archierocks Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 has anyone ordered from trustytime how good are there replicas any tips or advice ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gran Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Joined Today, 03:50 PM yes trusty is ok. Great businessman he is . But youre really lazy fellowarchierocks shame on you, but anyhow here you are www.yourtrustytime.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikellem Posted February 28, 2012 Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 Trustytime does a very good job! He also knows reps watches more than most dealers... MM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxman Posted February 28, 2012 Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 Trustytime...hmmmm sounds Interesting. http://www.rwg.cc/forum/65-trusty-time/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandal.tbh Posted February 28, 2012 Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 (edited) Trusty Time is the best. I'm fairly new to this myself, but I've bought 4 watches from him and each one has been an outstanding experience. Here's his website : www.yourtrustytime.com The guy who runs it goes by the name of "Andrew" but I doubt that's his real name. Despite that his English is pretty good and he always responds to emails very quickly. When I find the model I want, I do a search by price (highest on top). Once I find the one I want, I'll do a search for posts on that watch. I find out whether it's a good replica and if there are any issues. All four of the ones I bought were highly reviewed. Instead of doing a search using the forum's search engine, I do a search using Google. If you type in "site:www.rwg.cc" then the search criteria, you get way better hits than if you use the forum. For example, type "site:www.rwg.cc Omega Planet Ocean" into Google, and you will get a ton of excellent results. Type the same search in the forum and it's pretty weak. Once you find the watch you want and decide to purchase, here's what you can expect (purchasing through Trusty time): ***************************************************************************************************************************** 1. Place an order through the website. It's a very simple process. I've used the PayPal option every time so I can't speak to the process for paying with CC. 2. I receive a confirmation email within a few hours informing me my order was received. 3. Using PayPal, I then receive another email with instructions on how to pay through PayPal. This email instructs me to send an email letting him know after I make payment, which I do. 4. Andrew responds to that email thanking me and letting me know I will receive the QC email with 24-48 hours. 5. The QC email arrives with photos of the watch from the front, back, sides, bracelet and clasp. There's also a shot of it hooked up to the timegraph and another with it sitting on your shipping form with your address on it. Take a good look at the pictures and make sure you like the way everything looks. He asks that you not post QC pics on the forum, but if you've done your homework on the watch you shouldn't need to. Every watch I've received so far from Andrew looked really nice in the photos, but I've heard other members ask for another watch based on something that didn't look right (pearl alignment, etc). Keep in mind that the photos are very close up so you will see every little fleck on dust or lint. The photos are also taken with a bright light and with a white background so everything looks a little washed out. Don't get wrapped around this. Try to keep your focus on the way everything on the watch itself looks. So far in my experience, every watch looks way better in person that they did in the QC pictures, and the QC pictures weren't bad! 6. Once you decide you are happy with the watch, reply to the QC email letting him know you accept the watch. If he doesn't hear from you within 24 hours he will send the watch without your approval. 7. He then replies to your QC acceptance email letting you know the watch has been shipped and you can get your tracking info off the website. To find it, log on at the Trusty website and go to 'My Account'. There will be a list of your orders with the most recent at the top. Select 'View' next to it and then look down the verbiage (which is usually a copy-paste of the text in your emails). At the end of the latest email, after his signature will be the tracking number. Every one I've gotten has been through EMS so my number always looks like this: EMS: EE123456789CN. This number is also at the top of the shipping form in the last QC pic. 8. I then go to the EMS website to track (http://www.ems.com.cn/english.html). However, it will usually take a day or two for any info to be posted here. There's a little trick with the verification on the tracking page though that took me a little bit to figure out. There's two boxes; the first is 'Shipment Number' which is obviously where you enter the tracking number Andrew provided. The next one says 'Verification' which would normally lead me to enter a CAPTCHA code from some kind of small photo of numbers or letters, but there's not one there. The trick is that you have to click the mouse in that box before the code will pop up! The EMS site has good tracking through China, but will post less detailed information once it leaves the country. If you are in the US, you can enter the same tracking number into the tracking page of the USPS website to get good tracking info once it reaches the US. 9. My experience so far has been really good with shipping times. Usually 7-10 days from the time I replied to the QC email. I once had the package stuck in customs for 5 full days, but even then it still got to me in 13 days total. It's hard, but this is the time to be patient. The watch will show up. ***************************************************************************************************************************** That's the process I went through on all 4 watches with Andrew at Trusty Time. There is another dealer who goes by "Joshua" from a website called "Perfect Clones" who is as highly reviewed as Andrew. However, once I found a reliable dealer who sends me good watches reliably, I don't see the need to go anywhere else. If you do decide to try Perfect Clones, check out his section here on RWG. I've heard that there are a few scam websites of his. They're called "Perfect Clones" and look identical to his, but are not the same URL and will get you ripped off (yes I see the irony in the fakes of the fake). But Andrew has been solid and reliable, so he's the one I recommend. Edited February 28, 2012 by vandal.tbh 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adeodatus Posted February 28, 2012 Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 This post should have tread of it's own and "stickied" in Andrews area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogladio Posted February 28, 2012 Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 Agree, stick it! Excellent post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archierocks Posted February 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 thanks yea there is more than a few on his site i like will need to narrow it down cheers guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtguk Posted February 28, 2012 Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 I agree Nice one Vandal give it a sticky folks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davea Posted February 28, 2012 Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 .....returned a PAM048 (it ran 2 hours fast per day) on 2.10.12, it arrived and delivery was attempted on 2.21.12. I was told the "watchsmith" picks up watches once a week. I'm still waiting. So far, i'm not impressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gran Posted February 28, 2012 Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 .....returned a PAM048 (it ran 2 hours fast per day) on 2.10.12, it arrived and delivery was attempted on 2.21.12. I was told the "watchsmith" picks up watches once a week. I'm still waiting. So far, i'm not impressed. He is a great businessman but he is certainly not perfect here is qc pictures from the first watch he sold me back in 2004 or so he has improved greatly .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tucker Posted February 28, 2012 Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 Andrew is the best at communicating and getting back to you promptly with answers to any and all questions. He'll also flat out tell you if a particular rep is no good. He's always been my preferred TD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archierocks Posted February 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 i have decided to order 2 in the coming weeks and turn them in to little projects using some gen parts that i can source to get me back in the swing of things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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