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21 April 2024, 08:56 AM | #61 | |
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21 April 2024, 09:15 AM | #62 | |
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So i'm more than happy to pay less for the cheap piece of plastic. After all, the Saphire doesn't add anything except weight and expence. My cheap plastic one hasn't got a mark on it over a number of years of regular casual wear and no Polywatch needed. If it falls on the ground it will potentially land with less force because it's lighter and it won't potentially shatter like Saphire thus forcing a replacement and potentially an unnecessary service. In theory it could trundle along happily with a cracked piece of cheap plastic with some care around water until the next service as long as it doesn't display some degree of fogging. It also provides a nice clear view of the dial to read the time at a wider angle of perspective than the milky ringed Saphire. That piece of cheap plastic is much more practical in the day to day of life and with regard to the overall ownership experience with some Polywatch or cheap replacement as required |
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21 April 2024, 09:23 AM | #63 | |
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Also the milky ring is virtually a nonexistent issue with the White dialed references. The movement is definately pleasing to the eye if one likes to see those things, but there are more visually pleasing movements out there which are much more worthy of a see through case back though |
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21 April 2024, 09:26 AM | #64 | |
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21 April 2024, 10:03 AM | #65 |
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Purist here - Only the hesalite will do.
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21 April 2024, 01:17 PM | #66 |
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I didn’t own any of those watches but I prefer the sapphire version overall. If I would be buying my first speedy I would go with sapphire definitely
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21 April 2024, 04:42 PM | #67 | |
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26 April 2024, 02:08 PM | #68 | |
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I described it here https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=944967 |
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27 April 2024, 07:39 AM | #69 |
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Still can’t make up my mind. I wonder how hard it would be to get a local AD in NJ to put a Hesalite on a sapphire sandwich . Seems like the best iOS everything. I do try to consider that the much desired Ed White has sapphire. Shaped different but sapphire non the less. Also the new white face as sapphire. By friend just got the Hesalite version.
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28 April 2024, 04:07 AM | #70 |
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Scratch that last post. I decided on a Hesalite 3861. Leather strap ( part leather?) Used never worn 2023 from dealer on Chron24. Got a very good deal. Omega warranty. In transit! Honestly, I could have gone either way. This was a great deal so steered me to the Hesalite. My 300M has sapphire open back, so I felt I didn’t need it with the Speedy.
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28 April 2024, 10:29 PM | #71 |
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Congratulations.
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28 April 2024, 10:33 PM | #72 |
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Congratulations and great choice!
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28 April 2024, 10:34 PM | #73 |
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I realize this is very late in reply … but congratulations
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29 April 2024, 12:24 PM | #74 | |
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29 April 2024, 01:24 PM | #75 | |
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Is this a joke? The sapphire adds weight? I’ve got to laugh at that. There’s no way anyone could possibly perceive a weight difference between sapphire and hesalite, nor does the extremely minor difference in weight matter if the watch is dropped (or for any other reason). The watch would potentially land with less force? These are some seriously strange assumptions and address an absolutely fringe and likely never-experienced-by-anyone hypothetical scenario. It adds a wider angle of perspective? Again, so fringe that it is beyond any real world scenario that would ever matter in any meaningful way. To each their own, but this is the strangest reasoning to go for the hesalite that I’ve ever encountered. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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2 May 2024, 02:36 AM | #76 |
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I went for the Hesalite because I think the look is much warmer and natural. I have a number of watches with display back cases, and honestly, I never look at them, so the case back means nothing to me.
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Chose sapphire mainly because of the nicer dial with the applied logo; sapphire caseback was ice in the cake for me Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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