rboehme Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 I finally talked a friend of mine into letting me open up his "genuine italian replica" that he purchased from global replica a few months ago. I have told him that I did not believe that his watch was a Genuine Italian replica with a genuine italian 27 jewel movement. Let me say that this is one of the poorest quality reps I have seen. It is a gmt 2. The cyclops does not appear to have any magnification(maybe 1.5, and the glue is visible around the edges), the cg's are huge, there is no markings between the lugs, center links are solid, etc. All this for only $329. Here are some pics If any of the experts here know who makes this movement, I would like to know. There are no markings on it. Obviously it is a really cheap asian movement. Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauteHippie Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 Well it's not the movement that is in my $100 TTK/TWG CN sub. I don't know what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swdivad Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 What was it that PT Barnum said?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauteHippie Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 What was it that PT Barnum said?? Actually, he didn't: http://www.historybuff.com/library/refbarnum.html hehehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rboehme Posted October 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 The movement is very poor quality. It takes quite a bit of effort to get the pendulum to swing all of the way around. I have a really cheap 13 jewel cn movement that is of far better quality.(it also was advertised as 27 jewels 6 years ago) Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolexman Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 (edited) There is no such thing as an Italian replica and movement.... Edited October 22, 2006 by Rolexman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribal Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 Well it's not the movement that is in my $100 TTK/TWG CN sub. I don't know what it is. No,your movement is better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 Actually, he didn't: http://www.historybuff.com/library/refbarnum.html hehehe or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There%27s_a_s...rn_every_minute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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