The WS Factory Nautilus 5712 has been on the market for several weeks now. The factory has made some very bold claims about it, calling it the best Nautilus 5712 currently available. However, when compared with a 5712 modified with a SW dial, there are still some noticeable differences. Therefore, it cannot really be considered the best version on the market. Today, I am going to make a detailed comparison between them.
However, when the two are compared side by side, the SW dial still has the better color. It features a more accurate light grayish-blue tone. The outer edge of the SW dial is dark gray, and the color gradually becomes lighter toward the center, creating a clear gradient effect.
The central hands and the two smaller hands all appear to have solid center pinions, but in fact, only the caps on the hands are solid.
But the moon phase background’s light blue color is too bright, the star is too big.
The lugs do have eagle-beak profile, which has a better shape than the Nautilus 5712 from PPF.
The case back is not screw-down, it needs to be opened with a professional tool. By comparison, the PPF version uses a screw-down case back.
It looks like the WS 240 movement has a brighter and better decoration on the movement plates.
Compare the movement engravings. The color looks different. WS 240 movement engravings looks golden. The ACE 240 features thicker engravings.