Manticore Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 Hello everybody! I live in Thailand and have recently become interested in replica watches. But with all the scammers and different qualities I would have lost interest if it wasn't for you guys. So thanks for this great place and for sharing your knowledge. Now to my question: I just bought a Submariner LV and the dealer told me it has a Myota movement. Can someone help me identify this movement. Also, is there any place/site I can use as a reference (with pictures) for identifying different movements as I don't want to bother you guys everytime I buy a new watch. I'm totally into replicas now and want to learn as much as possible. Thanks, Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwai02 Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 You mean the Japanese Miyota movement that is made by citizen? I don't know much about this movement, but I believe my $40 Invicta has a miyota and it works fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticore Posted April 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 Yes Miyota, spelling error. That's what he told me. For me, I am just interested in learning as much as possible about different movements and how to identify them. Other than that the watch works fine. Here is a front view of the watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighDef Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 Hello everybody! I live in Thailand and have recently become interested in replica watches. But with all the scammers and different qualities I would have lost interest if it wasn't for you guys. So thanks for this great place and for sharing your knowledge. Now to my question: I just bought a Submariner LV and the dealer told me it has a Myota movement. Can someone help me identify this movement. Also, is there any place/site I can use as a reference (with pictures) for identifying different movements as I don't want to bother you guys everytime I buy a new watch. I'm totally into replicas now and want to learn as much as possible. Thanks, Tony This is the Miyota 8125. I have one of this that is more than a year now and still very accurate. I like this movement, simple and cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olivia Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 It certainly is of the Miyota design, but in the first picture there appears to be a crown under the balance, which is the trademark of a chinese watch movement company. It may not be manufactured by the Miyota company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighDef Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 It certainly is of the Miyota design, but in the first picture there appears to be a crown under the balance, which is the trademark of a chinese watch movement company. It may not be manufactured by the Miyota company. Yes this is a Chinese copy of the Miyota 8125. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sssurfer Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 is there any place/site I can use as a reference (with pictures) for identifying different movements http://www.ranfft.de/cgi-bin/bidfun-db.cgi?10&ranfft&0&uswk (several movement descriptions include links to pdf files with specs and drawings) And yes, it definitely is a rep of Miyota 82xx: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 I posted a Miyota url in the links/referance on here. Miyota exploded diagrams Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticore Posted April 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2006 Big thanks everbody for helping me out! From what I understand, a chinese copy doesn't have to be a bad thing and can almost be as good as the real thing or am I wrong? Now I am waiting for the latest model of the same watch with ETA-movement. It should be interesting to see if that's a copy too. /Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sssurfer Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 From what I understand, a chinese copy doesn't have to be a bad thing and can almost be as good as the real thing or am I wrong? You are not wrong, but good chinese copies seem actually limited to Miyota and the 'new' 7750. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 Sorry for crashing this thread but I just want to say two things. First thank you Pete for populating our links area, and also if anyone comes across good watch links please follow Pete's example and post them in our links section. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sssurfer Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 Sorry for crashing this thread but I just want to say two things. First thank you Pete for populating our links area, and also if anyone comes across good watch links please follow Pete's example and post them in our links section. Ken Ouch, Ken, my apologies. I still not get accustomed with that new link section -- to my shame, as it is a great new idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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