gmtlover Posted January 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 Almost a super rep.. I will wait till the second batch. And if they improve 1 or 2 little things, lume on white version, bezel alignment. Then I will definitely order one! I can align the cyclops myself so that's no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmtlover Posted January 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 (edited) Here is the gen.. Looks like it is off the at the 6 too, or is it the angle of the picture? Edited January 10, 2013 by GMTlover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpz5142 Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 he guys, an update on repgeek a member found out that there is a problem with the bezel alignment on all explorers at the moment. Look at the pic I added. But I do not think it is only alignment, I think the distance between the number 6 and the triangle left/above of it, is smaller then the distance between the 6 and the triangle right/below of it. I could be wrong, could be the angle of the pics, but if you look at the six, the numbers look pretty much spot on the 3 position on the dial. But when you then look at the triangle on the left and the right, then you notice that the upper triangle is located at the 2 white bar from the six, and the lower triangle is located between the second and third white bar on the dial. So I think it is misalignment and a spacial error on the bezel. with different spaces between the numbers and triangles. i am probably wrong about the spacial error.. but it is definitely misaligned Pure rubbish, it is an optical illusion caused by someone trying to gage distance on the bezel based on a crocked as heck cyclops. Remove the colored lines on the pic and or look at your noob GMT II and see how the triangle between 4 & 6 points to 12 min 30 sec and also look at the triangle between 6 & 8 points to 17 min 30 sec. Unless the forum would now suggest that the dial minute markers are off there should be no question that there is nothing wrong with the bezel markers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpz5142 Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 Here is the gen.. Looks like it is off the at the 6 too, or is it the angle of the picture? Please stop drawing the red line at a tangent, draw the on perpendicular to the radius and you will get better results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmtlover Posted January 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 (edited) Please stop drawing the red line at a tangent, draw the on perpendicular to the radius and you will get better results. Doesn't matter where I draw the line, as long as I draw the same line on the rep and gen the results should be the same And btw, I am using the bracelet as a reference. the end links Edited January 10, 2013 by GMTlover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpz5142 Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 Doesn't matter where I draw the line, as long as I draw the same line on the rep an gen the results should be the same Only presuming that the distance from rep and gen are the same with same focal length lens and at the same angle... You don't need fancy line on the pics, just look to the minute markers that the triangle points to and you will see that they are perfectly spaced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmtlover Posted January 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 (edited) Only presuming that the distance from rep and gen are the same with same focal length lens and at the same angle... You don't need fancy line on the pics, just look to the minute markers that the triangle points to and you will see that they are perfectly spaced. I think that you are right, as I said in my post, It could be due to the angle of the picture. Edited January 10, 2013 by GMTlover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmtlover Posted January 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 Here is the gen.. Looks like it is off the at the 6 too, or is it the angle of the picture?Orange-Hand-Explorer-II-Lume-Shot.jpg Btw, who can try to reproduce this wonderful pic with their rep!! ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbia Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 New quality control pictures, looks like an improvement to me, but I wonder if I should accept? Cyclops is not perfectly aligned but I think it is a step up from the first watch. Lume seems to be a bit poorer on this one though. Date seems to be a bit low in the window but I don't really care about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpz5142 Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 I'd accept. The date is a bit low but if your ok with that the other issues seem to have been addressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbia Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 I agree with you jpz5142. I asked for a photo showing the complete GMT hand, as I read on the the link Archetypal provided that some of the white explorers had black explorer GMT hands. If the hands are wrong I will mail angus direct and see if he is willing to pick one out for me. If none of that is possible I will send more money for a different watch and wait for the next version of this explorer to be released. Even with these concerns, I still feel I made a good chocie for popping my replica watch cherry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
correctime Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 Then you probably won't have a GMT hand either..considering you're talking a rep;-) They're currently working on perfecting the 3135 clone. Be patient...sooner or later they'll have a 3185 clone available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archetypal Posted January 11, 2013 Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 That'll be the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmtlover Posted January 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 They're currently working on perfecting the 3135 clone. Be patient...sooner or later they'll have a 3185 clone available. Not before 2014 my guess but when that day comes a lot of member here will be happy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archetypal Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 Cant seem to find the time to do a full review at the moment, but I took some macro shots of some tiny details. The shots are not great, but I thought I would keep the thread going for those still on the fence about this edition. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaber Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 Cant seem to find the time to do a full review at the moment, but I took some macro shots of some tiny details. The shots are not great, but I thought I would keep the thread going for those still on the fence about this edition.R0015037.JPGR0015042.JPGR0015043.JPGR0015044.JPGR0015045.JPGR0015048.JPGR0015049.JPGR0015050.JPGR0015052.JPGR0015054.JPGR0015056.JPGR0015058.JPGR0015060.JPGR0015066.JPGR0015087.JPGR0015073.JPG Perfect shots I will make a review for the black version soon just got it its much better than the QC pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmtlover Posted January 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 Great shots! Love the macro's !! I think it looks good! Beautiful watch actually! Also like the lume a lot! Great bright colour! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyespy Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Can someone confirm if the crystal comes with rounded edges?? The reason I ask is on Puretime's site it shows the dead give-away flat crystal edge (maybe Angus did not update the final pics since the preorder) but on Toro's site the same Noob best version looks more rounded and polished like the real mccoy. We all have our own nit-picks and this is for sure mine. I haven't purchase a rep Rolex for many years and I won't wear the ones I have because of this reason but it appears to me the recent crystals are looking more convincing. This issue is rarely discussed, so if someone can verify these new generation Rollies have rounded polished crystal edges, then this will be a game changer for me. Thanks in advance! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormTooper4 Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Impressive looking watch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archetypal Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 I wouldnt describe the crystal as having rounded edges, but it certainty does has a bevel or taper running from flush with the bezel inside edge to the front face of the glass. This is just visible in one of two of my pics. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmtlover Posted January 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 Any new owners here who would like to share more pics, how is the lume application at the moment? And the centering of the cyclops? Better? Last few looked very good I must say' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertk Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 Received mine last week and it's definetly a step up in Rolex Reps. As for the fine points mentioned in this thread, if that's the worst of it, this is a super rep. Even a Rolex Maven wouldn't spot these small flaws, if, in fact, they are flaws? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmtlover Posted January 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 Good to hear! Now I wonder, what will be the next super rep they will introduce and when.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmtlover Posted January 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 Anyone here bought this model from supermirrors ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surf Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 Is this model better than the Noob Version that was just released? So damn confusing thanks for the advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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