Just arrived today from Andrew at Trusty.
This is an interesting watch. A rep needs to be two things for me. First it must be a great watch, then it needs to be at least a good rep, even better if it is a great rep, which this one by a small detail misses being, mor of that later.
The watch is great. when it arrived I took it straight to my watch smith, I had to go there anyway . Hi popped the movement out and had a good look. Great work he says. Nicely built clean and well lubed. The module is an exact copy of a Dubois Depraz triple date Moon module. So it is a well designed 59 tooth moon phase with day, month and hand date (unfortunately also 24 hr dial at 6 o clock more about that later)
Incidentaly one of the usual moans about the Miyota 9015 is the noisy rotor. This is due to the fact that it winds only in one direction. In itself this is one of the reasons it is so reliable and will probably out live most of its owners. However if well lubed it isn't a big problem.
Why is it a great watch?
The case is beautifully made and superbly finished as is the dial.
The hands are perfect and the CP is capped
The triple date functions work perfectly as does the date and moon.
If you want a great watch which will not be a time bomb this is it. the Miyota 9015 is bullet proof and infinitely serviceable The triple date module will give you no trouble. It is intrinsically a very well proven and reliable design and it is cleanly put together using very well finished parts.
The watch looks amazing and is a joy to wear.
It is 39mm 12mm thick and lug width is 20mm
As a rep it falls a little short of perfection
In every way it is a super rep except for the following shortcomings
The rehaut is about 0.7mm too deep. The reason for this is JLCs obsession with slimness dictates that their CPs are very short allowing for a very shallow rehaut . This is not possible with the taller hand stack of the Miyota 9015 after the module has been added dial side. It has been extended to accomodate the hand date.
This alone is barely detectable.
The dial, fonts hands etc are super rep standard.
The problem which stops this being a super rep is that the small seconds at 6, although faithfully marked as seconds are in fact a 24 hour dial.
This is an instant tell as the second hand appears stationary.
I love the watch and will wear it. Mostly because it is truly a great watch and by any standards extremely good value for money.
This is an interesting watch. A rep needs to be two things for me. First it must be a great watch, then it needs to be at least a good rep, even better if it is a great rep, which this one by a small detail misses being, mor of that later.
The watch is great. when it arrived I took it straight to my watch smith, I had to go there anyway . Hi popped the movement out and had a good look. Great work he says. Nicely built clean and well lubed. The module is an exact copy of a Dubois Depraz triple date Moon module. So it is a well designed 59 tooth moon phase with day, month and hand date (unfortunately also 24 hr dial at 6 o clock more about that later)
Incidentaly one of the usual moans about the Miyota 9015 is the noisy rotor. This is due to the fact that it winds only in one direction. In itself this is one of the reasons it is so reliable and will probably out live most of its owners. However if well lubed it isn't a big problem.
Why is it a great watch?
The case is beautifully made and superbly finished as is the dial.
The hands are perfect and the CP is capped
The triple date functions work perfectly as does the date and moon.
If you want a great watch which will not be a time bomb this is it. the Miyota 9015 is bullet proof and infinitely serviceable The triple date module will give you no trouble. It is intrinsically a very well proven and reliable design and it is cleanly put together using very well finished parts.
The watch looks amazing and is a joy to wear.
It is 39mm 12mm thick and lug width is 20mm
As a rep it falls a little short of perfection
In every way it is a super rep except for the following shortcomings
The rehaut is about 0.7mm too deep. The reason for this is JLCs obsession with slimness dictates that their CPs are very short allowing for a very shallow rehaut . This is not possible with the taller hand stack of the Miyota 9015 after the module has been added dial side. It has been extended to accomodate the hand date.
This alone is barely detectable.
The dial, fonts hands etc are super rep standard.
The problem which stops this being a super rep is that the small seconds at 6, although faithfully marked as seconds are in fact a 24 hour dial.
This is an instant tell as the second hand appears stationary.
I love the watch and will wear it. Mostly because it is truly a great watch and by any standards extremely good value for money.
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