asiparks Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 (edited) I just received my 06 Cousteau Diver from Ruby (pictures forthcoming....).. Quite delighted with Ruby and the watch. Everything alighns properly on the inner bezel without having to do the 1/2 click thing, the AR on the crystal is amazing and the dial printing is spot on ! My only gripe is that the white portion and numbers on the inner bezel no longer appear to be lumed at all ! The hands and indices aren't at all bad, they're quite bright and readable in the wee hours, but the overall effect isnt as impressive as this pic by Audemarsfan: Not sure if it's just the way they make them now or not, but as everthing else on the watch is in good shape, I'm not sure it's at all worth sending it back... Edited June 9, 2008 by asiparks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellomen Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Congrats on a nice watch! I think Audemarsfan's IWC CD had a Ziggy lumejob... My CD has almost zero lume so indeed in the wee hours it's readable but during night it ain't. I think all CD's came with almost zero superlume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadtorrent Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Mine wasn't great...especially that heavy part on the rotating bezel...but when you get a fresh charge...it still does glow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asiparks Posted June 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Mine wasn't great...especially that heavy part on the rotating bezel...but when you get a fresh charge...it still does glow. that's what I though, but mine has none at all. Everthing else on the watch is spot on though, datewheel /inner bezel alignment etc, and I'm overall really, really impressed by it. Think I'll either send it off to get lumed or try and buy someone elses modded one... cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreww Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Think I'll either send it off to get lumed or try and buy someone elses modded one... cheers Good luck, there is only one person I know of that is capable of doing this mod and he is on an extended hiatus. As far as I know he only did two or three of these, so good luck finding one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgchrono2 Posted June 7, 2008 Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 i have been confused with the IWC Cousteau divers 06 i have bought from Silix. Should the watch's dial & rubber strap be BLUE or BLACK ? Mine is blue & the most of Cousteau divers i see on the web photos look BLACK.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asiparks Posted June 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 i have been confused with the IWC Cousteau divers 06 i have bought from Silix. Should the watch's dial & rubber strap be BLUE or BLACK ? Mine is blue & the most of Cousteau divers i see on the web photos look BLACK.... it does indeed appear pretty black in pics as do the subdials, but my strap is a very dark blue/grey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udodirken Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 (edited) Got mine IWC Cousteau 2007 from Andrew today, I must say its a nice piece of watch... Edited June 9, 2008 by udodirken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asiparks Posted June 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 couple of pics of mine (at last...) This is one of the best looking watches I've ever seen... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitmic Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 couple of pics of mine (at last...) This is one of the best looking watches I've ever seen... Is that an ED209? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asiparks Posted June 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 (edited) Is that an ED209? yup, 16" of posable plastic goodness think he's on page 3 or 4 Edited June 9, 2008 by asiparks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK471 Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 It's definitely going to need a lume job. They all do. Still it's a pretty great out of the box watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jawo Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 The Ziggified 2006 Cousteau. Complete with eta swap, date wheel swap, full relume and double AR. One of my all time favorites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asiparks Posted June 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 The Ziggified 2006 Cousteau. Complete with eta swap, date wheel swap, full relume and double AR. One of my all time favorites. so you posted that just to make me feel miserable then.... quick question, what color are your subdials ? Mine are quite a bit greyer than the rest of the dial with prominent concentric rings...yours look flat and almost the same color as the dial... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asiparks Posted June 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 hmm can't edit my above post...ah well, here's a pic..from some angles they look dark, but from straight on.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jawo Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 It is because of the angle and the lighting. The subdials are dark grey like yours. I believe there is only one factory producing these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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