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nothing small about that collection Roberto - great to see the ref 3705 in the collection.
I have a similar theme in this trio to your's :)
Regards, Shing | email iwcforme1976 (at) gmail (dot) com time does not change us. it just unfolds us. max frisch. all that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that. baltasar gracian.
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Gives it a very different look.
I have mine on the original rubber and I like the rubber on the crown and the blue on the pushers, perhaps moving it onto the bracelet makes those look 'wrong'.
One question if you don't mind, the day date change, did you find a colour to match the face or did you go with black?
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Grahamsjz Wrote:Gives it a very different look.
I have mine on the original rubber and I like the rubber on the crown and the blue on the pushers, perhaps moving it onto the bracelet makes those look 'wrong'.
One question if you don't mind, the day date change, did you find a colour to match the face or did you go with black?
Cheers
Graham
Those chrono pushers and crown are pure preference issues, I enjoy them being steel even when the watch is on the black or blue rubber strap.
I had to go black calendar discs which does not really disturb me as the subdials have various colours anyway (slate-grey for the time seconds, blue for chrono subdials and was white, now black for the day-date). What's more disturbing is the font style of the date disc, which greatly differs from the other fonts of the bezel and dial. The first CAD-scan used to show a special (though black-on-white) font date disc but the "red pencil" showed the way to the street version of the discs. I've purchased a whate-on-black date disc of the Porsche Design chrono ref. 6340 which also has its cons but is waiting to be built in. Only digits 3 and 4 differ considerably from the AT number fonts, but generally this is more in harmony with the rest of the digits. The red gold version has a matching font date disc... maybe the same will appear in a steel case too - I'd be more than happy with a day-date version of the 89356 movement... Hope this helps! Best, Robert
Enjoy!
Robert
I have a similar theme in this trio to your's :)
Regards, Shing | email iwcforme1976 (at) gmail (dot) com
time does not change us. it just unfolds us. max frisch.
all that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that. baltasar gracian.
Last edited: 8 December, 2012 - 16:07
Lovely collection.
Graham
Last edited: 19 May, 2013 - 07:03
Am I correct that the crown and pusher gaskets have also been changed out to stainless instead of blue black rubber?
Michael
Yes, and calendar discs and folding clasp :) Could not tolerate rubber on this real beauty.
I have mine on the original rubber and I like the rubber on the crown and the blue on the pushers, perhaps moving it onto the bracelet makes those look 'wrong'.
One question if you don't mind, the day date change, did you find a colour to match the face or did you go with black?
Cheers
Graham
Last edited: 19 May, 2013 - 07:03
Those chrono pushers and crown are pure preference issues, I enjoy them being steel even when the watch is on the black or blue rubber strap.
I had to go black calendar discs which does not really disturb me as the subdials have various colours anyway (slate-grey for the time seconds, blue for chrono subdials and was white, now black for the day-date).
What's more disturbing is the font style of the date disc, which greatly differs from the other fonts of the bezel and dial. The first CAD-scan used to show a special (though black-on-white) font date disc but the "red pencil" showed the way to the street version of the discs. I've purchased a whate-on-black date disc of the Porsche Design chrono ref. 6340 which also has its cons but is waiting to be built in. Only digits 3 and 4 differ considerably from the AT number fonts, but generally this is more in harmony with the rest of the digits. The red gold version has a matching font date disc... maybe the same will appear in a steel case too - I'd be more than happy with a day-date version of the 89356 movement...
Hope this helps!
Best,
Robert
Last edited: 21 October, 2012 - 15:43
Congrats! You have a fantastic collection out there, with some others in the background :)
Enjoy!
Robert
Last edited: 21 October, 2012 - 16:12
Good to see another Cousteau.
Graham
Last edited: 19 May, 2013 - 07:03
Kind regards,
Clemens