Last time, in my article “Is it the right time to buy the Le Mans Daytona 126529LN from Clean?”, I said this Clean Le Mans Daytona has a false 24-hour chronograph function, many watch fans said I was wrong, so yesterday night I got another Le Mans Daytona watch from Clean to make a test of its 24-hour chrono again, I pushed the chrono button and let it run for one hour, later, the small hand on the 9:00 subdial came exactly at 1:00, please check the following picture, it is right between 24 and the 2:00 black marker. This means Clean Le Mans Daytona indeed has a real 24-hour chrono. But I did not test for 24 hours.
However, why was the last test result different? The reason may be the movement in last watch is not the latest SH4132, which means very few pieces in last batch may have been mistakenly installed with the old version SH4132 movement. So, if you want to order this Daytona from Clean, before shipping, please ask your supplier to test the chrono to ensure it is a real 24-hour.
Just in last week, VS Factory announced that they will produce the heavy weight version of 12xxxx sereis Daytona, now these watches available with seven different models, five models with rubber band, two ice blue Daytona with stainless steel bracelet.
Are these heavy weight Daytona good? My answer is yes. It is not the first time for VS Factory to make the weighted Rolex, do you still remember the 42mm YachtMaster made by them? It is still one of the best-selling super clone Rolex watches, the latest version has come to V3, the weight of that YachtMaster is about 148 grams, which is very close to that of genuine. About the new heavy weight Daytona from VS Factory, please check the pictures I share below, the ones with rubber band, each has a weight of about 138 grams.
Every one who wants to buy the following Daytona may have one concern, will the case of the watch peel off? Will the electroplating layer of the case peel off? VS say no, and I trust them. I think there are a large amount of people who have bought the weighted YachtMaster 226659 from VS in past several years, VS also uses tungsten steel in the case of this watch, but does the case of this watch peel off? There are still no complaint about this on this YachtMaster, every watch fan seems to be very satisfied with the quality. So I trust that VS Factory also has done a good work on the newly released weighted Daytona.
Before VS, both QF and APS have made the weighted 12xxxx series Daytona, another factory named Gold also made the weighted Daytona before, but I do not know if Gold makes the new 12xxxx series Daytona. The version of QF has come to V10, APS Factory also continues to improve the quality, but both watch makers use Shanghai 4131 movement, this is not good, after all Clean has already decided to change to Dandong 4131 movement, which is more recognized. QF Daytona is about 155 grams, APS Daytona is about 151 grams, the inner material is tungsten steel and the outside is wrapped with stainless steel, if not processed well, the case will become darken as time goes by and some even peel off. The weight of the VS Daytona, you can see below, is about 138 grams, which is still about 20 grams lighter than that of genuine watch, but VS Factory claims that the case has the same weight as that of genuine, the only weight difference lies in the band and buckle. So, I offer you a solution, you can buy a Daytona from VS, and buy a genuine watch band with buckle to replace on, and finally you will get a perfect watch.
I do feel happy when seeing the new weighted Daytona coming out from VS, this is a great chance for them to win more market share in competing with Clean. The price they offered is also very reasonable, it is almost the same price as the Clean Daytona with regular weight, you know, the weight of Clean Daytona is about 108 grams.
I have an idea, why VS does not do real white gold or yellow gold wrapping on the case? That will make the case never peel off and won’t cost too much, if they do this, many watch fans would not mind to spend more to get such a super clone.
In the following, I post the pictures of each weighted Daytona of VS.
No. Do you think they have? Some of you may have searched on google and get some results with “clean” name on the website address, but none of these websites are opened by Clean. Clean Factory has been in this industry for a lot of years, they have a much bigger business than before and need to deal a lot of things each day with their distributors, so there is no need to open a website to earn that little money, by the way, opening a website online will also increase their risk, it is not worth. Some people said they have bought good quality replicas of Day-Date from Clean Factory, but as far as I know, Clean does not make Day-Date Rolex watches. I have checked that website, the Day-Date indeed has “Clean” sticker on the bracelet, but that’s a scammer, those people just wanted to use Clean reputation to earn money, they a lot of watches under the name of “Clean”. At the same time, you can also find a lot of websites of other factories, such as VS, Noob, ZF, they are all fakes.
