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Hi everyone, I’m TD Chen from r/RepWatchClud.
I’m sharing a detailed QC of this RCF Rolex Submariner Date 126618LN 41mm YG/YG with the black dial, using the VR3235 weighted/gain-weight configuration.
I went through the full photo set, including the dial macro, date wheel, bezel, crown, case profile, bracelet, clasp, movement, lume, weight and Timegrapher.
Watch Identification
- Model: Rolex Submariner Date 126618LN
- Factory: RCF
- Community name: RCF 126618LN / RCF 126618LN YG/YG Black Sub
- Case diameter: 41mm
- Thickness: 12.2mm
- Dial: Black with gold-tone surrounds and luminous hour markers
- Case: 904L stainless steel with yellow-gold finish / weighted construction
- Bracelet: 904L Oyster-style bracelet with yellow-gold finish / weighted construction
- Crystal: Sapphire with etched crown at 6
- Cyclops: 2.5X
- Bezel: Black ceramic unidirectional dive bezel
- Caseback: Solid
- Movement: VR3235 automatic
- Date: 3 o'clock
- Weight: 227.48g
Dial & Indices
The black dial looks clean in the macro shots. The applied hour markers, dial printing and hands appear properly positioned, and I don't see an obvious crooked marker or printing issue.
The main thing I'd check on a Sub QC is the relationship between the 12 o'clock triangle, 6 o'clock marker, minute track and bezel pip.
From these photos, the overall alignment looks good to me.
Date & Cyclops
The photographed date is 13.
The date appears reasonably centered inside the window, and the Cyclops gives the expected magnification.
I don't see an obvious date-wheel or Cyclops alignment issue from the supplied photos.
Bezel
The black ceramic bezel looks clean, with the gold-tone numerals and graduations clearly visible.
The 12 o'clock lume pip also looks properly positioned.
The bezel alignment looks acceptable against the dial centerline, with no obvious RL-level issue.
Case & Bracelet
The 41mm case has the expected Submariner profile, with clean crown guards and a properly seated crown.
The brushed and polished surfaces are visible in the case-profile shots, and I don't see an obvious major finishing defect.
The Oyster bracelet also appears properly fitted to the case. The end links sit reasonably well, and the bracelet articulation looks clean.
For this bracelet, I'd mainly check SEL fitment, end-link alignment, link articulation and clasp finishing.
Lume
The lume shot shows strong blue lume across the hands and hour markers, with the bezel pip also visible.
I don't see an obvious dead marker or major unevenness.
Weight
The actual QC scale reading is:
227.48g
This is the complete watch with the bracelet attached.
The weight is one of the more interesting points of this particular RCF version because it uses the weighted/gain-weight construction.
Timegrapher
The QC Timegrapher shows:
+1 s/d | 253° | 0.0 ms | 52.0° | 28,800 bph
That's a clean-looking reading.
Overall QC
My main QC points would be:
- Dial / marker alignment
- Date-wheel centering
- Cyclops alignment
- Bezel pip alignment
- Case finishing
- SEL / end-link fitment
- Bracelet and clasp finishing
- Gold-tone consistency
- VR3235 Timegrapher performance
My QC take: GL.
I don't see a clear RL-level issue in the full set of photos. If I were checking this one myself, I'd pay the most attention to the bezel-to-dial alignment, date/Cyclops positioning and consistency of the yellow-gold finish.
If I got anything wrong, please feel free to point it out and correct me. Thanks.