gold. It's pretty different on the genuine article. On my pictures, I will try to show that actually the rose gold colour can vary a lot depends on the lighting condition. It will look best under a soft toned light. Please take note that this replica has been modified with Superlumed hands and ETA datewheel swap. If you look closely at some shots, you will notice some blemishes on the dial (again, hardly noticable but things to look out for). It came that way and I don't bother to change this piece for a new one. Technical Details on the Replica: Watch name: Baume & Mercier Riviera Magnum XXL Diameter: ~42mm excluding crown Movement: Asian 7750 28,800 bph 6-9-12 layout, working chronograph Case: Stainless Steel PVD Black polished, partially see thru caseback polished + brushed PVD black. Dial: Black matte, polished markers in Rose Gold colour, middle plate of galvanised and machine decorated plate Hands: Polished stainless steel coated in rose gold colour, luminous hour, minute and second hands, rose gold coloured chronograph counter hands Crown: Stainless Steel polished + brushed PVD, polished PVD black crown pushers Crystal: Sapphire with single sided AR coating. Bezel: Polished + brushed Stainless Steel PVD Black Straps: Rubber, cut to resize. Clasp: Double deployant buckle, PVD polished Eyecandy

Ok... The bottom line is what he has posted on the gen forum is not a wise move at all.

That's his Photobucket account. I am pretty sure on that. He has a few more accounts.

Same guy... Agree. A few outstanding issues with him on RepGeek. He is still listed as modder over there.

I am pretty scared of the CHS movement. It has pretty high failure rate. Perhaps swap it to ETA2893? But that will make it incorrect hand stack...

Probably stolen name and stolen pictures too. And why it doesn't get removed... I think the gen owners are pretty impressed too.

Looks good This is the watch that looks appealing on both large and small wrists.

I agree with ByTor... The movement is already a dead giveaway, never mind the rotor. Most importantly, this watch feels very solid and is a very well made replica. They don't have 1:1 copy because of the availability of the movement, not because they don't want to.

Sorry for the dirty picture. Just happened that I am wearing the watch now

I am more or less finish with this watch, decided to stick with MBW bracelet + endlinks.

Well... It's nice to have a nice mixture then. Then white dial, it is. Most of my watches have dark coloured dial too, only few are white.

I picked black version. I think it will look very classy in black and the hands will have good contrast. White + SS is not a good idea IMHO. Will be pretty hard to read. The AR will look much more pronounced on black too.

Chris! Glad to see you again Well, yes, I am looking forward to the next one, really hope before I leave Europe.

Set my friend... This watch is really on my wish list Will get it directly in Singapore or MBK.