Next, I will introduce two latest news in the market. First, BBR Factory is back. Just in last week, BBR announced that they will be closed forever, but they just back to the business again with another name BBS. Now you can buy their RM35-01 and Audemars Piguet Royal Oak tourbillon watches.
The second news is that VS is going to produce the heavy weight version of Daytona, please check their promotional copy.
No. We know Clean Factory just published this watch, from the announcement to availability, it lasts for several months, now it finally came out, and many watch fans think the best one is from Clean and they are going to purchase it. I do not think it is the right time. We should wait or you can still buy it from the Q Factory.
QF is the first factory to produce this Daytona, they have the stainless steel and yellow gold models, while Clean currently only makes the stainless steel one. And QF also offers two options in weight, regular and heavy. The heavy weight version is about 176 grams, I mentioned on my blog before, QF added extra links on the bracelet to gain weight. It is not worth to spend much more money on the heavy weight version. After being twice upgraded, the SH4132 movement in QF Le Man Daytona can track 24-hour chrono on the sundial at 9 o’clock.
For this Daytona, it is the first new model from Clean after our holiday, when promoting this watch, Clean saying it is also 24-hour chronograph at 9:00, I have made a test to see if it is real 24h, pushed the chrono button at 2:00 and let it run, one extact hour later I found the small hand has come to the first black marker on the 9:00 subdial, which means it is not real 24-hour chrono.
The weight of the Clean Daytona 126529LN is about 137 grams. Clean does not offer gain weight version. Looking at those pictures below, the black dial seems to have no sunburst finish, on QF 126529LN, there is slight sunburst treatment.
There are two rumors about this Daytona in the market, one is QF uses 18K white gold plating on the case, that’s not true, the case is still 904L stainless steel made. The other is this Daytona uses DD4132, no, actually it is SH4132, both QF and Clean use SH4132.
My conclusion:
If you really like this Daytona and want to buy a super clone, I suggest you buy the regular weight version made by QF. Currently Clean is not a better choice, perhaps they will improve next.
First, it is the 24H Le Mans Daytona, made by Clean Factory, actually Clean already announced their plan to make this watch before our new year holiday, now it finally came out. They said the watch has better sunburst finish than the one on Q Factory, well, really necessary to compare them side by side some day, the latest version from QF is V8 and Clean does not have the heavy weight version. On the Clean Le Mans Daytona, the subdial at 9 o’clock is 24-hour chronograph counter like genuine watch, the movement inside is a super clone 4132.
The second new model is Panerai 1518 from VS Factory.
I think it is Clean Factory. Just in the beginning of our Chinese New Year holiday, Clean had decided to replace the movement with Dandong 4131 in the 12xxxx series Daytona, few people knew this news at that time, and now in the Clean 126500 Daytona models, the movement has been Dandong 4131, which is exactly the movement used by VS Factory. And for the newly released Daytona, Clean will also use this movement. When the Dandong 4131 firstly came out, I thought VS will become a strong competitor for Clean, because this movement was developed by VS, but now the situation has changed, Clean decides to use the Dandong 4131 movement now, VS lost the only advantage. Since the birth of the Dandong 4131 movement, watch fans seems to have a high recognition with the Daytona made by VS, the 12xxxx series Daytona made by VS must have been more popular than the one from Clean, otherwise, Clean would not change the movement. So, for VS Factory, a major opportunity to catch up with Clean in Daytona area has been lost, the only chance. Several years ago, it is exactly such type of an opportunity that makes the Clean Factory what it is today.
People will say VS Factory has a better price than Clean, but for those who are really looking for super clone Daytona watches, they do not care the price, they do not mind spending $50 or $100 more to get one in better quality. As far as I know, VS Factory not only has a better price, but also send one extra rubber band for each Daytona.
