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19 April 2010, 09:37 AM
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The least they could have done was put the black bezel in the GMT. They look fugly.
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19 April 2010, 09:37 AM
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It's like using your photocopy paper as toilet paper
 Wow that smarks!!!!! 
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19 April 2010, 09:53 AM
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You're right Grasshoppah, they DON'T look as good as we were led to believe. Thanks for sharing!
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19 April 2010, 09:56 AM
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19 April 2010, 10:07 AM
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That GMT looks awful!! Not that the Sub looks good. Why would anyone ruin such a nice and expensive watch!
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19 April 2010, 10:24 AM
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The sub doesn't look that bad but that GMT just looks wrong!
Each to their own. |
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19 April 2010, 02:58 PM
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Looks like someone used a can of black primer.
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19 April 2010, 10:36 AM
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yucky.
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19 April 2010, 10:53 AM
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Not my cup of tea either
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19 April 2010, 02:29 PM
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I like all black watches....but these look poorly done....the Pro Hunter line of black Rolexes looks much better...but I wonder how Pro Hunters hold up.
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19 April 2010, 10:53 AM
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I'm with you too Kyle. To each his own I guess but they look like someone took a can of stove paint to them
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19 April 2010, 10:57 AM
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Kyle, I agree with you
 ...... don't look that good to me.
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19 April 2010, 11:03 AM
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Not a fan of it either....
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19 April 2010, 11:19 AM
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Like putting camouflage paint on a cadillac.
Not judging, but I imagine that if you can afford the watch, you can afford to have the customization done right, or purchase a "more" specialized tool. I've seen a few blackened Rolexes here at TRF that look "done right" so not saying anything about modding the watch itself, just about choosing the quality of the work. |
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19 April 2010, 11:23 AM
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That's like getting your gold Krugerrands...wait for it...BRONZED!
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19 April 2010, 11:34 AM
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lousy job, looks like they used a big paintbrush!
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19 April 2010, 11:38 AM
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really looked bad on the GMT...
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19 April 2010, 11:41 AM
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Don't blame you, Kyle. There's 2 perfectly nice watches now ruined!!
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19 April 2010, 11:49 AM
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Little buddy.... You carry your camera everwhere you go? Lol
A shame about that gmt :( |
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19 April 2010, 12:40 PM
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19 April 2010, 12:37 PM
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19 April 2010, 12:43 PM
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I've seen a PVD GV, it looked stunning, but this piece, its a shame.
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19 April 2010, 12:50 PM
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Oh...Man....That's not right! Not right at all!
Yuck!....Yuck!....Yuck!...
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19 April 2010, 01:00 PM
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There are different qualities of these pvd or other black steel coatings.
However, you can't expect a 'coating' to wear the same as the natural raw steel. 
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19 April 2010, 01:10 PM
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Real Name: Lawson
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Can the PVD be removed chemically to restore the watches?
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19 April 2010, 01:44 PM
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Agreed they look like crap now and I have seen those watches when that black coating wears off on the edges and if you think they look bad they way they are now just wait ... they will look like a Casio in a years time. Was that a cruel thing to say? Sorry Casio owners, Casio's are nice ah my ex wife had a Casio and she was ah ... nice.
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19 April 2010, 02:02 PM
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I don't reallly think PVD and Pepsi is a good combo. I think the Sub looks ok though, I just think it was photographed poorly.
I have never seen a PVD'ed Rolie in the flesh but I have seen many other makes that have had a PVD'ed finish and they looked fine, even after a year or so of wear. There seems to be quite a few companies offering this service now so it must be in demand. A PVD'ed Sub is certaintly more tool like than a blingly 2 tone job with diamonds on so I can't really see what all the fuss is about. For the die hard Rolex fans don't worry about the PVD Rolies there are still millions of SS ones out there for you to drool over.
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19 April 2010, 04:07 PM
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Quote:
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19 April 2010, 04:09 PM
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The second watch, as my grandmother in the South would say, is "Godawful!"
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19 April 2010, 02:19 PM
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GMT would look good with a black bezel.
Black sub looks good to me. I'm all for customizations with your watch, once you own it. |
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