Guest TTK Posted September 2, 2006 Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 NOT YET AVAILABLE FOR SALE ON RWG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryaku Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 NOT YET AVAILABLE FOR SALE ON RWG Neil what's your impression about this new Iwc? You know A LOT about replica and watches in general (genuine as well) and it would be nice having your comment. Is it a keeper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azgjav Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 watch looks lovely! can we attribute it to ur phototaking skills or is ur port chrono different from the other dealers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryaku Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 watch looks lovely! can we attribute it to ur phototaking skills or is ur port chrono different from the other dealers? Photoshooting skills, definetely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TTK Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 (edited) @Ryaku......overall impressions are very favourable....obviously I can't make a direct comparison with another dealer's version....that wouldn't be fair.....never having seen one...but my comments would be as follows regarding the one I have. 1. Casework is excellent.....polished lugs and bezel contrast nicely with the satin finished case sides ( very high quality....none of the usual striation marks ).....! 2. The dial is superb...with clean crisp printing....the gold arabic indices set the dial off beautifully....as well as the slightly contrasting sub dials......the hands are very well made and look good on the stack. 3. The caseback is highly polished and the International Watch Co. and serial engravings are very crisp......the caseback is held on with screws that show well cut slots and look very good quality. 4. The strap is a nice quality strap....but like all leather rep straps....cannot be compared to a highh quality generic strap that you would find on a genuine......buckle is very good ...but being a deployant fan...I would switch it out.....! 5. Overall it's really quite a simple watch externally....not overcomplicated like the case on a 187 for example.....the difficulty with a watch such as this is comvincing people that it IS a high quality item.....when you hold a real IWC / Lange / Patek for example......they convey a a feeling to you....a vibrancy.....a sort of 'aura' that they exude.....replica watches find it difficult to capture that.....the IWC does capture a large slice of that 'aura'......and I believe the only time it relinquishes it.....is when that ever nagging thought enters your head..."does it look good enough to pass muster"........let me put it this way......if someone gave it to you and you were advised that it was genuine......you'd have no doubts. If I was on a plane home and unaware that a new reproduction of this model was available.......if a fellow passenger had one on.....I would have no hesitation in believin that it was genuine......a side by side comparison would really be the test....but that's not a likely occurrence. The final conviction for me...is based on my own thoughts.....if I own a genuine that has been very well repped.....I sell the genuine and buy something else that hasn't been repped.......I don't have a genuine of this IWC......but if I did....I wouldn't. Edited September 3, 2006 by TTK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryaku Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 Jesus, that's not just an impression, it is a all-round review. Thanks Neil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRG Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 That is really a fine watch, when will it be available and how do we order from you? Your link is not working... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 great Job Neil my next order coming soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonthebhoy Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 @Ryaku......overall impressions are very favourable....obviously I can't make a direct comparison with another dealer's version....that wouldn't be fair.....never having seen one...but my comments would be as follows regarding the one I have. 1. Casework is excellent.....polished lugs and bezel contrast nicely with the satin finished case sides ( very high quality....none of the usual striation marks ).....! 2. The dial is superb...with clean crisp printing....the gold arabic indices set the dial off beautifully....as well as the slightly contrasting sub dials......the hands are very well made and look good on the stack. 3. The caseback is highly polished and the International Watch Co. and serial engravings are very crisp......the caseback is held on with screws that show well cut slots and look very good quality. 4. The strap is a nice quality strap....but like all leather rep straps....cannot be compared to a highh quality generic strap that you would find on a genuine......buckle is very good ...but being a deployant fan...I would switch it out.....! 5. Overall it's really quite a simple watch externally....not overcomplicated like the case on a 187 for example.....the difficulty with a watch such as this is comvincing people that it IS a high quality item.....when you hold a real IWC / Lange / Patek for example......they convey a a feeling to you....a vibrancy.....a sort of 'aura' that they exude.....replica watches find it difficult to capture that.....the IWC does capture a large slice of that 'aura'......and I believe the only time it relinquishes it.....is when that ever nagging thought enters your head..."does it look good enough to pass muster"........let me put it this way......if someone gave it to you and you were advised that it was genuine......you'd have no doubts. If I was on a plane home and unaware that a new reproduction of this model was available.......if a fellow passenger had one on.....I would have no hesitation in believin that it was genuine......a side by side comparison would really be the test....but that's not a likely occurrence. The final conviction for me...is based on my own thoughts.....if I own a genuine that has been very well repped.....I sell the genuine and buy something else that hasn't been repped.......I don't have a genuine of this IWC......but if I did....I wouldn't. Effin hell............you've been hangin around that finishing school in Pattaya again, haven't you? JTB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gran Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 Its obvious that this is the replica we (well at least some of us oldtimers) have been waiting for for quite a while and YES I would very much like to buy it from you Neil. So what strap did you decide put on this beauty Neil? I guss the replica to be sold will not be delivered with such an expensive hide.... g. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexM Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 Rep of the year ? This rep makes me crazy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gran Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 This rep makes me crazy welcome to the watch nerd club AlexM..were all nuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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