Stuhrling Watches

[Anguz]

Hey gang,

Have any of you come across these watches. This model that is very Hublot like looks quite good. Anybody own one, what do you think?

I came across them on Amazon and they can be purchased for quite cheap, around $120ish. Anyhoo...

Cheers,

Anguz

http://www.stuhrling.com/item.cfm?MainCatID=55&SubCatID=260&SSubCatID=196

[gran]

so these are made from the same source as some of the reps

[1976]

This brand has copied all the High end brands,like Hublot,Concord,Chopard.Here in Greece i was in an official Hublot AD and they had some stuhrling that were the almost the same with the BigBangs.

[maxman]

so these are made from the same source as some of the reps

Thats about right, not much difference really

[Noel Fleischer]

You guys are right, they copy the high end styles for rep prices.

you can buy them for big discounts online. they are 'gen' not sure about the movements

but they are automatic (asian?)

[gran]

not sure about the movements

but they are automatic (asian?)

obviously the movements are Chinese...look at the price

[maxman]

obviously the movements are Chinese...look at the price

You sir are right again, Chinese movements are In almost all Stuhrlings watches

[jchurch]

Website claims they are swiss quartz movements... Probably on par with invicta or something like that and one could expect to see some killer price reductions on these while they are out in the wild. I mean who is going to drop 800 bucks on a quartz replica of a hublot.

[gran]

Website claims they are swiss quartz movements... Probably on par with invicta or something like that and one could expect to see some killer price reductions on these while they are out in the wild. I mean who is going to drop 800 bucks on a quartz replica of a hublot.

quartz could be non-asian I guess...but mechanical ones chinese for sure

[panerai153]

The one on the website that looks like a Hublot Chrono has this movement. Is this a Quartz? never heard of it before. Startech 5040.D from Ronda is one of the finest Swiss Chronograph movements in the industry. Made with all metal parts and six jewels, it is completely repairable.

[jchurch]

The one on the website that looks like a Hublot Chrono has this movement. Is this a Quartz? never heard of it before. Startech 5040.D from Ronda is one of the finest Swiss Chronograph movements in the industry. Made with all metal parts and six jewels, it is completely repairable.

that would be a quartz. it is also the one that said 1/10th second counter at 6 but the dial doesn't reflect that except for in the gold versions.

http://www.ronda.ch/en/products/quicksearch/?cmd=search_other&function_standard=all&function_other=all&caliber_standard=all&caliber_other=82&size_standard=all&size_other=all&height_standard=all&height_other=all&origin_standard=all&origin_other=all

[gran]

Cal. 5040.D

4.40 mm

Swiss Made, 13 Jewels / Gilt

Swiss Parts, 6 Jewels / NickelThe Ronda chronograph Startech movements are some of the most advanced and affordable multihour chronograph timepieces.

Some of the most affordable manufactures who use these movements are Invicta , Jacque Lemans, and other for sure

[gran]

Stuhrling mechanical movements seem to be Sea-Gull products

[gran]

Stuhrling Original

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Jump to: navigation, search Stuhrling Original was founded by Max Stuhrling IV in 2002 in partnership with George J. von Burg. Stuhrling watches are assembled by von Burg-owned facilities in Switzerland and Hong Kong. Many of the Hong Kong assembled watches use Chinese mechanical movements supplied by PTS Resources. Although often promoting their somewhat nebulous Swiss heritage (Max Stuhrling's eponymous ancestor was a respected 18th century master watchmaker), Stuhrling Original are notable for being one of the first international brands to openly admit to using Chinese movements in their watches.

The first Chinese-powered Stuhrling watches used movements branded 'Lexus' to give the impression of exclusivity, although they appear to have been stock items probably from Hangzhou Watch Company. The quality of these was often poor and harmed the reputation of Stuhrling and Chinese watches more generally. Their more recent Chinese mechanical watches have been largely free of such quality issues.

In the October 2009 edition of Europastar, Yossi Gleiberman, CEO of Stuhrling stated:

"More than 50 per cent of our line is automatic, using movements from Seagull and Shanghai."

Representatives of Stuhrling, such as Larry Magens, have mentioned the 'finishing' of Chinese movements in the Hong Kong facility, which implies the assembly and improvement on an ebauche. However their claim to send 'rejected' movements back to the supplier subsequent to this finishing process suggests that in this context, 'finishing' amounts to no more than the regulating and checking of complete movements.

[maxman]

I would take rep any day over one of these. Stuhrling products are ok for what they are, enexpensive watches. Thats not a bad thing for most folks. But we know about reps and the majority of the public does not. With Chinese/Japanese mechanicals and Swiss and Jap quartz movements they get the job done and look pretty good while doing It. But are reps seem to be something different, something better. What It Is exactly I do not know but It Is a good thing, I do know that. Mike

[fakemaster]

The Sturhling brand history is made up for effect. The guy who owns them does a bunch of watches under various labels. But it is a gen company. The movements they use are the movments they use. If you buy one you get a gen watch from a gen company with a gen warranty.