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IWC St Exupery Rose Gold


takashi

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This is my first full gold replica watch, certainly not going to be the last. Build quality is SUPERB for the price. To its own, this watch is unique. Brown coloured dial with rose gold case. What an awesome combination. This is a reflection on how IWC replica should be made, very much blast from the past (IWC GST Ti). Crown tube and crown are much improved this time round.

Case: 45mm inclusive crown. Rose gold plated. It looks even and represents real 18K rose gold colour.

Movement: Asian 7750, Hi beat rate. As usual, non problematic. Fully wound, worn and gained about 5 secs for the last 12 hours. Datewheel and daywheel is incorrect for this model (wrong font) but it centers nicely.

Crystal: Sapphire, single sided AR coated.

Dial: Brown, decorated rose gold numerical with alphabet "A." on 6 o'clock subdial position. Silver subdials. Brown have subtle sunburst pattern (unlike matte like in PAM036).

Hands: Luminous, Rose Gold.

Straps: Replica standard straps -> do this watch injustice, should get a strap replacement.

Buckle: Rose gold however wrong stamping at the back. Should not have Acier Inox stamped.

Please take note that Crystal plastic protector and caseback plastic protector are still on.

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AR is definitely present

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Buckle is very well made. On par with SS counterpart on Ingenieur.

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Full watch face

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Caseback

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Crown

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Replica lume shot. Not bad for a replica. It lasts as good as C1 SuperLume.

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Last but not least, a mandatory wrist shot.

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I'd love to pick this one up but I am not sure about the subdials... don't you feel they are far too shiny when compared to gen?

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Here is a better pic of a gen:

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Well, just my 2 cents. Subdials aren't distracting at all, despite its silvery colour. It blends really nicely with the dial and provides good contrast with rose gold/white luminous hands. Double AR coated on the crystal will help to reduce "shininess" of the subdials, however it's not a must. I have not seen the genuine so can't really confirm how shiny the subdials are. It's a limited edition model and no longer exists on 2007 IWC catalogue. This model is replaced with St Exupery power reserve.

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If the shiny subdials really bother you, apply a neutral matte lacquer which will dull down the sub-dials. I did that on the original 7753 Silver sub dialed Panda PAM and it was a major improvement. I do wish they hadn't numbered it 1 of 250. Would be better off with no number at all.

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Lug size is 21mm, it's the same measurement as IWC 3717 Pilot Chronograph.

@kruzer: I will give it a try. It's gonna be a useful tip. Thanks a lot. Nonetheless, I would like to cross check with the genuine article. There is a possibility that double sided AR coating on genuine piece tones down the shine considerably.

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