sander Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 One of my first nice gen watches was a Portuguese Rattrapante. Really nice classic watch but it didn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shundi Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Sander, Thanks for a very detailed pictorial and review! I can't say I'm surprised the cartel would pull this kind of thing...In all fairness, we'll need to wait for more comments/reviews but as you said, this does not look promising... Guess I made a good move springing for JAG's gen Seamaster instead of picking up a porto... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrgod Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Informative review, thanks! It is a very nice looker! The caseback looks really good! Sorry that the movement still seems to be a bit unreliable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwee Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 Very infomative! Thanks for doing this. Been waiting for a member to review this watch before I get it. Its a beautiful watch! Too bad on the movement though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadtorrent Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 It is really a beautiful watch. If they could ever fix that movement...life would be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sander Posted December 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 It is really a beautiful watch. If they could ever fix that movement...life would be good. Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simzger Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 (edited) Case: I thought that the case of the old reps were only 40 mm which is 0,9mm too small. This one is 40,79mm so that’s perfect. It’s a little higher than the gen 13,87mm vs 12,45mm for the gen. Sander, can you please clarify this? I have no idea what you are talking about. Are you saying that there actually is a new version of the portuguese? Because everything i read so far suggests that nothing has changed at all and the so-called "improved version" is still the same as it ever was... ...but now you say the case size changed from the "old" portu chrono reps? are you sure about that? thanks simon Edited January 1, 2009 by simzger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sander Posted January 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 Sander, can you please clarify this? I have no idea what you are talking about. Are you saying that there actually is a new version of the portuguese? Because everything i read so far suggests that nothing has changed at all and the so-called "improved version" is still the same as it ever was... ...but now you say the case size changed from the "old" portu chrono reps? are you sure about that? thanks simon I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormTooper4 Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Thanks for Taking one for the team dude, I've been debating this for sooooo long. Might have to take the plunge, Shame about the lack of AR though, I think I read somewhere that the movement is also a PITA to remove and then put back , do you think that's still the case? That Brown strap looks awesome, may I ask the source? cheers and fingers crossed for you ST4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sander Posted January 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Thanks for Taking one for the team dude, I've been debating this for sooooo long. Might have to take the plunge, Shame about the lack of AR though, I think I read somewhere that the movement is also a PITA to remove and then put back , do you think that's still the case? That Brown strap looks awesome, may I ask the source? cheers and fingers crossed for you ST4 Hi ST4, Even if it has AR, I would have send it to Chief. It's such a difference. I have 2 Big Pilot's and one came with damaged AR. I send it to Chief and you won't believe the difference. I might take some pics sometime to show the difference. I have no experience with removing or installing the movement. I just opened it again to take some pics of it. It Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr@nk Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 (edited) please take a look at the excellent review of the 'new' movement done by francisco: http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showtopic=89999 too bad it's doesn't look like a major improvement... Edited January 14, 2009 by fr@nk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sander Posted January 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 please take a look at the excellent review of the 'new' movement done by francisco: http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showtopic=89999 too bad it's doesn't look like a major improvement... Just want to let you know, It Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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