coolchu001 Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 I ordered the 16610LV from TC 2+ weeks ago and it finally arrived yesterday. It was packaged very nicely. It came bubble wrapped and sealed in a silver poly bag inside a small brown box. Just for fun, I re-unboxed it in a Rolex watch shipping box. I have many of these available, if you are interested in purchasing a Rolex plastic shipping box, shoot me a PM. Anyhow, on to the watch reivew... *Sorry in advance for any moisture, dust, or lint on the watches Dial/hands: The dial printing is excellent as usual with TC subs. The font and color looks great. The marker surroundings are quite good for the round makers, but there seems to be a bit too much lume for the 12'o clock marker. I have an extra TC LV dial and its also the case with that dial. The maxi dials have the same width for each of the surroundings whereas the 12, 6 and 9 markers are a bit thicker on the 16610LN models. The hands are quite good, in these macro shots, you see a bit of extra lume around the edges of the hands. This is pretty invisible to the naked eye. The dial and hands are superlumed. Sorry I didn't get a pic, but I can assure you it glows like gen! CG/crown: This has been covered in other reviews. Gen like CG shape. Excellent cut and finish. The crown is very gen like as well. I had a few gen crowns but I didn't even bother switching it. I think it's that good! Date/crystal: RSH pointed out that the DWO (v1 and v2) are a bit left justified. I can confirm that this is the case with both of the TC watches. The LV came with v2 DWO, the background color is more white, but the left justification is present. Its more apparent for numbers in the 20s. vs I also noticed at the TC crystal seem to magnify the date a bit too much. The TC 16610LN has a Clark crystal installed and the magnification is similar to what I see on my gen GMT IIc. There is no LEC at 6'o clock. The crystal does have a softer edge than Clark's (TC crystal is more gen like). Pearl/insert: (gen insert on the LN version) The pearl is excellent on this insert. It's superlumed and seems to have some sort of covering. The pearl surrounding isn't as neat as the gen pearl but its quite good. The insert itself has very accurate shade of green compared to the gen. I did notice that the triangle above the pearl is a bit thin. It has a small crease present. This crease is also on other member's TC LV subs that I've seen. The edges of the insert is pretty clean, but the outer edge is not painted or smooth like the gen (only seen when removed). (moisture around 35-40 markings) Bracelet: The watch came with the V3 bracelet already installed with 1.8mm spring bars. TC also included 2 2.0mm bars. I decided to try swapping the spring bars and it worked flawlessly with the 2.0mm bars. The fitment with the 1.8mm bars had very slight play, its very tight with the 2.0mm bars. The SEL fitment is excellent. It's even all around. My only complaint about the V3 bracelet is the clasp shape and operation. I bought 4 v3 bracelets from TC and each of the clasp caps open and close differently from one another. Either its too tight or too loose, but its easily fixed. I do however think the clasp from the V2 has a more accurate shape. As seen in this photo, the clasp's corners are not "square" enough. It has a tapered look to it. I tried finding pictures of a gen clasp with this shape but almost all of them have sharper corners. The V2 clasp did not have this flaw (although the coronet and swissmade was incorrect). The backside looks pretty good as well. The next version should thin out the backside of the SEL piece so that its flush with the casing. Here are some more pictures my TC 16610LN (gen insert, clark crystal, still has the v1 dwo, v3 bracelet & clasp) and the newly acquired LV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seafoam Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 WOW, looks fantastic. Thanks for putting the time into this review. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxman Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 Excellent review....very well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tessa Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 I ordered the 16610LV from TC 2+ weeks ago and it finally arrived yesterday. Who is TC and where can you buy it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inertiadrifter Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 Great review!! I can't wait till my Franken TC Sub is finish!! Just need the sapphire and dial!!! Damn!! I'm low on cash right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmj Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Wonderful stuff here! I am now thinking should I get a TC Sub!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolchu001 Posted August 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 I ordered the 16610LV from TC 2+ weeks ago and it finally arrived yesterday. Who is TC and where can you buy it? you can contact and visit his blog here: http://tc-submariner.blogspot.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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