FDG Posted April 1, 2012 Report Posted April 1, 2012 Check out Josh: http://www.1-pc8838.com/0445a-p-12113.html http://www.1-pc8838.com/0445-p-12112.html http://www.1-pc8838.com/0445b-p-12114.html Looks like a new big pilot?
z3k0 Posted April 1, 2012 Report Posted April 1, 2012 Nope, looks like old BP with new straps ... Josh released some new BP straps (calf leather, croco pattern) ~10 days ago, so I guess now they are selling BPs with these straps. regards
maxman Posted April 1, 2012 Report Posted April 1, 2012 I was thinking the same thing...nothing new here really...just the straps...and maybe better lume.
HartDoc Posted April 1, 2012 Report Posted April 1, 2012 I view anything released on april 1 as suspect.
FDG Posted April 2, 2012 Author Report Posted April 2, 2012 They do have superlumed hands and dial. To bad the lumed it wrong on the 5004 Specs and pricing is now up on Josh his website.
Mills Posted April 3, 2012 Report Posted April 3, 2012 These look great. How close are they to gen though? Any obvious tells? Does the AR need to be sorted or is it good enough out of the box? I've been thinking about getting a BP for a while now and this might have pushed me over the edge
Craig88 Posted April 3, 2012 Report Posted April 3, 2012 These look great. How close are they to gen though? Any obvious tells? Does the AR need to be sorted or is it good enough out of the box? I've been thinking about getting a BP for a while now and this might have pushed me over the edge They are fairly decent. The 5004 is the better of the 2. Not in same class as the latest pams but fairly affordable.
loopy29 Posted April 4, 2012 Report Posted April 4, 2012 No not good. The 5004 is lumed wrong. Great reps though apart from the lume and the Daisi
maxman Posted April 4, 2012 Report Posted April 4, 2012 These look great. How close are they to gen though? Any obvious tells? Does the AR need to be sorted or is it good enough out of the box? I've been thinking about getting a BP for a while now and this might have pushed me over the edge As far as Im concerned these are very good reps. The lume may be off but I seriously doubt that anyone will notice. What really bugs me about the BP Is non working power reserve. Im sure they could have done something about that...maybe a 23j movement or another movement that would at least show some type of PR. Mike
HartDoc Posted April 4, 2012 Report Posted April 4, 2012 (edited) Its what keep me from getting one, I really want one but I dont want to puts >$500 in mods (AR, fixing PR, strap, and reluming) when it can be a simple fix from the factory. What really bugs me about the BP Is non working power reserve. Im sure they could have done something about that...maybe a 23j movement or another movement that would at least show some type of PR. Mike Edited April 4, 2012 by HartDoc
Jkay Posted April 4, 2012 Report Posted April 4, 2012 Yes, there are so many Asia movements with working PR .. I wonder why the BP does not receive any of these
Craig88 Posted April 5, 2012 Report Posted April 5, 2012 There is a working pr version but the subdial is far too far from the side as I'm guessing this is where the pr movement mechanism is. I really don't understand what the big deal is with the fixed pr. When you're wearing it it should be around max anyway
wat44 Posted April 6, 2012 Report Posted April 6, 2012 I have the working PR version which I prefer and it also has 24mm lugs instead of 22mm. Seriously - a watch of this size NEEDS 24mm and so in not tempted by the other version. 1
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