Quick and Dirty pics of 2 GMTIIc

[nakortheblue]

My colleague wore his gen GMTIIc today and I happened to wear the rep. This is a quick and dirty iPhone pic of both side by side.

[Jkay]

Nice! The spot of AR coating under the cyclops is the only tell that I can pick out. I might have to take Noobfactory up on their sale event on this watch before it's gone.

[nakortheblue]

One more shot with more cyclops. Can't seem to do a proper head-on shot without a better setup... too many stray reflections.

@JKay: fyi, my rep is modded... just in case you jump the gun on the strength of these pics.

[Migge]

@JKay: fyi, my rep is modded... just in case you jump the gun on the strength of these pics.

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R, In what way is your GMT II C modded?

Cheers

Mike

[nakortheblue]

Can you guess?

Hint: figure out which is gen and which is rep first...

[Migge]

Can you guess?

Hint: figure out which is gen and which is rep first...

LOL, R, I hate these games because I am so bad at them. Does the one on the right have an AR

[nakortheblue]

See... You're pretty good at it.

The one on the right is my rep with the whole crystal double-ARed.

Tells when zoomed in seem to be:

- 6 and 9 markers are too wide

- rep lume is too white and glossy (since it is mostly white paint....), gen is slightly matte and ever so slightly yellowish-green (it may not be pure C1)

- rep insert numerals are whiter (also painted I guess), gen is slightly darker (platinum)

- the green of the rep gmt hand is darker, gen is brighter green, same for the green text on the dial

Here's some cropped pics

Gen

Rep

[Migge]

Aha, got it!

So all in all its a pretty darn good rep compared to the genuine...!

Mike

[rosnik]

see the correct hand stack on GEn.

[freddy333]

[sneed12]

The very first, easiest tell is the cannon pin. Every Rolex rep I've ever seen has it.

[freddy333]

The very first, easiest tell is the cannon pin. Every Rolex rep I've ever seen has it.

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[sneed12]

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Every hand I've ever seen for a 21j or ETA based Rolex clone has a hole in the middle of the seconds hand where it mounts to the pin. A gen Rolex will have a domed thing over this hole. Take a look at the pics above, it shows very clearly.

I suppose canon pin isn't the right thing to say, since you can't actually see it... I'm used to using this terminology to talk about PAMs though.

[freddy333]

Not sure I agree with you there. Different sizes, yes, but no domes that I can see

There certainly are ways to tell the difference between Rolex gen & aftermarket sweep seconds hands. But I think that if you rely on a hole in the center of a seconds hand as the deciding factor, you are going to have problems.

[nakortheblue]

Oh yeah, forgot all about the hand stack.

@Freddy: love your white Pan-Am.