AndyFors Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Guys, have any of you seen more details pictures of Joshua's new 5980? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteM Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 I guess you want to see the dial texture better? Overall its a nice looking OTB rep...there are a few flaws I can see like the DW and thickness plus hands maybe ..dial texture is hard to judge knowing how variable the pics on the site can be to the watch in your hand.. plus I nearly forgot ...superlume :) Hopefully J or maybe A might have some QC pics soon in their sites sales thread to view and get a better idea... I can accept those flaws..I think the only one that might bother me is if it looks to big on the wrist..in terms of height... as the gen always looks so sleak under a cuff.... Here is one of them for reference of others Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markiemark Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Well here's a gen... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFors Posted December 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Thanks Pete, Agree - its all about how it will look on the wrist, my main concerns are: (i) Size - J saying 42*14mm, Patek 40.5*12.6mm [Note: Patek measure this one from 10-4 o'clock so that might account for the difference] (ii) DW (iii) Texture of the dial (iv) Thickness of the bracelet (hopefully they will not use the one from non chrono versions0 (v) Clasp I could probably live the "no functional chrono" and the incorrect caseback as long as the other parts are close to OK. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asciwhite Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 I can definitely live with this!! Beauty!! I want! Now! Right NOW! I need to go sell some organs or something. EDIT : Looks very thick though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFors Posted December 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Source: http://www.eachdigital.com/2013/10/30/patek-philippe-nautilus-ref-59801a-fully-reviewed/ "The case diameter measures 44mm (including the ‘ears’), which is actually just 2mm larger than the ref. 5711. While the ref. 5980 measures 12.6mm in height, it feels more hefty and thicker than all other Nautilus models." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteM Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 I never knew that about the measuring standard... thanks mate I agree and yes you are right about worrying about the bracelet...I hope the same I have found with these that your wrist seems to make a difference to how the watch looks compared to gen...so if say the rep is slightly bigger then if you ahve larger wrists than average that inaccuracy of size seems to be lost because of the biiger wrists.. if that makes sense And IMHO its the same if you have a smaller wrist than average... again that very slight difference in size can make the rep size appear more.. if you know what I mean If not I will shut up The dial is really what we need to see..in daylight...to see that texture and that subdial finish... I hope it will be as good OTB as those pics might suggest it could be overall... But no matter I think it would be white for first choice.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rek001 Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 $388 for a faux chrono? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFors Posted December 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 The size is a strange one, sometimes i find the difference in the "height" harder to ignore e.g. If its 43 vs.44. thats not a big issues, however if its 12 vs. 14. the watch might no longer will fit under your shirt. Agree - white will also be my choice as I think they are more likely to get it right We need some decent pictures!!! In respect to the price and given the quality is ok, i think its fair. I would be worried if it was priced at 220. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteM Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 I agree mate... size makes all the difference... I keep hearing that somewhere as well....outside this forum as well !!! ;) Hopefully see some soon on thier sites I keep checking I think prices are starting to come in higher on new stuff of late I reckon 6 months ago this would have popped up for around $330-350... But whether its a dealer decision or maker is always hard to tell.. as prices tend to stay pretty constant across dealers... and so many factors can influence who is taking what and why.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeSentier Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 Also available in black now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mm..mm Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 Awesome progress though. Faux chrono doesn't botherme one but would love to see a better dial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterbates Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 high quality pics are available white http://imageshack.us/g/1/10440412/ black http://imageshack.us/g/1/10440410/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mm..mm Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Looks great for a v1. Hopefully there will be minor improvements such as the DW hole. Does anyone know if it's from the same maker as the v4 nautilus and v2 aquanaut? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mm..mm Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 Toro Has one with blue dial out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrononna Posted December 24, 2013 Report Share Posted December 24, 2013 actually the fraud chrono doesn't bother me much cause i barely use it and can't tell whether it's functional or not on wrist, but the date window is tooo thick, which need put larger tolerance on that (and the case back is sightly thicker as well, as above said the gen is about 12.6, but the rep is about 14mm), but one good thing is the lume is superb.... so how to say, as the nautilous chrono v1, it's overall good but still need improvements though ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mm..mm Posted December 24, 2013 Report Share Posted December 24, 2013 Congrats sir on the watch. Aside from the date window and thickness. What other flaw have you noticed ? How is the overall quality of this piece. Looks as if it is as good as the v4 5711. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrononna Posted December 24, 2013 Report Share Posted December 24, 2013 other flaws are not noticeable like the thicker date window frame, like: 1. the top of the stack, the rep shows a white dot has not been decorated or what i call painted as gens 2. the rep crown protrudes out a bit than gens 3. also the hands frame is thicker than gens 4. central second chronograph is wider 5. and if you look very carefully, the brand logo show a little discrepancy too the overall quality i guess is pretty much the same as 5711, and the dial is ratherly beautiful imho... and here is a movement pic, hope it will help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mm..mm Posted December 24, 2013 Report Share Posted December 24, 2013 Thanks for sharing the pics. Toro's blue one seems to not have the date window problem. The hands though would need some minor improvement. I also noticed on the blue version that the min and hr dials have a silver lining which is absent in the gen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrononna Posted December 25, 2013 Report Share Posted December 25, 2013 maybe it's just because of the color, white dial makes the thicker date window more prominent and noticeable, and there indeed has the silver ring on subdials you can see through the first pic i posted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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