FxrAndy Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 The one on the seconds hand painted red with a lume dot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 I am going to have to concede here as no i have stopped looking at fireman freds SFSO and actualy went up highenough to see the pics that stagfan posted His seconds hand does look a tiny bit longer, ie the marker square is further out, not a lot and you would have to be lucky to notice if but, it is. Sorry 55 i did not read fully what you wrote and had been comparing the wrong pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stagfan Posted November 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 FxrAndy, is a good thing or a bad thing? I am really not concerned about this but if this is a big issue then can it be fixed? hehe Regards I am going to have to concede here as no i have stopped looking at fireman freds SFSO and actualy went up highenough to see the pics that stagfan posted His seconds hand does look a tiny bit longer, ie the marker square is further out, not a lot and you would have to be lucky to notice if but, it is. Sorry 55 i did not read fully what you wrote and had been comparing the wrong pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivefive Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 (edited) hey FxrAndy, i am glad u finally know what i meant LOL... anyway i do find it a big issue cos that means anybody can easily spot it is a rep if u ever compare it with a gen... anyone can tell they are different... what the hell man, thought i bought myself a super-rep, now.... i am quite disappointed about that even though the watch is great overall Edited November 7, 2007 by fivefive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanikai Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 Congrats Stagfan .. agree with the whole membership ... I actually like the collectors brown leather strap for now .. hope your SOSF brings you long wear.. LIVE STRONG AND WEAR IT WELL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stagfan Posted November 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 Thanks lanikai, I will definitely purchase a gen croc brown strap for it. Still dont know whether with a buckle or a deployant. Regards. Congrats Stagfan .. agree with the whole membership ... I actually like the collectors brown leather strap for now .. hope your SOSF brings you long wear.. LIVE STRONG AND WEAR IT WELL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 Sorry but i dont see this as a major problem at all and i no way detracts from the super staus of this watch, first we must not forget that this id a REP, secondly remember that there are also variations in the gen, in both the seconds hands, the date window and the dial printing. also this variation in the rep is a matter for 10th of a mm, 99.9999999 of even watch collectors would not notice this unlesss pointed out to them. it is proberbly just the fact we are a bunch of anal spotters here to notice this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivefive Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 (edited) i am a noob in watch and even i can tell just by comparing my watch and the pic on the gen website... i just dont understand how the hell did they make such a mistake.... is that why silix can sell it so cheap?? super-rep with defects? Edited November 8, 2007 by fivefive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 ok which one here is the rep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stagfan Posted November 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 FxrAndy, I agree with you. This is still a rep. I dont believe that Silix sold these because of the flaw that fivefive is talking about. About your question on which is the rep, mine is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivefive Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 well, i am pretty sure that the SOSF from silix has the flaw that I have been talking about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 Well if you would not be happy with this rep then i doubt that you would be happy with any. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivefive Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 andy, i am happy with this rep, however i am not happy about the fact that the second hand of my rep is simply different from the reps that u guys got, not to mention the gen... It's just different, the red square on the second hand is about 3mm higher than it should on my rep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 3mm, are you going to show us some pics of yours because 3mm is a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivefive Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 Right, my second hand is exactly in the same position as these ones: - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 Well that is not 3mm out, but i tell you what if it bothers you so much sell it to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stagfan Posted November 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 fivefive, can you post pics of comparison of what you are talking about so we can see? Well that is not 3mm out, but i tell you what if it bothers you so much sell it to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireman_Fred Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 Am I losing the plot here? My SFSO is the Asian version from Silix (could the ETA have different sized hands?). I stopped the second hand at 12 and compared it with the pic posted by fivefive and I couldn't see any major difference !! Well if you would not be happy with this rep then i doubt that you would be happy with any. fivefive may I suggest you buy the gen ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadog13 Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 ok which one here is the rep pic 1 is rep...pic 2 is gen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivefive Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 just wait until some1 noticed on their ETA SOSF from silix (ones that u guys order during the special offer), and see. They will notice the different To be very honest with u, there is a different, and if the more expensive ETA has this flaw, and while other ETA don't, why are u telling me to buy the gen??? what's ur point?? I was buying the rep as i didn't know that there will be such an easy-to-spot flaw on the ETA rep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stagfan Posted November 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 Now I know that I have the SFSO that is the same with others who also got theirs from Silix. Even gens have flaws. I think you should not worry too much. It is still a rep and I think that an AD or gen owners will not even measure this just to make sure that it is right or wrong... Am I losing the plot here? My SFSO is the Asian version from Silix (could the ETA have different sized hands?). I stopped the second hand at 12 and compared it with the pic posted by fivefive and I couldn't see any major difference !! fivefive may I suggest you buy the gen ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexBiker Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 I've had three ETA SOSF reps (two from Silix) and all three of them have the "little box" in the proper location. I've held them side by side with my '06 gen and you'd need a 10x loupe to notice any difference in the second hands....other than the color of the tip, which is a bit brighter on my gen. There are quite a few other details that are much more obvious...such as the color/quality of the lume dots. Put the rep next to a gen SOSF and the second hand will be the last difference you notice. If that little detail bothers you so much, then I doubt any rep will make you happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stagfan Posted November 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 Well said. I've had three ETA SOSF reps (two from Silix) and all three of them have the "little box" in the proper location. I've held them side by side with my '06 gen and you'd need a 10x loupe to notice any difference in the second hands....other than the color of the tip, which is a bit brighter on my gen. There are quite a few other details that are much more obvious...such as the color/quality of the lume dots. Put the rep next to a gen SOSF and the second hand will be the last difference you notice. If that little detail bothers you so much, then I doubt any rep will make you happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 pic 1 is rep...pic 2 is gen If you did not get that after i posted it a couple of months ago Dadog i would be supprised, i posted it for 55 so he can see variation in the gen. but well done, have a cookie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stagfan Posted December 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 Here are some wrist shots... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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