alvinado Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 (edited) As you guys know I am always looking for my perfect deepsea, and it is a dream that i want to fufil and mod the best looking DSSD!! I have taken apart my V3-V5 Hybrid DSSD for this comparison, if the photos are not labeled, left (TOP) is always REP and Right (Bottom) is always GEN , take note!! Thinkbach's Rep A random Gen from the net. CASE : I have the Deepsea v5 case here, which I believe is the best case as dimension and build are spot on. Even the edges and everthing else is well done!! CASEBACK Construction: The caseback and the titanium part of it has the correct shape and the fonts on the back are spot on Almost fully disasembled! AS for the dial, I am using an Ultimate dial from TT as I believe it has the best bevel among all the dials. Gen is a satin finish, so I sprayed my dial matte to match. Note that there is no bezel insert on my rep as I am still modding it!! Case and BEZEL SHOT Construction is a little different here, with the gen having 4 springs for bezel lock and rep only has one, but hey $10000 difference!!! BTW my crystal was ARed by takashi and in that aspect better than GEN!!! Even the Ringlock Mecanism is Removable!! Notice that for the gen there is 4 holes on the case, this is for the bezel spring, to create the tight click effect, for the rep, sadly there is only one hole.. CRYSTAL Thickness.. I would say crystal thickness is pretty spot on, but I can't be sure just from pics.. what do ya say!! Hope you enjoy my little side by side comparison to gen, and now it is back to assembly of this little monster, until then.. Alvinado Edited April 23, 2010 by alvinado Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 Fantastic pictorial, thanks for taking the time to put it together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaifender Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 awesome reference pics. Very nice thanks a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alvinado Posted April 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 awesome reference pics. Very nice thanks a lot! I had a hard time trying to get the angles right... but glad i've done it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhooq Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 I really enjoyed that! Thanks for taking the time to take them apart! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panerai153 Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 Very,very nice review. much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaifender Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 who let you take apart their beloved gen DSSD for the sake of information!??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alvinado Posted April 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 that was taken from TRF, I merely made my picture angles the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotch Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 This is very cool, thanks for sharing! One noob question, if I want to remove the crystal from a DSSD, do I have to remove the bezel first? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaifender Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 This is very cool, thanks for sharing! One noob question, if I want to remove the crystal from a DSSD, do I have to remove the bezel first? Thanks! YES.. you can see the bezel has been removed in the pictures. Not the bezel insert.. but the entire stainless steel bezel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member X Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 Great post, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmeister Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 Great review and very innovative matching up your angles with good gen pictures. I do have one other interesting comment to add which is that I had noticed that the one way which earlier versions were better than later of the rep is where the crown meets the case. In the versions 3-5 it seems that they overdrilled the cg case area so there is too much of a gap between the crown and the actual case. Your gen pictures seem to confirm it. The other question I had relates to the case back. All the pictures seem to show the ti case back insert on the gen as being substantially lighter than the gen. Has anyone tried to lighten it up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaifender Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 All the pictures seem to show the ti case back insert on the gen as being substantially lighter than the gen. Has anyone tried to lighten it up? You mean substantially lighter than on the REP. And to answer your question.. that's because the GEN caseback is made of brushed titanium. The rep caseback is made of aluminum and painted grey. To lighten your caseback you can strip the paint.. and repaint it a lighter shade of grey... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotch Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 Thanks plaifender! I saw some videos showing how to take off the bezel from a submariner by using a swiss knife. The guy slides the knife blade into the gap between the bezel and the watch case then apples some force to remove the bezel. Is it similar for the DSSD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eton Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 Fantastic! Thank you for taking the time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaifender Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 Thanks plaifender! I saw some videos showing how to take off the bezel from a submariner by using a swiss knife. The guy slides the knife blade into the gap between the bezel and the watch case then apples some force to remove the bezel. Is it similar for the DSSD? I've never done it.. but i'm sure Alvinado would know since he did the review!!?? send him a pm and see if its the same procedure for the DSSD.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotch Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 I've never done it.. but i'm sure Alvinado would know since he did the review!!?? send him a pm and see if its the same procedure for the DSSD.... Cool, thanks! BTW, this is the video I found showing how to do it on a submariner, I used the same tool but could not have the DSSD bezel come off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmb Posted June 10, 2010 Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 Great shots! I don't have one of these monsters anymore but this kind of tech comparo is interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapk81 Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 I just received my DSSD yesterday and now the clicking mechanism has stopped working. I was wondering how to remove the bezel ring also. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas1 Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 I know this is an old Thread. But its still greatly appreciated if, like me, its the first time you are seeing it! So Thankyou for putting it together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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