There is no need to mention the other two factories BT and ZF, BT seems to have disappeared, no body talks them now. So today if you are asking me the best place to buy a super clone Rolex Daytona, I will say Clean. Today, I will share some pictures of the new Daytona which Clean Factory just published.
Before posting the pictures of the new Daytona, there is a movement comparison picture I want to share first, the left one is the Shanghai 4131 which Clean used before, now both Clean and VS are using the Dandong 4131 in the right, you can see the difference.
The bezel has correct engravings whose thickness is very close to that of genuine watch. Some watch fans do care the thickness or shape of every letter of the engravings “UNITS PER HOUR”, I think Clean makes the best, VS also has the same finish, this is not the big difference between the two factories.
The hour hand and minute hand have very good polishing finish on the edge, even you check very close, no burr can be found. Every hour makrer also have very smooth edge. Each watch has an unique serial number engraved on the inner bezel.
The dial finish is a big advantage of Clean Daytona, on the three dial pictures above, the sunburst finish on the main dial and small dials is very good. Clean Factory always focuses on the finish of the details.
On the Daytona with black rubber band, the clasp is new, the golden model has Au750 engraving. The extension locking system is more convenient to operate. The full stainless steel Daytona still using the old clasp. By the way, the buckle coming out from the factory is separately put in a plastic bag, not installed on the watch.
The competition in the clone Rolex Day-Date drives these factories crazy, they are making the Day-Date heavier and heavier, today, I am going to introduce the Day-Date made by CBD Factory, the biggest selling point of their Day-Date is “Original Weight”, which means each Day-Date from them has the same weight as that of original watch.
Before CBD, the big three factories in cloning Day-Date are GM, Q and THB. GM is the earliest factory that makes the Day-Date with increased weight, the weight on the latest version now has achieved 175 grams, GM is still the factory that I recommend for you to buy a Day-Date because their price is the most cost-efficient one among the three.
I do not know the background of CBD, may be a new factory, but mostly likely it is just a new name which an old factory uses, like the Q, which is used by GM to produce higher end Day-Date at more expensive prices. The latest Day-Date made by Q Factory weighs about 185 grams and has 28 sections of links on the bracelet.
About THB, it is owned by APS. The weight of THB Day-Date is more than 190 grams, which is about 193 grams for each watch and has 31 links. Q Factory added more links on the bracelet to increase weight, but THB added extra three links on basis of the Day-Date from Q.
Having compared the Day-Date between Q and THB, if you want a yellow gold model, choose THB, if you want to buy a rose gold one, go with Q.
Finally let’s talk about the CBD. They offer two versions, one has a normal length bracelet, the other has a longer bracelet. The pictures below show the former version. The stainless steel model from CBD is around 202 grams, the golden model from them is 207 grams. This factory not only has Day-Date, they also have Daytona. The bracelet on the CBD Day-Date has a regular length, which has not been added with extra links, but the thickness of the links has been increased, so the entire weight of the watch is greatly increased. By the way, the inner material of the case and bracelet is tungsten, and the outside of the watch uses 904L stainless steel, this is also one part of the reasons why CBD Day-Date so heavy. The Day-Date from CBD is being sold very well, and their price is cheaper than the Day-Date made by THB.
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chrono 26331, there are several factories that have made its replica, including B, OM and IP, but none of these factories are making a correct replica of this watch, although I suggest you buy this replica from OM before, however, OM is a weird watch maker, it usually needs to wait for a long time to get a factory from them, especially ordering this AP 26331.
The AP 26331, I love it more than the 26240, it looks more beautiful than the latter, I just like its subdial design, which is in different size, I do not like the same size of the subdial on 26240. In the past, whether the 26331 replica made by B or OM, there are obvious flaws. For example, the position of the three subdials is not correct on the 26331 made by B. The small hands on the two subdials at 3 o’clock and 9 o’clock do not work on the 26331 from OM. Both of these flaws are fixed on this AP 26331 that was just published by APW Factory. And on this new 26331 from APW, the case thickness is very close to that of genuine watch, which is measured to be 11mm. I also measured the diameter, it is 41mm.
