No luck on 5004 vs 5002

[Stebbi]

Gents,

 

I've been looking around a lot recently and looking at the differences between the 5002 and the 5004 (yes I've read reviews on the both - prior to hand and sunken date wheel reviews so mostly 3+yrs old)

 

Personally I prefer the look of the 5004 dial, yet when looking on Josh's site there is a 5002 with a 5004 dial but the white background 5002 dial.

http://www.p-cls.com/product_info.php?products_id=12113{1}2

Same being listed on TT's site (infact TT's site is better to understand what I mean from the menu)

http://www.ttw888.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=30_238

 

I would have expected the 5004 to have the dark datewheel whilst the 5002 has the white one.

 

Unfortunatly I've not been able to find a side by side comparison between the 5002/5004 vs Gen. (believe me I've searched!!!)

 

Overall I'm looking for the most accurate 5004 yet do quite like the look of the grey dial (which would probably look better with a white date hand vs dark - which questions the 02 vs 04 date wheel)

 

Starting to get confused with what is what now, so turning to the forum for some advice...

Hopefully I can get some good pointers.

 

 

Thanks,

[markiemark]

I dont think there is a 5002 vs 5004 vs gens, probably because both watches cost 20k each...

However there are some 5002 vs gen/franken & 5004 vs gen/franken

[Stebbi]

Ye thats understandable.

From looking around at all the different reviews there only seems to be one 5004 available with the correct black datewheel, which is the one with the Black dial too.

http://www.p-cls.com/iwbp10011-pilot-5004-ssle-p-12114.html

 

Looks like it's time to order.

 

For those in the future asking the same questions as I have, below are 2 helpful comparison threads I found

http://forums.watchuseek.com/f67/iwc-big-pilot-5004-few-months-wear-673010.html

http://www.replica-watch.info/vb/showthread.php/5002-vs-5004-96859.html?s=7f5cc1ff2657f09ccfcae887d0683540&

 

Obviously in addition to the many thread within this forum.

[markiemark]

Make sure you get the one with the faux PR

These are the ones you are looking for (the first 3):

http://pureti.me/category/big-pilot-v1-faux-pr/

The 5002 supposes to have a white date wheel just as the 5004 platinum edition (grey dial). Where the normal 5004 has a black date wheel.

[Stebbi]

I ended up going for the second one down but from Josh as I'd previously bought from him.

Now just looking forward to booking my next business trip to the UK so I can pick up the watch