Hi folks, I am writing this post as a warning, and not just as Andrew put it to "whine". First off, yes this is the cheapest watch I could have bought, but I paid for it with my money, and that money was hard-earned with long hours. Secondly, I believe that when you pay for one thing you should not receive anything else but what you paid for, and that is not what happened here. I am new to modding and this is why I choose the 1680 JKF to be my starting point for my first project. After reading endless forums and many posts on this site I realized that first I need to buy from a trusted dealer, and secondly buy a JK Factory model and not the BP model if I want to mod the dial. That said I choose Andrew at Trusty Time because he was a trusted dealer, and he had the watch I wanted on his site. I wrote to him and asked to double-check to make sure it was coming from the JK Factory and was told he only buys from factories that are advertised on the product page, his clearly being JK Factory. After the watch arrived and I unwrapped it, the first problem was that the bezel wouldn't budge and the crown wouldn't lock! After removing the strap and looking at the back I found I was sold a watch that looks like it has been cobbled together with a 5513 case and god knows what else. After writing back to Andrew he finally admitted that it did not come from the advertised factory JKF, but from some small unknown factory. I wrote him back again and he told me to stop whining and use some WD-40 on it. His other solution would be for me to send it back at my expense and if it does arrive back in China they would refund me. As you guessed my shipping losses would most likely equate to half of my investment if I ever see the refund. This is my experience with Andrew at Trusty Time and I can not speak for others, but if anyone is thinking about buying from Trusty, remember you will most likely not get what you paid for, and like me be stuck with a $200 piece of metal. Marvellous Replica looks like my next stop.
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