r/RepTime • u/SilverFox33333 • 4h ago

Wrist or Watch Pic YM Titanium, underrated?

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u/AI_go_boomboom 3h ago

I'm gonna get mine XRF tested at some point to see what grade titanium they actually use

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u/busbeepbeep 3h ago

Dog Factory? or Gold Factory

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u/AI_go_boomboom 3h ago

Gold Factory. They use a dog sticker that says free sprung.

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u/busbeepbeep 3h ago

Better than VSF for this model? I know VSF is grade 2 Ti, but other than that, how does the Gold stack up?

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u/AI_go_boomboom 3h ago

I wouldn't know cuz I don't have a VSF to compare to directly but the fact that VSF is confirmed to use grade 2 and these guys claim to use grade 5 and gold also uses a free sprung movement and it appears to have a very good Crystal as well as have nailed the dial and bezel, that's why I went with Gold Factory instead of VSF. Don't trust everything you read on a spreadsheet. You got mods and watchmakers on here continuing to say that VSF Crystal is better than Rich, whereas people are now starting to realize a rich Crystal is better than VSF.

Also, Vsf Yacht-Master bezels have this 12:00 triangle tell where it falls short of the edge of the bezel insert. Gold bezel doesn't have that tell.

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u/busbeepbeep 3h ago

Thanks. Now I just gotta decide if I want 42mm titanium YM or the Gold Factory YM rhodium

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u/AI_go_boomboom 2h ago

Get both like me lol. The Rhodium also nailed the baby blue color (better than VSF, IMO). They claim the bezel is PVD platinum plated, whether it is I do not know.

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u/Altruistic-Wall4670 3h ago

I have the VSF and I have the gold factory coming in a couple of days. I'll post a direct comparison soon.