condemore Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 One year ago I bought a YM from BK. This one. I've never been completelly satisfied with it. The crystal is not very high (despite the claims of BK in his thread saying he takes care of that), but the thing that bugs me a lot was the color of the dial. So when I see the threads on WM9 YM, I decided to fix it. I contacted BK again and he offered me to install a WM9 dial for 130$ including shipping. Here are the new watch, an BK-WM9dialed YM. Nicer? What do you think? By the way, have you noticed the new flaw? I'm starting to hate BK. Condemore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alligoat Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 The new dial looks very nice. From the pics, it definitely has more sparkle than the old dial. I'm assuming your old YM was the noob YM. A nice upgrade for a reasonable price. Congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Diddy Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 (edited) What's the new flaw? By the way, have you noticed the new flaw? Edited September 28, 2009 by P_Diddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSlickAK Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Under the SWISS MADE at the 6. Should be a total of 5 half sized markers with the middle one directly under the 6 o'clock marker being bolded. For some reason this dial has two full size markers sandwiching (and spaced too far apart) around the word SWISS MADE, the three half markers are decent now as oppose to the first version dial with little circles. Looking at the serif font of the OYSTER PERPETUAL DATE. Looks all wrong as well. The L and the D stand out especially. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSlickAK Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Sparkle, lume markers look good. Font of all the words (looking right for the serifs at the tips of the letters , L, D, E's etc) and then the markers at 6 o'clock are the two places I would look immediately to differentiate between Gen and Rep. Good Rep for a good price, but don't try to pass one of these photos off to someone who can study and spot these tells immediately. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSlickAK Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 (edited) Gen dial for comparison Edited September 29, 2009 by BigSlickAK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shkolnik Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Should you object. Gen have some types dials. A difference of release advanced in years. Here too pictures of the gen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shkolnik Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 (edited) And in gen in yours watch many other distinctions from gen - an insert, a crown, crown gard , crystal etc. It not BK YM, it noobfacktory . BK YM it is ideal!!! To distinguish with the gen it is possible only on a font of figures on an insert.....Here picture rep BK .... Edited September 29, 2009 by shkolnik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Diddy Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 (edited) What's the beef with all the less than positive comments about this BK YM? I have a WM9 v2 Sub and its almost perfect apart from the SELs. This BK YM looks very good to me [the Swiss Made tick marks differ on the gen depending on the year made] Aside from the tick marks, what do others see that differs on the gen compared to this BK YM? Does the bezel on this click as loud as on the Sub and is it uni-directional? Cheers PD Edited September 29, 2009 by P_Diddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
By-Tor Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 SWISSMADE, SWISS'MADE and SWISS ' MADE are all correct for the YM. YM Rolesium dials have probably the MOST variation among the Rolex models. There is also plenty of variation among the red YACHT MASTER font on the dial. There are some with very bright and strong red, and some that use much more "bland" red. Noobfactory YM is excellent rep for the money. Here's my old review of the Asian version. Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
condemore Posted September 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 (edited) What's the beef with all the less than positive comments about this BK YM? I have a WM9 v2 Sub and its almost perfect apart from the SELs. This BK YM looks very good to me [the Swiss Made tick marks differ on the gen depending on the year made] Aside from the tick marks, what do others see that differs on the gen compared to this BK YM? Does the bezel on this click as loud as on the Sub and is it uni-directional? Cheers PD The flaw is much more obvious and it's BK's fault, directly and personally. If you look at the needles, the hour position is 20 minutes behind where it should be. At 6:15 the hour needle hasn´t reached the 6 marker yet. It bugs me a lot, and I don´t have the tools nor the skills to open the watch and fix that and I don´t have any watchsmith at hand that wants to be involved with replicas. So I'll need to resend the watch to BK again. [censored], I think this yatchmaster is travelling too much. Condemore Edited September 29, 2009 by condemore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alligoat Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Definitely time to find that local independent watchmaker that'll reset the hands. Tell him it's an ETA, and don't mention replica. It's a $20 job If you're in the US, it's only $10-12 to ship it back to bk. He can pick up the return shipping, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSlickAK Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 The flaw is much more obvious and it's BK's fault, directly and personally. If you look at the needles, the hour position is 20 minutes behind where it should be. At 6:15 the hour needle hasn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shkolnik Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 On mine YM , ВК has corrected a triangle lack by 12 o'clock..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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