erwinner Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 (edited) When at work I was tracking the stats of Angel & Jay's package that was sent over the weekend. And it arrived safe and sound today, so had to rush home to unwrap. Great how Angel wrapped in a Garfield bunny to avoid any customs issues. My daughter of 3 loved it ;-) But now the watch... Apparently I am a bit stupid to underestimate the meaning of XL... Boy, this watch looks bigger than my PAM090 44mm Luminor! I was expecting a big watch, but about the size of 36.6x7.9mm and not the spectacular 43mm x 52mm x 14mm! I guess this is a bit to much for my small wrists. What do you think? I really love the silvery finish of the white dial version, and the rubber strap is excellent, although a bit thick and the black date is just as it is supposed to be. The 21J movement has always proved reliable, but this time it makes a heavy noise when the rotor rotates. Apparently it's completely out of oil. Who knows how to have this fixed without sending of a 75USD watch for a 200USD service? All help greatly appreciated! Edited August 8, 2007 by erwinner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sql_pl Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 All these 21j GT XLs are known for having extremely loud rotors... some people tried oiling them etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erwinner Posted July 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Still no candy, but please enjoy.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc283 Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 I have this one also. Has a loud rotor too. But for the money its a real nice watch. Big bang for the buck!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolfire Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Great-looking GT there dude... Wear it well... Any straight-on pics to show the date mag? Is it good? And how does the "ar" coating look? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkerouac Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 All these 21j GT XLs are known for having extremely loud rotors... some people tried oiling them etc... Loud rotor? And I thought it was the helicopter police keeping tabs on me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erwinner Posted July 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Any straight-on pics to show the date mag? Is it good? And how does the "ar" coating look? How about this 'crop' of one of the above pic's? As you can see it features the black datawheel, but the mag is not fully aligned (a bit to much to the left/bottom). Also it cannot be compared with the 2.5x mag of the Submariner but than again, the mag is also inclosed in the crystal rather than applied on top. The AR did surprise me (positively). I was a bit sceptical when ordering the 'mineral crystal' as some of the other minerals I own (including the PAM 090 with huge dome and the Chopard fake-chrono's) where completely disappointing. This watch can be viewed almost at 90degrees angle without too much distortion. The watch can be sourced through Silix-Prime for no more than 75$ (!!) so given the current exchange rates to the euro it's a bargain! http://www.silix-prime.com/product.asp?id=1762 The only upgrade I'm thinking of is a new strap... considering the racing leather with punch-holes from Hirsch but it's drawback is that the chopard rep deployment clasp cannot be re-used as the strap is 22to20mm instead of the 22to22mm :-( More info on this choice can be found at RWG on thread http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showto...mp;#entry287229 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolfire Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 Thanks for the input dude! Seems like this is of great quality for its price... Enjoy your new strap when you get it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erwinner Posted August 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 Enjoy your new strap when you get it... this time I've ordered the strap with my local watchsmith. Only 27,50EUR and without any shipping fees! So this proves the good-old brick-and-morter-shops can still compete ;-) Some pic's of the new Hirsch Rally strap (for which I've mounted the rep chopard deployment clasp): Good news: = you can re-use the deployment claspthe strap is 22mm and the lug-is 23mm so there is 1mm of tolerancethe clasp size is 22mm and the Hirsch strap is prepared for a 20mm clasp; more tolerance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erwinner Posted August 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 Seems like I'm not the only one loving this new watch :cloud9: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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