CzechMate Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Hi friends, today I have had a second Christmas - three weeks ago I have bought Graham Chronofighter Oversize Diver V1 from tick-tock at RG forum. Today it has arrived. It was sent on 9th of December, so it took three weeks and two days. I was almost scared that the package got lost, as it was sent regular airmail, no tracking available, but here it is, so happy end! Now to the watch: NOTICE: pictures of uncleaned watch - I now deeply regret it, because some pictures dont do justice to the watch in this condition, but I am too lazy to take new pictures now, so believe me, in real life, the watch is GORGEOUS!!! Also, the quality the pics is low due to very heavy compresion - to late to change it now - too lazy... As you can see from the pictures, it came very well packed The watch was declared as Eye Gel, so it has slipped the customes problem free :munch: After unpacking the watch, I can honestly say, I was blown away. Already weighing the bubble wrapped watch in my hand told me it is going to be heavy and the real thing is heavy. It is luxuriously heavy. Not only the weight tells the quality story. Also the look and feel literaly screams "I am a damned good piece of quality replica watch! I can be passed as a gen to 99% of people and they will not suspect anything at all!". And hell it is quite possible, as every detail of this watch looks impressive! The tang buckle is nice and solid, deep engraving looks great, no shallow laser etching! (too bad I forgot to take a pic:mad: ). The case back looks rich and sophisticated: The dial is amazing. I am no expert, but I cannot see any fault here. The hands are wonderful and quality looking, the subdial has texture, fonts are crisp and exact, the aweep of the second hand is smooth as a silk (u cannot judge this by the pics though... ): The crystal has quite good AR, definitely above average, it cannot match my gens, but for the replica, amaizing: Lume of hands is great, considering the price of this watch, I cannot expect anything better, as you can see, it even comes close to my gen (which has blue lume and all numerals are lumed, unlike this watch, where only hands have some reasonable lume): I heard that the lever on some Graham replicas might be a little bit wobly, but not on this one. The lever is very tight and yet operates smoothly: Of course I have taken a wrist shot for you :cool: : Issues so far: the chronograph minute counter has a little play, so in certain positions it is not reset to exact zero, but nothing really big, by realigning the watch to another position it goes back to its correct position.it is a little bit difficult to set exact time, as when the crown is pulled out and I try to set the time, when the crown is pressed back and second hand starts moving, it takes about 20-30 seconds, before minute hand engages, therefore when second hand reaches 12 position, the minute hand is somewhere between minute markers These two issues are extremely minor ones so far. The first one is hard to notice and the second one is easily resolved by simply seting the minute hand a little bit ahead. I have yet to find about accuracy and power reserve of the moevement, but I have already watchsmith ready to do the maintenance on this baby. Conclusion: I am very very proud of this acquisition and very thankfull to tick-tock for selling me this beauty. :partypile: THANK YOU TICK-TOCK, this watch is EXCELENT!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadtorrent Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Big congrats on this...it's a hefty piece...too big for me, but when I saw the gen in person...very impressive looking!! Well done. Look for the pics of The Zigmeister's orange lume on one of these...wow!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CzechMate Posted December 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Look for the pics of The Zigmeister's orange lume on one of these...wow!!! Thanks for the tip, I will search it out, but I am affraid, I will not let it travel around globe again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuDro Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 One of my ALL TIME FAVORITES! Can't wait to see the The Zigmeister Lume job on this thing...Thanks for sharing the great photos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bike Mike Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 Nice! Have the exact same one and wearing it now. Love these watches. Looking at a Mark Overload III soon. I would leave the lume as is, it is better then the Gen's actually in terms of quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteM Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 Nice watch mate congrats Do they do lefties of these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanikai Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 Congrats.. she is a beast.. @Pete..they do have the opposite functions available Live Strong and Wear it well AC/L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CzechMate Posted January 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 All comments appreciated, thank you all guys! Happy new year by the way! Movement is running aprox. 15 seconds per day fast, which is acceptable. I will have it adjusted when the watch visits my watchsmith though... Great watch, I so much love it, really SUPER REP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipSlap Posted January 1, 2010 Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 The lag time when setting the watch is common. I even get that on one of my Gen Swiss 7750s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CzechMate Posted January 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 The lag time when setting the watch is common. I even get that on one of my Gen Swiss 7750s. Yeah, I think it is no big deal... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjl3910 Posted January 1, 2010 Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 Wow!!! I have always looked at these with fascination. I thought that I was a big enough guy to pull off a watch that size. I have a 8.5 in wrist. I think you wrist shot have sealed the deal. I may pull the trigger on it now. Great looking piece man. Enjoy it! Congrats!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CzechMate Posted January 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 Wow!!! I have always looked at these with fascination. I thought that I was a big enough guy to pull off a watch that size. I have a 8.5 in wrist. I think you wrist shot have sealed the deal. I may pull the trigger on it now. Great looking piece man. Enjoy it! Congrats!! Glad my crapy wrist shot helped... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CzechMate Posted January 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 Wow!!! I have always looked at these with fascination. I thought that I was a big enough guy to pull off a watch that size. I have a 8.5 in wrist. I think you wrist shot have sealed the deal. I may pull the trigger on it now. Great looking piece man. Enjoy it! Congrats!! BTW, my wrist is 8,5" as well, so you can see exactly how is it going to look like... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbjoer Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Just received a similar one today. Can only confirm that it looks and feels great. One little nice touch is that mine has no 416 engraved on the back. Seems they individualise the watches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaifender Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Congratulations! Looks well constructed.. Could never get into these chronofighters.. they look like Bank Vaults on the wrist.... The important thing is that you like it! Wear it with pride and joy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jchurch Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Looks great. I would love it if the dial had some lume on it. I would have to send it off to get taken care of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxman Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 When I first saw these I really didn't like them, I hard time with that can opener they call pushers. The more I see this rep the more I like It. I just might have to pull the triger on one of these, I mean the triger on the left side of the watch enjoy your new Graham Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opti Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 same with me max, they are really growing on me and Im contemplating pulling the trigger on one myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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