The functions of the APW 26331 are the same as that of genuine, the correct position of the small dials, sunburst finish on the small dials, laddered date window design, stable SL4801 movement, good chamfering finish on the case and bracelet, there are many advantages on this replica 26331.
But there are two shortcomings which I think APW should improve next, first, the brushing on both sides of the case is not obvious and should be enhanced. Second, the area which the small dials contact with the main dial is not well processed, it does not look very clear. Fortunately, the watch is sold at a much affordable price than that of 26240.
Our new year holiday ended several days ago, now all watch factories have been back to this business, the shipping company also can arrange shipping of packages. At first, before introducing a new Panerai watch, I would like to announce a good news that just came from the market, which is Clean decided to use Dandong 4131 movement in the new 12xxxx series Daytona, and in the Panda Daytona 126500, they already used the Dandong 4130 movement. This is a great news for our watch fans in the beginning of 2025. Because of this, the competition in Daytona between Clean and VS will be more and more fierce.
This Panerai is a new model made by VS Factory. Genuine Panerai PAM 1543 is made with the new Ti-Ceramitech material, but I guess the replica just uses a ceramic case, because it still feels heavy in my hand. The bezel insert and case use the same matt finish, the color looks the same on the bezel and case, the crown lever is titanium made in matt finish. In the past months, VS Factory has published several Luna Rossa Panerai replicas watches.
The dial is white, the hour hand and minute hand look morn modern than that on some old Submersible models, both are skeleton. The small second hand on the subdial at 9 o’clock is red, which enhances the readability of the entire dial. Small date window set at 3 o’clock has a black font in white background, the date font is exactly in the middle of the window.
On the case back, there are correct engravings, but the TORPEDO PIG does not look that clean like that on the genuine. Behind the back, it is a super clone P.900 automatic movement, which is one of the earliest super clone movements used in Panerai by VS Factory.
The band feels very comfortable, the outside nylon keeps a cool looking of the watch, while the back side rubber that contacts your skin will maintain a good wearing comfort.
By the way, please check the lume on the last picture, it is beautiful.
It is my first time to introduce this Patek watch on my blog, because many people have asked for this watch, I have not reviewed it because there is no super clone movement for this Patek watch, and I think there will not be a super clone movement for it in future, this Patek Philippe Nautilus 5726 is a watch with complicated functions, it is hard to make a super clone movement that can achieve so many functions at the same time, however, if you ask me if there is a good quality replica for this watch, I will say yes, I remembered two factories are making good quality replica of this Patek Nautilus 5726, one is GR, the other if PP. I do not think this replica from PP Factory is much better than the one from GR, but PP Factory charges a much higher price.
It is a good-looking Patek Philippe watch, looks more beautiful and more elegant than the Nautilus 5712 that has been very hot in recent years. I would like to talk about its movement first, it is said to be modified on basis of a Japanese Miyota automatic movement, PP Factory added extra plate on top of the original movement, then made very similar decoration on the movement plates and auto rotor. So you will find the case must be thicker than that of genuine, I measured it, the case is 40.5mm in diameter and 11.5mm in thickness. On some websites, they are saying this movement is on basis of a Miyota 9015, but I checked Miyota 9015 does not have so many functions, is it real?
The dial is blue, it has central hours, minutes, seconds, date, month, week, moon phase and 24-hour display, it is easy to adjust them through the buttons set on the four corners of the case. Through the button on the case at 2 o’clock, you can push to change the month. Push the button at 4 o’clock, the date will change. The moon phase will also change by pushing the button at 8 o’clock. Through the button at 10 o’clock, you can adjust week display. By the way, the moon phase display is like genuine, it only moves a little bit each day. And the dial color looks very close to that of genuine, much better color than that on their Nautilus 5712 from PPF. However, there are two defects I can found on the dial, first, the date font is a bit sunken, the date on genuine watch is closer to the dial plate. Second, when you pull out the crown to adjust time, the second hand will stop, while genuine watch won’t.
For this 5726 replica, PP Factory also offers two other colors, grey and white. The white dial looks good, at least it does not have color difference.
