I, too, have one of Toros beginner 111s. Good but not brilliant lume - I would say 80% of the Noob's luminosity (because it gets bright after direct sunlight exposure but doesn't last more than an hour or so...), mine winds smoothly, has a very tight crown lever, good AR, about 30 hours PR on the low beat asian inside which takes only 30 winds from zero to hero), keeps time to within +40 seconds a day (unregulated - just as it arrived) and is worth every penny. Mine has not missed a beat in over 4 months. I say give it a shot. Not a lot of money to worry about, and these are fo sho better than the cheap-ar$ed versions you may be thinking of.
JMHO...