Puretime's Iwc Mark Xv

[leitztozeiss]

Has anyone seen THIS? Is this the same one we've had all along, or does it appear to be an improved version? I'm not too familiar with this model, but it looks great to me.

[alt.watch.obsessive]

New as far as I know. No ugly "IWC" on the case side opposite the crown (can be seen in one of his pictures) and a solid back. I'm sure experts in this model can comment on the accuracy. Should not say "UTC" on the back, second hand should be white, correct?

Steve.

Edited October 9, 2006 by alt.watch.obsessive

[alt.watch.obsessive]

Nobody interested? I compared the photos with some images of the genuines. Obviously, this does not allow comments on the case dimensions and such. Aside from the problems above, the dial on the regular watch is fairly close. The Schaffhausen is a little too large and close to the IWC, but not bad. The lume appears to have a "frame" (for lack of a better word) on the rep that may or may not not be there on the gen (I have never noticed it on the gen pictures). BTW, I'm not sure they all have a white second hand, that seems to come and go in the images. On the spitfire, the raised area of the dial is well done and it clips the 10 and 11 as it should. Here, the Schaffhausen" is much too big as is the printing on the lower dial. Both cases look OK to me, but again, certainly can't tell just by the images.

I'm not one to make a fuss over hands being 1/2mm too short and that sort of thing, so keep that in mind. Hopefully whoever made the port chrono will tackle this next and really nail it.

Other thoughts?

Steve.

[rower]

If this was in 40mm-42mm I would be all over it!