JustMe2

Yes, in the meantime I found more 'versions' of this movement, eg in the imitated Montbrillant Dator (great scales, but no moonphase ) . I just wish they'd combine the moonphase window and scales of both watches, and remove the false insignia, what a great watch that would become! Also I am sort of confused now about this Chinese 7751: so far I thought that the Swiss 7750 and 7751 derived from different families and could easily be distinguished that way (fork date for 7751, moonphase at 3 for 7750 etc). Now I read that the recent Chinese copy of the 7751 is a rather primitive modification of their 7750 engine, with 'issues'. Only one model (the ugly Bauhaus) claims to have a true Asian 7751 - now how could that possibly be? Since you have this Longines copy, did you notice any of the published problems with this modded 7750, mainly: - 24hr subdial slow, ie falls out of sync (meaning they use friction, no gearset, to drive the hand, or simply loose axles??) - badly aligned day fork (the main reason why I hate these forks and want windows like Zenith's 410) $300 is not a low price, even today, esp for a copycat version. Even my Navihawk and Skyhawk cost considerably less and both are genuine and highly complex animals. And a last issue I see: apparently these watches are hard to find, due to their legal implications. Here in Germany I could not locate a single online offer, and if ordering internationally the purchase will cause major issues at the customs counter, and extra taxes to boot. I may still be out of luck, and have to wait for models without the faked insignia, by other Asian watch makers like Trias etc?

THIS IS IT! I have been hunting down a functional replica of the great 7751 movement for years, and all I could find were simple 7750 versions. This appears to be the exact 7751 clone I am longing for. I cannot afford the real stuff and do not trust auctions sites when it comes to used models with this movement (it was utilized by many manufacturers). But I really do not want to settle on a Quartz mechanics set either. The lowest price on a real 7751 in a brand name watch case seems to be 2-3x the asking price for the depicted version above, I think the Valjoux 7751 alone is about 250Swiss Franks today? Now the main question is: is this 7751 copy fully operational? Is it a real mechanical clone of the Valjoux engine? What is the internal quality?? I do not care for any fake brand name on the face, in fact I'd prefer it to be neutral - all I am longing for is the feature set, layout and appearance of this wonderful movement, with a decent high contrast face, a tachymeter scale or even an E6B slide rule bezel - the ultimate timepiece for my taste So who has bought one of these Asia 7751s and can review it, please?! Many thanks! michael