plaifender Posted August 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 Excellent comparison P. There's quite a few things that i learned right there! Hope you don't mind me posting a few quick and dirty shots of my 253 for further information. Just to keep the 253 comparison thread in one. glad it served to help someone! Looks like you have a new V4 correct? Who did the needle mod for you? looks great. the numbers on your v4 look even skinnier than my v3... The crowngaurd looks almost spot on though! wish i could swap my cg for a v4 but apparently not compatible.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
importr Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 Hi Well i never knew that there were 4 versions out! I used to have a "v3" which i though was a v1, and this current one I thought was a v2 lol. Yes the numbers are superskinny, though when i relumed the dial, i tried to correct this, but it turned out to be very difficult to make fatter without losing the sharp straight edges. The chrono needle was painted by Francisco... I will do the hotglue CG mod soon, and reshape the lever slightly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaifender Posted August 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 Hi Well i never knew that there were 4 versions out! I used to have a "v3" which i though was a v1, and this current one I thought was a v2 lol. Yes the numbers are superskinny, though when i relumed the dial, i tried to correct this, but it turned out to be very difficult to make fatter without losing the sharp straight edges. The chrono needle was painted by Francisco... I will do the hotglue CG mod soon, and reshape the lever slightly Yes there are 4 versions! the dealers don't help with the confusion. The model you have is usually listed as a "V3 Ultimate" on the dealer sites, but the truth is that it's a completely different watch from a completely different factory than the previous V3. The V3 and V4 both have the sans-serif "1" on the 3'oclock subdial. meaning that the number "1" is just a straight line as per gen. The V1 and V2 have a serif font which looks like this a traditional "1". Great looking watch. I will be updating everyone in the next couple weeks with info about the Sapphire crystal project. We will be moving to the official get-her-done phase of people having to decide on whether to commit to buy. Looks like we've finally found a factory that can do a sapphire crystal for us with single-AR (as per gen) for a good price. Stay tuned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mene_menelaou Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 Nice Review Thank u! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaifender Posted August 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 Nice Review Thank u! cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaifender Posted December 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2010 This review needs an update since the new version came out! This watch is hard to keep track of!!!!!! I might be ordering one of the new ones so I can update this thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaifender Posted February 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 Update.. NEW V5 253 has been ordered.. This review will be updated once I receive the new version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxman Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 Thanks for the awesome work that you have done here my friend,very Informative Indeed. I love my 253,flaws and all. Hope one day to have a saphire crystal,Im afraid to wear mine as It is. I scratched the crystal about a year ago,took forever to remove. I used Maguiars plastx scratch remover,excellent product. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaifender Posted February 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 Thanks for the awesome work that you have done here my friend,very Informative Indeed. I love my 253,flaws and all. Hope one day to have a saphire crystal,Im afraid to wear mine as It is. I scratched the crystal about a year ago,took forever to remove. I used Maguiars plastx scratch remover,excellent product. Mike thanks bro. So Maguiar's works? Any pics of the results? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxman Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 thanks bro. So Maguiar's works? Any pics of the results? Sorry,no before pics,so the after pics wont really tell you anything. I do highly recommend Maguiar's products,Imho they are the best In the Indrustry. Trust me,I have tried them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanView Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 Update.. NEW V5 253 has been ordered.. This review will be updated once I receive the new version Did you get the watch? I didn't know there was a v5 of this watch so I would love to get your report on it. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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