Ipcress Posted July 5, 2014 Report Share Posted July 5, 2014 A few days ago I received my GMT II ProHunter (Gold) A2836 and I would like to leave a review. - Ordered 7th June approximately - First one offered did not match order spec, declined it - PTA Located nice looking example on 16th. Pictures looked great - however one in the bench to determine its accuracy etc did not match other photos, it having a gold second hand. Accepted it anyway. - Shipped on 17th June - Arrived in UK 23th June - handed over to Customs - Released from Customs 1st July - Delivered 2nd July The appearance is extremely impressive first off, looked highly accurate to a Gen. even accounting for the customisation variabiliity: http://www.discoverprohunter.com/collection/gmt-master/gmt-master2-steel-gold Closer inspection reminded me of the QC Pictures that showed a different colour second hand - but that had been changed here, or it was an error, this watch the hand is gold ..which is what I preferred; but either way would have been fine. The casing is gloss black - perfect. The dial is what I expect a new'ish GMTII to look like, with PROHUNTER as one word as requested, not hyphenated either. Gen PHs can come in a variety of configurations; All accurate as far as I can tell. Number markers, seconds, lettering all look right to me. Date looks the correct font - havent checked all numbers on it yet. And it toggles over nicely overnight. Can be adjusted separately. Second hand sweeps beautifully. Crown offers adjustment of all hands, the 24hr hand separately. Winds nicely, a little stiff initially to pull out to correct settings, but okay. The bezel is superb - numbers look perfect in inset, right font, like it even more than those on the 'discoverph' link above and others. 24 clicks and both ways. Doesn't centre perfectly when arrow is at the top tho', otherwise okay. Cyclops looks right. Crown shoulders look right. Gold looks like gold...don't know what it is. Strap pretty flimsy but funtional. I have five arriving soon from the US, all NATO, some with gold furniture and one leather Rear casing has number and is nicely black, not so glossy. Weight feels right. Haven't opened it up to look at the movement but will do if it needs adjustment after settling. It currently gains approximately 30 sec per day. To me it looks like the #16,000 watch in the link above and elsewhere, and feels like it is too! Frankly I am amazed at the quality, level of accurate detail, the finish, that it works and is fairly accurate - and that it DIDN'T cost me what would have been charged at Gen. retailers! This may be of slight annoyance to them.. I thanked PTA very much and promised to return and buy another. I hope this review is useful and is of general interest too. Kind Rgds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike on a bike Posted July 5, 2014 Report Share Posted July 5, 2014 Well good review of your purchase, could not help yourself on the background for the photo could you! LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ipcress Posted July 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2014 Well good review of your purchase, could not help yourself on the background for the photo could you! LOL Oh... THAT was ...accidental Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droptopman Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 Nice time piece and review. Sent from my droptop using telepathy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ipcress Posted July 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 Nice time piece and review. Sent from my droptop using telepathy. Thank you, and for reading the review too. I am more than pleasantly surprised that Reps. can be this good, especially this model. The only problem I have now is wondering how I can spend the 16K I've saved - you simply can't tell, really. General info: Only wore it for an hour yesterday and didn't manually wind, in fact the only manual wind up was on the day i received it, Wednesday 2nd. Anyhow, it has only gained some 10 seconds in the last 18 hours. Kind Rgds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gottabekin Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 Hi, the watch looks very good, what is PTA's site? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ipcress Posted July 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 Hi, the watch looks very good, what is PTA's site? www.puretime-asia.com Kind Rgds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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