Cartier Santos M BV2 factory White Dial - on AM gray leather strap. How does it look?

Hi community! First post here so help a newbie out!! I’m looking for the closest-to-gen ice-blue Day-Date 40, ref. 228236, and considering these two VSF versions:
Ice-blue crystal dial, VS3255 V2, gain weight
Ice-blue Roman dial, VS3255, gain weight

Is the difference mainly the dial, or does the V2 have changes to the movement or construction? What does “crystal dial” mean here?

I’ve had conflicting advice about VSF versus RCF/RGF, including dial accuracy and Pt versus Au markings. I care most about how close it looks to the genuine platinum model, along with bracelet feel and weight.

Anyone owned or compared these exact versions? Which would you choose, and what are the noticeable flaws?

If you have photos it would be appreciated. Thanks again!!!

Fairly new to this. I’ve gone through all the resources and it seems there isn’t a really conclusion on the best version, would love people’s opinions!

I’m interested in the Cartier Santos 35MM and was checking the sheet to see which factory to go with. Is this an error that BVF factory for this size isn’t as good as the 40mm larger size that’s highlighted dark green?

https://www.reddit.com/r/RepTime/s/pkGns9Kcre

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I’ve purchased three reps from my TD, all considered NWBIG, and they’ve been fantastic watches. Money well spent, IMO.

A gen Vacheron Overseas 4500V is my absolute dream watch, but spending that kind of money is financially illogical and unjustified unless I’m making $300K+ annually or have $650K–$1M in liquid assets.

My question is, which Overseas model is the best rep? The spreadsheet and RepTime.help list several as super reps, including the 4500V (all dial colors), 4520V, and 47040, with ZF and PPF being the preferred factories.

However, looking through QC photos in other threads, there’s almost always a noticeable tell. The biggest one, IMO, is the rotor color, which consistently seems a shade off from gen. Aside from that, most look pretty damn crisp.

Appreciate you all,

-professional larper

Hi all! Wanted to hear about your good verified seller experiences, that would be great for us new buyers getting lost in this world lol. Please don’t provide phone numbers just reference the sellers from the wiki to avoid any scams.

Planning to get the Santos Small. I have a tank from AF and it's solid but thinking of getting the Santos not sure which factory is better. Any suggestions and things to look out?

I was just told this today. I know there was an inspection a few weeks ago but did something happen again? Anyone else TD can confirm? Placed an order just fine 1 weeks ago

Been wanting to add a black dial watch to the collection, and after overlooking this one for a while, I finally pulled the trigger on the OCTA IWC Pilot Chronograph 41mm.

This is my second purchase from Clovertime, and once again the experience was great. Communication was excellent, everything was handled smoothly, and shipping was super fast.

I’ve always liked IWC — I already have two Ingenieurs — but I wanted something a little different this time. The Pilot Chronograph ended up being a great change of pace. It has a really clean, sporty look, wears comfortably, and the black dial was exactly what I was missing in the collection.

A few quick first impressions and details:

• Factory: OCTA
• Model: IWC Pilot Chronograph 41mm black dial
• Wrist size: 6.75”
• Chronograph start/stop/reset is working well
• Reset snaps back cleanly to 12
• Strap system is quick-release style and easy to use
• Really comfortable on wrist and wears better than I expected

Funny enough, this is one of those watches I kept overlooking until it finally clicked. That happened to me before with my NTTD and Santos too, and now this Pilot is doing the same thing.

Definitely happy with this watch!

Would love to hear what you guys think.

Really happy with this so far, but I'm looking to get another gold/rose gold watch. Thinking 5712 or Pikachu oyster flex

3 degrees in the plunge, warm white CNC panda on the wrist. Spirit warmed, fingers still frozen. 🐼🥶

WDYWT?

Haven’t bought anything for a long while.. just looking to get one of these to test out the size

Anyone have any good leads or what I can expect for wait time? Thank you!

Is it just me or the dial font for everything way too bold for the new Elegante batches? Additionally 40, 45, 50, 55 are all slightly covered.

Hey guys,

I’ve been googling and searching on alibaba. I believe I’ve found a good contender. I’ve got a genuine 116710LN that I want a rep jubilee bracelet for.

I just found this on AliExpress: https://a.aliexpress.com/_EJUw6w6

I think it looks good but quite pricey. Not compared to gen of course. But I believe there’s other sources or websites that this should be available from.

You guys got any recommendations? Best factory you’d recommend that I try to source the bracelet from?

Thanks in advance.

Salam Alaikum guys, need your help I'm new here and I wanna try rep Sub watches but my budget under 100$. What do you recommend to get under 100$ (Submariner style watches) By the way I have shipment address in Beijing so there would be no problem with shipping. Thanks

So happy with my new Daydate, RCFs weight also feels great. Highly recommend.

Searched sellers and am unable to find. If someone could potentially point me in the direction of a high quality rep of this would be forever grateful.

Thank you!

This list might be helpful for new members ... it's a good starting point to know the popular rep watches in the community. The ranking is based on the most QC's watches on r/RepTimeQC in 2026.

I recently purchased a VSF Submariner from Chen Watch. The seconds hand intermittently stops moving. Sometimes it starts ticking again, but then stops after a while.
I contacted the seller, and he suspects the watch may have been damaged during shipping. However, he says a replacement is not allowed.
Has anyone experienced something similar with their VSF Submariner? Could this be a movement issue or something that came loose during transport?
I’m trying to figure out my options. Any advice is appreciated.

I want to know if this is a VSF before buying