Cool!!
A side by side photo review is now possible.
What is this “google” you speak of?
Hold onto it.jtbenson wrote:i caved and ordered one. i hate you guys.
guess i'll be listing the paradong upon arrival, sigh
Yesgonzomantis wrote:I’d like to see this one compared to the Blackwater, which is closer in size to this one.
There is a market for both (and Todd’s too), it all depends on if you’re willing to pay the price.demer03 wrote:That profile cinches it. The wow-yao is only an approximate to the original Benrus. The Benrus wins on bezel, case thickness and of course the lovely back etching. My opinion, YMMV.
Agreed.hoppyjr wrote: ↑Wed Nov 18, 2020 1:45 pmThere is a market for both (and Todd’s too), it all depends on if you’re willing to pay the price.demer03 wrote:That profile cinches it. The wow-yao is only an approximate to the original Benrus. The Benrus wins on bezel, case thickness and of course the lovely back etching. My opinion, YMMV.
The original Paradive was (IMO) substantially better than the later/current Paradive.
The Benrus is as close to the original as one can get, with improvements.
I think this is a very true statement.hoppyjr wrote: ↑Wed Nov 18, 2020 1:45 pmThere is a market for both (and Todd’s too), it all depends on if you’re willing to pay the price.demer03 wrote:That profile cinches it. The wow-yao is only an approximate to the original Benrus. The Benrus wins on bezel, case thickness and of course the lovely back etching. My opinion, YMMV.
there were buyers on MWR?River Rat wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 4:10 amBeen reading about recent delivery of these Hodinkee seems not to pack them to well for shipping so they probably bounce around in the box when being shipped.some even got scratched bezel rings read thread at MWR forum. Never use a middle man to sell you stuff.
Looks like a couple posters in that thread purchased, only to be a little disappointed by flaws and lazy packaging of their shipments.toxicavenger wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 10:16 amthere were buyers on MWR?River Rat wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 4:10 amBeen reading about recent delivery of these Hodinkee seems not to pack them to well for shipping so they probably bounce around in the box when being shipped.some even got scratched bezel rings read thread at MWR forum. Never use a middle man to sell you stuff.
If they’re on MWR I’m guessing the posts also included comments about how much better the original was.R@cerx wrote:Looks like a couple posters in that thread purchased, only to be a little disappointed by flaws and lazy packaging of their shipments.toxicavenger wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 10:16 amthere were buyers on MWR?River Rat wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 4:10 amBeen reading about recent delivery of these Hodinkee seems not to pack them to well for shipping so they probably bounce around in the box when being shipped.some even got scratched bezel rings read thread at MWR forum. Never use a middle man to sell you stuff.
https://www.mwrforum.net/forums/showthr ... ed-editionhoppyjr wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 11:16 amIf they’re on MWR I’m guessing the posts also included comments about how much better the original was.R@cerx wrote:Looks like a couple posters in that thread purchased, only to be a little disappointed by flaws and lazy packaging of their shipments.toxicavenger wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 10:16 amthere were buyers on MWR?River Rat wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 4:10 amBeen reading about recent delivery of these Hodinkee seems not to pack them to well for shipping so they probably bounce around in the box when being shipped.some even got scratched bezel rings read thread at MWR forum. Never use a middle man to sell you stuff.
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