SD4Ks community guide on best IWC replicas

[Seadweller4000]

Fliegeruhren.

The Big Pilot 5002

(picture property of Lanikai)

This is the flagship product of the genuine Fliegeruhren line. Die gro

Edited January 23, 2009 by Seadweller4000

[Bazz]

Great thread SD4K, thanks for the time and effort

[LordRasta]

Wow great informative review. I just got an Ingy from Stephane and I'm loving it. It feels like a tank on my wrist.

[Watchmeister]

Nice review. All your points are good points. The one question I have was regarding the AMG ti chrono and its ti finish. My colleague wears the gen daily and based on the pics of the rep I have seen the finish and exact coloring does not appear identical. I found that the case with the GST chrono but less noticeable. A good polishing reduced the textured look and lightened up the color to virtually identical.

[By-Tor]

Wow, another amazing contribution.

I know Pugwash had a IWC guide under construction... perhaps you guys could merge your efforts in the future?

PS: I pinned it of course.

[Pugwash]

I know Pugwash had a IWC guide under construction... perhaps you guys could merge your efforts in the future?

Yeah, I was just waiting for the Aquatimer to be released before posting it.

Oh well, you snooze you lose, I suppose.

Great article, though.

[Seadweller4000]

Thanks all! Words are really appreciated.

@ Pug: PM sent. Sorry man.

[chrgod]

Great read! Thanks for the work.

[arminvanbuuren]

thanks for including my review in it .. and wat a good community guide!!!.. thanks for doing that

[Seadweller4000]

First update with Eunomian's Aquatimer review.

[Kuiper]

Regarding the text on your page about the Prtugieser automatic. I am having the IWCS016 from Silix for two months now. "Very good replicas and some of the most beautiful watches I have yet to see. But again there is the bad chrono-module which may kill the movement after some time". This is exactly what startens to happen with mine. It stops at 36". some tapping makes it run again but this is awefull/ I love the watch. I am looking for suggestions how to solve (letting repair it). Can tou give me some advise or directions.

Thank, Ruud Kuiper

[By-Tor]

This great post deserves a BUMP.

Just re-read it again. Great stuff.

[Seadweller4000]

Regarding the text on your page about the Prtugieser automatic. I am having the IWCS016 from Silix for two months now. "Very good replicas and some of the most beautiful watches I have yet to see. But again there is the bad chrono-module which may kill the movement after some time". This is exactly what startens to happen with mine. It stops at 36". some tapping makes it run again but this is awefull/ I love the watch. I am looking for suggestions how to solve (letting repair it). Can tou give me some advise or directions.

Thank, Ruud Kuiper

Well, you could try to get a whole new movement and get it installed or have a standart (new) asian 7750 put into it with a frozen second at six and a disabled second at 9. Maybe a (real) service will do the trick, too - but you will need to find a watchsmith who works on asian mvmts...

This great post deserves a BUMP.

Just re-read it again. Great stuff.

Thanks Mate!

[Seadweller4000]

Updated the Aquatimersection.

[rblippy]

Fliegeruhren.

IW3717 Fliegerchronograph

(Picture courtesy of Pugwash, check his out his beautiful wallpapers here and here)

It is probably the most popular IWC rep at the moment. It is quite accurate, if you don

[lexibabe]

Superb Thread. I bought the Top Gun via Trusty, and have had just the strap and buckle break. Other than that, nice rep, although lots of flaws. Considering the real deal is around $11k, I am happy to wear this on daily...

[Seadweller4000]

@rblippy, is there a reason why you quoted the whole guide two times in a row without posting anything yourself? Just curious.

[Toadtorrent]

OK...I'm slow to post. But, after reading this thread for the ump-teenth time, I have to say:

Thanks for the great info. Because of posts like this, I have developed a fancy for IWC that I never thought possible.

[Shy]

Thanks for this guide.

Anyway, nothing about the portofino

[Seadweller4000]

Thanks for this guide.

Anyway, nothing about the portofino

You are right, this should be updated - also with the new Big Pilot replicas. But I am stick in the middle of my exams, so this will have to wait until its done. Hopefully I will be back in around 2 weeks.

[lazarini]

You are right, this should be updated - also with the new Big Pilot replicas. But I am stick in the middle of my exams, so this will have to wait until its done. Hopefully I will be back in around 2 weeks. biggrin.gif

Look who peaked behind the banners hello B. good to see u around best luck with exams, see u around m8.

Laz

[Toadtorrent]

Look who peaked behind the banners hello B. good to see u around best luck with exams, see u around m8.

Laz

Aaah...exams! I was wondering why he was so quiet...I missed that.

[Seadweller4000]

Exams done, now waiting for results.

Updated with the BP and the Portofino Chrono.

Thx Lani for your work, helped me a lot!

[Genrep]

Regarding the text on your page about the Prtugieser automatic. I am having the IWCS016 from Silix for two months now. "Very good replicas and some of the most beautiful watches I have yet to see. But again there is the bad chrono-module which may kill the movement after some time". This is exactly what startens to happen with mine. It stops at 36". some tapping makes it run again but this is awefull/ I love the watch. I am looking for suggestions how to solve (letting repair it). Can tou give me some advise or directions.

Thank, Ruud Kuiper

I used to get Edge (Chris) to fix cosmetic problems on my watches - but he has told me that for the time being, he is not taking any more work. The Zigmeister seems to be the supremo on the forum - but I have never tried him. Being in the UK, I use a pretty good watchmaker (http://www.michaelallenwatchmaker.co.uk/) who works on my gens (including vintage pateks) as well as my reps. The great thing is that whilst he does take some time to get complicated work done, he is able to get sapphire crystals made, gold cases officially hallmarked and make parts for some of my vintage stuff that we could not find replacement parts for. Not all watchmakers will fix reps.

NOTE: In the UK (maybe elsewhere as well) if you are sending or having watches (purchases or repairs) sent to you by post, make sure you insure/over-insure as the Royal Mail is full of thieves who are on the lookout for items (particularly watches, it seems, to steal). I shall post a warning thread on this scam in slightly greater detail - having lost 3 watches in the last 18 months this way. Much better: use FEDEX/DHL!! Hope this helps a bit.

[flyby75]

Thanks for all the pics