Jkay

Every mechanical timepiece requires servicing every three to five years. The oil inside the watch slowly evaporates and what remains is sticky gum. As long as you service the watches every several years, they should last long enough to be heirlooms. In the worst case, and a china clone watch fails without availability of parts, a genuine swiss ETA movement will drop in to replace it without any hassle. There is no significant difference between the china clone ETA movements and genuine ETA movements. You may have noticed that a couple of months ago, a "super clone" was released. They cost more but claim to be 1:1 with full interchange of all parts. Regarding quality, you have to read the dealer advertisement or ask them in email. For the DSSD you want, the major difference is that some of the A21j models come with glass crystals instead of sapphire crystals. The rest of the watch is not "better" between the different movement options. That practice ended a few years ago. If you buy an Asian ETA or a Swiss ETA from the same factory, the watch will be the same watch and the price difference is purely due to the movement inside. Finally, a word about QC. There is none at the factories. If you buy 2 of the same watch, one might be perfect and one might fall apart on day 2. That is why you buy from a trusted dealer. Forum dealers will make this kind of problem right for you. Their track record of customer service and "honesty" are why we keep them on the forum.

Yes. That site you mention is a copy of Perfect Clones. Not the real one. Just FYI in reality there is a Holiday in China right now, the Tomb Sweeping holiday, and there's also an unprecedented police crackdown on factories in progress. So yes, you went to the wrong site and yes there are a couple problems in China right now for replica buyers.

Here. Latest NoobFactory DeepSea with Chinese copy of the reliable Swiss movement... under 200 USD. With shipping, you're around $240. http://puretimewatch.com/product/sea-dweller-deepsea-116600-v6-a2836/

Two of the major players in high quality replicas are the Hublot Factory (H Factory) and the NoobFactory (N Factory). Simple as that.

Whoops I'm looking at this on my phone and thought it was a submariner question. The n-factory deepsea is the same watch as BKs piece and can be had in a21j power for around a hundred dollars. Again, it comes in other movement options.

The classic submariner choice for low and mid price range is the N-Factory sub. (noobmariner) Any dealer can get this for you. Depending on the movement inside you can get this for as little as sixty usd.

If I knew I would tell you. But I don't, so I can't.

Yes, just engrave "Rolex" into the thin central bridge and you are complete It's so beautiful ....

well said. white gold surrounds? bleh.

when suddenly my wrist starts to vibrate. I look at the watch and it's oscillating rapidly for a few moments until finally it stops and the seconds hand feebly comes to a halt. It's the Sea-Gull chinese 2824 clone model so I know right away what happened; the reversing wheels are prone to become sticky/gummed up in this movement and the entire power of the spring was released into the rotor making for several seconds of rapidly vibrating "fun" on my wrist. Time to get it serviced, then five more years of DLC love.

Love love love the blue tuxedo dial but that is a terrible picture of Daniel Craig. He looks 60yrs old.

Excellent ! thank you for posting these.

Since Concepta and he have become build partners, his workload is weighty I would imagine.

The "crown guard" is the entire chassis of the watch. Flip up the midcase to adjust the crowns.

Should only take a regulation to fix. I've had watches 30 minutes out per day set straight by regulation.

It sounds like your gen ETA needed a simple service. Im glad your home-brew SeaGull swap went well!

How did you do on price? Common belief is that a walk-in buyer will get a worse deal than if they went through a TD on the Forum. And thanks for posting the Porsche pieces. They are technically beautiful.

Funny that these reps have almost no interest on this Forum. They are very handsome (in a technical German way)

MBK is an acronym in Thai which means "The Mall of Everything"

GKLONER at GMAIL dot COM is the email for Katt. It's how I normally contact him.

The same for rep watches, I guess? Which Country are you asking about?

Hike you made it! Great work. Welcome back.

Mechanical watches should all be adjustable to be accurate to 15 or less seconds a day unless something is very wrong. Your watch just needs to be regulated (adjusted). I have a rep Panerai 127 that runs +3 seconds a day. This accuracy is not always possible. Your mileage may vary.

I think he was confusing BK and Vaccum. Vac is known for his lume work, not BK.