2010年12月24日星期五

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Movement in the JOA is an ETAUnitas 6497, essentially the same movement that is used in the PAM127. This movement, however, is a base calibre without the frills such as bevelled gears, swans neck fine adjustment and polished screws. Replica Omega 951267.75 Constellation Watch The Panerai movement also has their custom decorated bridges and plates. Here you get a basic swiss-made 17 jewel movement.Overall, its a wonderful watch. Likely not very waterproof, since there are no gaskets in the crown, but not a big deal for me. I think its a great Homage watch, and doesnt carry the stigma associated with fakes.

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JOA is an Engineer based in the US and he makes the watches himself, so I dont know how that works.The edges on the device protecting the crown are not as sharp as the real ones, with a bit more rounded edges, either as a result of too much re-touching or lower quality final finish. The super-domed sapphire crystal looks amazing, Replica Omega 4677.60.37 Co-Axial Automatic Watch giving the distorted edge look around the dial, the numbers have that vintage look to them. When winding the watch, there is very little friction and and the winding crown bounces back quickly, this leads me to believe there is no o-ring or gaskets in the crown itself.

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The handes are all gold, just as they are on the original. The case, while well made and finished in 316L stainless steel, does not have quite the same level of precision that my real Panerai cases have. The suces around the lugs are not perfect, which is typical of lower-quality finished watches.As you can see, the dial is marked Marina Militare as Replica Omega 2925.80.91 Seamaster 300m Watch many of the Homages are. Under a loupe, the writing a crisp and precise. The replica that I examined did not have the same level of quality in the printing. The dial on this watch is marked Swiss, but Im not sure if its because the dial is Swiss made or what.

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2010年12月16日星期四

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