Stephane Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 A 3717 with genuine Eta Day/Date Wheels, a new strap and genuine K2222 Anti Reflect Coating Dear All, Recently I started a thread looking for advices about straps for the IWC 3717. Some very nice members gave me advices here. I must say that I didn't follow most of them (I couldn’t afford all the nice suggestions at the same time). I picked a very nice one from The Strap Shop UK. A very good strap supplier in the UK In the meantime, K2222 was offering a new run for AR coating. Although I was a little sceptical when he started to post here a few months ago, I have to apologize now. I do apologize K2222 is not only performing great AR coating in the EU but also he is an incredible nice person. You can follow his last run here. By the way, US members, Chieftang is doing so in the US too You can go for US AR here. So, basically, the AR is great and I can't see why I didn't go for that before. The watch behaves completely differently on the wrist. That crystal which is disappearing is just amazing to look at. I am not sure my photos show what one feels when wearing a perfectly AR coated watch, but believe me, it's truly different from the plain rep. My conclusion is: go for it, you will not regret it! :thumbsup: @All: thanks for looking and reading. Cheers Stephane PS: a genuine Eta 7750 is on it's way to EU and will be installed soon... More pics soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z80 Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 Wow.. except for the first pic it doesn't even look like it has a crystal. Very nice and clean. I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudfish Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 you just sold me on my next watch... great pics... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephane Posted December 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 Thanks guys, glad you like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stagfan Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 Hi Stephane, very nice watch indeed... Im curious, how much have you spent on this watch with all the mods plus the ETA movement? A 3717 with genuine Eta Day/Date Wheels, a new strap and genuine K2222 Anti Reflect Coating Dear All, Recently I started a thread looking for advices about straps for the IWC 3717. Some very nice members gave me advices here. I must say that I didn't follow most of them (I couldn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offshore Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 Nice Stephane! All class. Pity you persist in wearing it on the wrong arm (Bloody mollydukers ) Offshore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star69 Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 wow - very very nice.... cool combo with this strap - and the AR ! Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephane Posted December 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 Thanks again guys.... @Stagfan This watch is not cheap. It's going to end at around 1K USD. But, again, the $ is so low that in euro is sounds better: 666 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capice Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 What an awesome watch m8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarini Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 Another nice piece Stephane ! Thx for sharing , regards Laz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobs1971 Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 Bonjour Mr Stephane, That looks absolutely awesome! Did you send out the complete watch to K2222 or just the bare case with sapphire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suchecracks Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 What an awesome watch! Congrats! You guys drive me crazy here - once I have ordered a watch...I have allready spotted the next one. Good that I will be leaving for X-Mas-vacation soon...this will be a desperately needed cool-off-period! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikske Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 @Stephane, Congratulations excellent watch/strap combination. Am considering buying same strap , question however : 3717 lugwidth is 21mm and your strap comes in either 20 or 22mm. Which width did you chose ? And if yours is 22mm did you had problems fitting (compressing?) it into 21mm lugs? Of course a 20mm strap will give no installing problem but play (gap) of 1mm. Thanks for your advice: Rikske Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephane Posted December 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 Hey Rikske, I got the 22 mm. It fits without to much compression. 0.5 mm each side isn't such a big difference! Get it in 22 if like me you hate gaps, even from 0.5 mm Cheers Stephane (Bent jij van Brussel ?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 Now that looks good, real good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmeister Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 Stephane- Yours is looking really good. Frankly, every bit as good as the gen if not better. IWC AR is good but not that good. :laugh: Someday I will have to add the AR. I elected to go with a croc strap to dress it up. I think Euno came up with that. In any case, wear it well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dluddy Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 Hey that looks like mine Looks great Stephane. Nice job pulling it all together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stagfan Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 Stephane, thanks for the info...how much did you get your ETA 7750 movement?? The genuine 3717 here in my location is about $ 4000 and the fully modded rep will cost about $ 1000... do you think it is really worth it?? Thanks again guys.... @Stagfan This watch is not cheap. It's going to end at around 1K USD. But, again, the $ is so low that in euro is sounds better: 666 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
82KUBA Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 wow ur watch looks awesome ..!!!!BEAUTIFUL!!!........i cant wait to get mine back from k2222 it went to him for the same treatment DD wheels and AR ........hope mine comes back like urs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 Great stuff Stephane, I was thinking about wearing my 005 to work today. but after this early rise out of bed, I think I am going to bust out my newly acquired black croc, and slap it on my 3717 and wear that combo today!! The 005 can wait another day. Congrats. I have all of the mods, less the AR at this time due to bad timing. But I'd be sure to hop on the next AR run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikske Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 (edited) Hey Rikske, I got the 22 mm. It fits without to much compression. 0.5 mm each side isn't such a big difference! Get it in 22 if like me you hate gaps, even from 0.5 mm Cheers Stephane (Bent jij van Brussel ?) Thanks for your info. () Edited December 12, 2007 by Rikske Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephane Posted December 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 Stephane, thanks for the info...how much did you get your ETA 7750 movement?? The genuine 3717 here in my location is about $ 4000 and the fully modded rep will cost about $ 1000... do you think it is really worth it?? The Eta 7750 costed me 260 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eunomians Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Lovely watch, St Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephane Posted December 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Bonjour Monsieur Euno, Thanks for your nice words. Mine is 2nd too I think...probably after the Great White. It's for sure the first "modern" gen that I would consider hunting one day maybe. Cheers Stephane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadweller4000 Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 What a beauty! Linked to the IWC guide, I just keep coming back to these pictures... Thanks for sharing them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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