prdubis Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Hi mates, I have received my 026K this morning. The DLC coating looks really great and the color is spot on. I'm not sure if they updated the fonts on the dial but unfortunately, the dial looks really flat. When you look at it straight forward, It doesn't look like a sandwich dial at all. The leather strap looks great, I own the gen black calf one and the rep is good quality even if it smells a bit like plastic...Printings on the backside are wrong too. FYI, the gen 026K was fitted with a black sueded buffalo strap, I own it too and it is really fabulous, one of my favorite straps. Personally, I wear it on a custom made orange toad skin strap with the newest sewn-in DLC coated Panerai buckle from Rolexfinder. This strap is coming from ABP, a beauty! Last year, I bought the DSN version of the 026K, and it's easy to say that this new version is a huge improvement. DLCed CG is perfect, the pin highly polished, the crown is thick and the caseset great. A very good rep. And now the pics... Gen strap and gen buckle on the left, rep strap and rep buckle on the right: OEM sueded black buffalo strap: Cartel Vs. DSN DSN case and dial (sorry, my dial has been damaged and needs replacing...) 026K Vs. 177L, 219L, 005K... Lume shot after 10 sec exposure, sunny day here in the south of France... Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prdubis Posted April 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Btw, Lug screws are DLC coated too, and the strap comes with tubes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATEspo Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Looks great, just wish they would make the cutouts deeper! It can be achieved by just making the top plate a few mm thicker. Other than that, looks great! First 026 i've seen pictured (other than QC pics). I really like it on the orange toad strap, the contrast between the case and the strap set the whole thing off. Wish I was a lefty, I would pick one of these up in a heart beat, but 1 destro is enough for me (219). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteM Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Toad strap...whats wrong did you eat all the frogs ? Great comparison mate on the straps DSNs was never a goer IMHO but his destros have always been sub par.. Be great to see if you could capture that depth shot from an angle... So setting aside the dial ...is this a DLC of the rep 219 or are there are divergences mate..? Congrats and wear it welll.....I guess its off for a relume I had one of those OEM buffalos a few years back which came off a gen 26K, I never really liked it myself with the DLC...on my wrist anyway...on others it looked good...I guess its the Tats that clash !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDorian Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Dial looks deep enough to me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gianton Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Thanks for sharing mate, looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ingenieur Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Hi F thanks for sharing, as always lovely pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkwbkw Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Fantastic pictorial, thanks! I'm now thinking I should have picked up an orange strap for the 26.. have a blue croc, gray cros, and a mustard calf with black stitching en route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prdubis Posted April 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Grey croc will look great I think! Is it light or dark grey? I have a light grey glazed gator strap on my 162, I will try it on and shoot pics. Sent from my GT-P1000 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermanx Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Just got my QC pics this morning, planning on putting mine on the Cashmere 24/22 orloff strap I picked up from PeteM last week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txan Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 great info!! thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BGGodwin Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Looks great!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebzen02 Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Can some lead this blind noob and show me what the heck is different from the gen font to the rep..lol.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebzen02 Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Here is the gen.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luv2Watch Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 looks amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkarpas Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 is it me or this gen pic has too green lume? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ugoderosa Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 (edited) Here is the gen.. Ebzen: (As a side note, the difference in font does not bug me at all) Take a look at the "P" and the "R" on the rep, now compare it to the gen. See how the looped part of the "P" and the "R" is wider on the gen, whereas the "P" and "R" on the rep is narrower? Also, look at the spacing between each individual letter in "Luminor" and "Marina".... the letters are a bit closer together on the gen, more spaced apart on the rep. Basically, the H-factory just used the same font that was used on their previous releases. But, on the positive side, the numerals on the dial appear to be spot on. Edited April 4, 2011 by ugoderosa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATEspo Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Side-by-side gen on left, rep on right (the color is off due to the lighting conditions when taking the photos) Now I am no expert, but right off the bat you can notice the font is bolder on the gen and the "L SWISS MADE L" is too wide on the rep. But the crown looks close to the case on the gen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chad Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 I like the rep and think it is a good looking watch unlike the dsn alternative but seeing the dial side by side you really see they did a sloppy job on the dial. It does just come down to fonts and spacing and with just a little care it could have been so much better. i know these are great reps for the money but as they improve the flaws become more apparent especially ones that are easily fixable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebzen02 Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Thanks guys.. I see the difference now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormTooper4 Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Great post and a quality collection of watches and straps. I would really like to know if its actually DLC scratch proof , cos my DSN 195 has its fair share of scrapes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealphabeta Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Mine is waiting at home for my arrival tonight! I'm too excited. Luckily I have a gen speedmaster delivered to work today! I like it, case is great. Shame about the fonts but I'm very much used to that now - how hard is it to bloody get it right. Seems so odd they take the time to make these and miss the smallest details time and time again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loopy29 Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Hi DaveR Please post pics when you receive the 26!!! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealphabeta Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Will do mate. Got a beautiful strap waiting for it too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyGee Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Thank you for posting the photo's of you new watch. Congratulations and enjoy it. Great tread, really enjoyed reading it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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