crystalcranium Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Anyone know why orfrei.com can sell the Chinese flying tourbillon movement for an average retail of $35 but when our watch cloning friends drop these movements in a replica watch they charge anywhere from $500 to $1200 for the product? Is it simply because we will pay that much? I used to think buying one of these watches was a risk because no one could repair them due to their high quality and unique manufacture. Now I see they are in the same category as the A21j movements, not worth the repair costs and economically replaceable. Did I get ripped off spending $550 on one of these? Looks like I did http://www.ofrei.com/page1119.html Notice movements F3211 and F8131 CC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 They are not torbillons just new open balance types Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalcranium Posted April 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 They looked suspiciously like the Flying Tourbillons sold by our dealers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gran Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Anyone know why orfrei.com can sell the Chinese flying tourbillon movement for an average retail of $35 but when our watch cloning friends drop these movements in a replica watch they charge anywhere from $500 to $1200 for the product? Is it simply because we will pay that much? I used to think buying one of these watches was a risk because no one could repair them due to their high quality and unique manufacture. Now I see they are in the same category as the A21j movements, not worth the repair costs and economically replaceable. Did I get ripped off spending $550 on one of these? Looks like I did http://www.ofrei.com/page1119.html Notice movements F3211 and F8131 CC Please show us pictures of your $550 tourbillion BTW who did you buy it from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalcranium Posted April 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Sorry bad link...it's BR00111 http://www.perfect-hour.com/br00111-jubilee-tourbillon-ssle-white-flying-tourbillon-p-7853.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gran Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Sorry bad link...it's BR00111 http://www.perfect-hour.com/br00111-jubilee-tourbillon-ssle-white-flying-tourbillon-p-7853.html yours look just fine crystalcranium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkay Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Unless I am missing something important, the movements you link to on Ofrei are simply "Open heart" style. Nothing even CLOSE to a tourbillion. It's just a normal balance wheel which you can see thru the dial of a watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalcranium Posted April 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 It was this movement that they looked similar to http://www.perfect-hour.com/vc10032-malte-tourbillon-white-dial-real-tourbillon-pi-635.html?image=3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slickdick Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 (edited) Both Joshes links show true tourbillon movements, now there is some disccussion on wheter it is a true 'flying' tourby or not. But these cannot be compared to the 'open heart' visible balance wheel type of movements offered by offrei or cousins. There are quite a few more expansive chinese made movements one of them is a minute repeater, i would love to see a nice rep with that movement. Both offrei and cousins aswel as other suppliers seem to carry only the common more affordable movements. Edited April 8, 2010 by slickdick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mactower Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Love to see a review if someone picks up one of these! I'm definitely interested in these type of complications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalcranium Posted April 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 Both Joshes links show true tourbillon movements, now there is some disccussion on wheter it is a true 'flying' tourby or not. But these cannot be compared to the 'open heart' visible balance wheel type of movements offered by offrei or cousins. There are quite a few more expansive chinese made movements one of them is a minute repeater, i would love to see a nice rep with that movement. Both offrei and cousins aswel as other suppliers seem to carry only the common more affordable movements. I got a crash education in Chinese tourbillons today. It looks like my watch has a Liaonong 5010 tourbillon which is certainly a different movement than the ofrei calibers. Good to see it is a well reviewed movement although the Sea-Gul ST8000 flying duck has a longer service history. I cant wait to get this watch. The Youtube videos of Chinese tourbis are amazing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNCzaU3yfpo&feature=fvw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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