fotoman Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 so now that there are a slew of nardin models, we need a subsection i think. Got the Blue Seal - its exactly what i expected = b+ looks great, dial is great. i love it, rehaut is low but i think thas supposed to be that way. there is AR. I would say its comparable to the BCE's if it had steelfish AR this thing would be an A+ problem is you can't remove and reglue the date mag. If someone figures that out to do easily, they could makes lots of money on all these new nardins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 I have to admit. Looking at this one more and more, I may give it a try... It's not exactly accurate (I don't think); I believe the gen is 41mm whereas this one is 44mm + change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdkno Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 I think the biggest issue on the Blue Surf is the contrast between the wave pattern and the dial on the gen. On the rep everything belnds together where on the gen the wave pattern tops are brushed giving it a different appearance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebzen02 Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 (edited) Take a look at timezone..I have seen plenty of these and the contrast from regular pics is not that great.. These AD pics tend to be photoshopped.. I think that this rep is fantastic. The only big tell is the caseback, but honestly, how many people are going to be looking at caseback, but you when you are bored sitting on the toiler pushing that big load I think that the Maxi Chrono 43.5mm is very accurate. Compare to a gen pic: AND THEY SHOULD REP THIS NEXT: Edited August 28, 2009 by ebzen02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdkno Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Take a look at timezone..I have seen plenty of these and the contrast from regular pics is not that great.. These AD pics tend to be photoshopped.. Look at wave design in the pic above from 1:00 to about 4:00 and from 6:00 to 9:00 there is a decent amount of contrast there. It is more or less dependant on lighting for example as the gen moves on your wrist these details will stand out more or less. I think on a whole that aspect, the color shift, is a big part of the draw to this watch, for me at least. Maybe we have just not seen good enough pictures of the rep yet. Maybe one of the guys who recieved theirs could play with the lighting while shooting pictures to see if they can replicate the contrast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotoman Posted August 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 how are you commenting on the wave without seeing the rep? the rep looks EXACTLY like those timezone photos at the right anggle - which so is that watch, at the right angle - it really needs Chief AR though, The one thing about this datemag, its one of the best i have ever seen, its perfectly aligned adn the date takes up 95% of the mag. and unlike the chrono its not sitting at a wierd position. I've decided to go for broke on this one remove the date mag, send off the crystal and evaluate the results of date mag vs mad ar Only a Nardin Pro would know the dfiffrerence and i can tell him i had to get a new crystal and i wasn't paying 2 billion dollaras for one. and i like it that way. so, for the $$, this is a must have watch. Those other variations are great, i'm going to sell my corum in order to get a slew of these m odels - which, was always my plan. I hope they do the orange model and others. Not sure whats up with the baby blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdkno Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 how are you commenting on the wave without seeing the rep? the rep looks EXACTLY like those timezone photos at the right anggle - which so is that watch, at the right angle - Thats why I said Maybe we have just not seen good enough pictures of the rep yet. Maybe one of the guys who recieved theirs could play with the lighting while shooting pictures to see if they can replicate the contrast. I have seen other members photos of the rep and none have the contrast on the dial that the gen does...let me re-phrase, no one has yet to capture the contrast if it is in fact there. Believe me I would love nothing more than to be proved wrong on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotoman Posted August 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 when AR is done on this watch, we'll know - so in 6 months or so, i'll get the AR crystal back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebzen02 Posted August 29, 2009 Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 (edited) Well, folks just jumped on this baby and order it from Hont and will review once it arrives: Edited August 29, 2009 by ebzen02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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