Pic review of TTK MBW 16613 (lots of pics)

[bklm1234]

Just got this watch from TTK yesterday. It's for a friend though.Visually it's the best 16613 I've seen. It beats out the noobmariner TT. I'll explain how. The gold looks very rich. But without a gen side-by-side, I can't conclude if it has the right tone. The blue on the insert and dial is a deep blue. Again, I can't conclude if the color is correct. Apart from the colors, it's probably the most accurate sub rep there is. It's not based on the popular MBW/TW Best case. It's something else. Read on.Front:Cyclop mag is about right (noobmariner's is under). Datewindow and cyclop positions are correct. Hands are excellent esp. second hand is long enough unlike MBW/TW Best shorter second hand. The datewheel overlay has excellent number font, bolder than that of the noobmariner's. The rehaut is nicely cylinderical and has very good thickness. Dial is so so. The date window is a bit too wide. Noobmariner's dial better. The text isn't nearly as sharp, minute markers are too long and most are touching the rehaut. I will swap in a noobmariner blue dial.CGs are fat as usual. The bezel teeth are sharp and long, a little too long and pointy.Insert pearl is a flat-top. It gotta be replacedQuarterview:The crown teeth lack definition. The thickness is about right. But it gotta go.The crystal is nice and high and the bevel is quite accurate.You can see the rehaut being deep and not conicalBraclet:The SELs are nicely shaped. They don't bulge up too much like some bad SELs I have seen. They fit nicely in the lugs, beating most MBW and TW Best bracelets. The bracelet has hollow mid-links. Notice the gold wraps all around the SELs. This bracelet is good enough.Side:Thick bezel with the correct profile, i.e thick on the bottom, teeth cuts probably and sufficiently deep on the side. This it as good as the TW Best's bezel, and topping the MBW. The bezel looks like a TW Best's but then I can't say it's a TW Best because the rehaut has a different depth. More on that. The crystal is nice and high.As always, the insert isn't recessed in the bezel bay. Gotta refit the insert.Caseback:Looks like a TW Best sticker.Good caseback shape.CG profile:Again looks like a TW Best CG profile. Beating the MBW CG profile hands down.Clasp:Very nice fit here.-bkHere's the coolest part about this watch. Deep but not overly deep rehautside-by-side with MBW:Obviously slightly shorter rehaut.side-by-side with noobmariner, definitely deeper than the noobmariner's rehaut:I feel it's a TW Best but then the rehaut is more correct and not as deep. Anyway, it's a better case than the POLEX case or the TW Best case that we've seen so much. It combines the better CG profile of the TW Best and a shorter more correct rehaut. I wish there's a SS sub that's based on this same case. All in all, TTK is TTK, always top-notch in his selection of watches. He actually called me on Skype to tell me the watch is on the way. He's such a nice guy to talk to.-bk

[cableguy]

Very cool review Bk!

[pismo]

I love those review , excellent side by side pics, congrats for your buy , enjoy !

[tgchrono2]

i think that the blue color is a little fainted ?

[Guest TTK]

You think so.....?