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Nightwatch

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  1. Never heard of them selling fakes. Very reputable establishment from what I keep reading.

    A.) he started in the job yesterday?

    B.) had a drink too much?

    C.) with the smart business outfit You were wearing it couldn´t possibly be a rep.

  2. It´s more like statistics. You can present a number and interprete whatever You want into it, it may not be fact but it isn´t easily deniable.

    Rolex is the best known and most desired brand in the UK - Coca Cola comes second.

    The submariner-design is universally the most functional for a  watch - every brand has a copy of it.

    There´s no point in buying a fake Seiko 5 or Casio quartz so ppl just by the gen.

    The whole FWFFP - concept is just an annoying (albeit effective) marketing gag for the Swiss to try to sell their nowadays way overpriced gadgets (20% value - and these 20% include the precious craftmanship - 80% overhead cost).

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  3. China is growing at 7% p.a. So are wages, living cost, worker demands and product prices. A lot of "cheap" non-watch items from 3-4 years ago are now "reasonably" priced. The visual quality is also getting better, so are some of the materials applied. One wonders where this will lead to (thinking global watch-industry) some 10-15 years ahead. The Swiss watch-industry also became profecient in what they were doing and build up their infrastructure/knowledge/skills - by starting with low-quality replicas of English and French watches, some 200 years ago. In 1850 they were already producing over 2 million units (England: 200.000 at that time).

  4. 11 hours ago, Buddhabar said:

    How much the cost for this pieces?

    The TC with shipping and 4% paypal fees will be about $540 + exchange rates, ready out of the box with a very good clone 2824 movement. The second one is a budget Cartel 21j 5512 or 5513 (very reliable and the new ones have better crownguards) $118 plus shipping from Supermirrors (or $220 for asian clone). Modding depends on choice of materials and if You do it Yourself (if budget: hands $7 to $35 Rafflestime or HR; dial $35 Raffles to $120 Yuki or more Tonny; fitting plexi $20, better insert if not the original some $35 to $50, lugbars $5 to $20). It should have an Athaya-crown and tube (another $35) but I didn´t want to do that for risk of damaging the caseset or stem. Rolexaddict (in the EU) works magic on the caseset, lugholes, crownguards at a cost but he would also relume the original dial and age the hands if needed with some savings there.

    Note: it takes gen-spec dials that are 26 or 26.5mm, Raffles only sells 28mm and 29mm dials so those have to be filed off. Imo the vintage Cartels are very rewarding/easy to wear on the wrist watches without going over the top with the cost.

     

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