markiemark Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 Since the gen hands for the 3717 are out of stock everywhere, I want to do a little information request to those who are lucky enough to own a set. How is the lume compared to Vac's? I want to install a gen dial, and I hope the lume is about the same... How is the color of the hour and minute hand? The rep are a bit grey-ish, I heard gen are more black. Can I paint them? I used the search for those who own frankens, but some pics are altered or not clearly visible due to the crystal. Could all gen hands owners help me out a bit? And post more info about the differences between the gen and rep hands. And what I could to to mod them to make them close to gen as possible? And If you do happen to have a spare gen hands set, don't hesitate and shoot me a PM! Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 Gen markers are more white (matches the hour indices) whereas the rep is more yellow/grey. You can see a slight contrast in color between the lume markers and regular hour markers on the rep The gen lume isn't that great compared to Vac's torch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machete Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 I don't have a 3717, but here's a pic of my Mark XVI with gen dial and hands:I really didn't like the rep dial and hands' lumed portion as its off white in color. The lume on gen is not that great, as it doesn't look like it will last for hours. The watch is on its way to me from Vac after assembly, AR, Waterproofing and regulating. I didn't ask Vac to lume to preserve the white color, as 99% of the time I will be seeing it during normal times, not during 'lume torch' sessions... Sent from my GT-I9100G using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomhorn Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 Here is a 3717 with Vac lumed hands and dial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_0068 Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 Photos always make the hands look whiter... Rep are slightly off but nottoo bad compared to the genuine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markiemark Posted April 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 (edited) Thanks guys! So a gen dial and rep hands would look weird due to the white-difference? Edited April 30, 2013 by markiemark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_0068 Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 So a gen dial and rep hands would look weird due to the white-difference? I'll let you know after I get my gen dial installed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markiemark Posted April 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 I don't have a 3717, but here's a pic of my Mark XVI with gen dial and hands:uploadfromtaptalk1367273758364.jpg I really didn't like the rep dial and hands' lumed portion as its off white in color. The lume on gen is not that great, as it doesn't look like it will last for hours. The watch is on its way to me from Vac after assembly, AR, Waterproofing and regulating. I didn't ask Vac to lume to preserve the white color, as 99% of the time I will be seeing it during normal times, not during 'lume torch' sessions... Sent from my GT-I9100G using Tapatalk 2 Is it possible to use gen mark hands? I know the xvii has a case width of 41mm, whereas the 3717 is 42mm. If the 1mm difference is in the case and not in the dial, it would be possible to use those, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cougar1 Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 The gen hands are definitely whiter as mentioned above, it can be very striking. Although some reps have less washed out hands than others so look at the rep hands carefully, I've seen some that were almost translucent looking and very off and others that were pretty close: Here is a gen dial/rep hands combo that looks close to gen, apart from a little bit of the rep minute hand near the base where the lume is uneven they match very close to gen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markiemark Posted April 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 The gen hands are definitely whiter as mentioned above, it can be very striking. Although some reps have less washed out hands than others so look at the rep hands carefully, I've seen some that were almost translucent looking and very off and others that were pretty close: Here is a gen dial/rep hands combo that looks close to gen, apart from a little bit of the rep minute hand near the base where the lume is uneven they match very close to gen. ... The gen dial is stunning! Did you do a relume to match the hands/dial? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cougar1 Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 The gen dial is stunning! Did you do a relume to match the hands/dial? No they are just straight stock rep hands, no relume, just a whiter tone than some of the other rep hands I've seen. Keep an eye out for some of the brighter rep hands, I believe some batches are better than others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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