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WS 5712

Quite a few new models have been released recently, especially since the movement exclusivity agreements came to an end. As a result, many new factory names have started appearing in the market. However, most of these so-called new factories have not actually developed anything from scratch. Instead, they are simply improving models that were previously released by the major established factories.

A good example is the WS Factory Nautilus 5712 that I mentioned in my previous post. WS made some very impressive claims in its promotional materials, but the actual watch is not nearly as good as they advertised.

A friendly reminder: whenever a new factory name appears and claims to have made major improvements to a particular model, do not rush to buy it. In many cases, you may simply end up wasting your money.

AR Factory

Just heard that AR Factory, which is also known as ARF, just changed its name to “W”. All these factories producing replica Rolex watches are operating in a precarious situation, never knowing when they might be shut down.

Clone 330 Movement

Last time, I mentioned that BBF was preparing to release a hacking-seconds 330 movement for the Nautilus 5711. Now, this movement has finally been released and has first been installed in the two Nautilus models shown below.

Meanwhile, 3K Factory is also feeling the pressure. It has just announced that it will release its own hacking-seconds 330 movement, which will first be installed in the two Aquanaut models shown below.

Seamaster 600m

Two new Seamaster models from VS Factory, black and blue models available now. Before, a factory named VS+ also made these two models plus one orange model. The new Seamaster 600m from VS has a case that is measured to be 42mm in diameter and 13.8mm in thickness. The movement inside is a clone 8912, which is derived from the super clone 8900 movement from VS. At this point, even if VS releases new Panerai or Omega models, I do not expect too much from their attention to detail or overall finishing, because VS is now focusing almost all of its resources on Rolex.

WS Factory 5712 Rep

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About Patek 5712, it is one of the hottest watches in the market, several factories and custom-made studio are competing on this model, like PPF, OME(disappeared), GR and some private modification studio. For people who do not have high standards, PPF has updated this watch to V3, it is good enough. But for people who really care details, the one from PPF absolutely won’t fulfill their need. However, if you are considering modifications on a 5712, be aware that this area is very complicated and full of pitfalls. I would not recommend it for newcomers.

Just in last week, a new name appeared and announced that the 5712 they are making has several important upgrades. Having read their promotional content on this watch, I really expected it. But after seeing the actual watch, I must say this is also not the best.

First, let us see the quality of the 5712 from WS.

Does it uses a SW dial like they claimed?
No. Although the dial is good and very close to SW dial, but the moon phase is totally different, look at the picture below, the left watch is WS 5712, the right watch is PPF 5712 with SW dial. The WS 5712’s moon phase background is too blue, and the star is bigger, that does not look good.

And the hands of the WS 5712 indeed have solid center hub, but its shape is not correct.

Dial Color of 5712 — WS 5712 on the left, PPF 5712 on the right.

Are this watch’s eagle-beak-shaped lugs really as perfect as the factory claims?
No. Look at the picture below, the left 5712 from WS Factory indeed has a better lug shape, but compare the CNC case, WS 5712’s lug is not perfect.

The CNC case has a very good lug shape.

WS Movement Engravings — The movement of WS.

Although PPF improved the 240 movement engravings before, but their movement engravings still look slightly thinner and shallower than that of the movement in WS 5712. But the movement engravings on both watches do not look as neat as that of the genuine.

At last, the case thickness of WS 5712 is about 8.6mm. It is a good watch, but not as good as they claim to be. I do not suggest you spend such a big money on this watch.

THB Factory AP 15407 V3

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About two weeks ago, THB published the V3 edition of the replica AP 15407, which now has a free-sprung balance. I have introduced the AP 15407 several times on my blog, first, it is the one made by ZF, then I introduced the V2 edition of 15407 made by THB in 2024, you can read the review about the THB V2 15407 at https://www.susanreviews.com/2024/09/26/thb-factory-replica-ap-15407/, now it has been almost two years later, THB published the V3, is this a signal that APS will be back soon? We all know their relationship. However, I suspect that the real factory behind this newly released V3 15407 may actually be ZF. In the past, THB has always the biggest seller of this AP watch. Now that APS has shut down, it seems unlikely that THB – being a branch of APS – could return to the market so quickly. Therefore, this new free-sprung 15407 may actually be a ZF release marketed under the THB name. You know, ZF has been very active in the AP field in recent months.

On the first replica of AP 15407, the balance wheel has a wrong position and it does not move. On the updated V2 edition of THB, the balance wheel is rotating. On this V3, we can see there are weights on the balance wheel. But the watches does not have a double balance wheel, it is a single balance wheel. I watched many video reviews about this watch, some claimed that a customization of adding a double balance wheel is possible and they charged a lot of money, I think it is not necessary to spend thousands of dollars to do this, not worthy. Besides the balance wheel, I think there is another flaw which the factory should pay attention to and correct it immediately, please check the two pictures below, the place marked with red triangle, the space between the bezel and the bottom line of the case. On genuine watch case, the space is not that wide.

VS Factory YachtMaster Titanium 226627 Free Sprung

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I already said that VS Factory will publish the free-sprung 3235 movement before in my last article at https://www.susanreviews.com/2026/06/08/two-big-news/, now the movement comes, but is it the true free-sprung 3235 movement? Everybody has different opinions about this, but I do not think it is a real free sprung movement, it does not have weights, just like the clone 4302 movement they developed for AP 15500 before.

Look at the clone 4302 movement from VS Factory, there are no weights on the balance wheel. To correct the inaccuracy, you still need to adjust that regulator I marked.

About the YachtMaster 226627 from VS, I introduced the Clean version at https://www.susanreviews.com/2025/05/26/clean-titanium-yachmaster-42mm-226627/, which was the best one at that time, after the closure of Clean, perhaps you guys do not know where to get the best one, actually ARF is a great choice.

How about the one with new free-sprung 3235 movement from VS? Please check its pictures below first.

VSF Free-Sprung 3235 — New VS Free-Sprung 3235 Movement

Genuine Rolex 3235 movement — Genuine Rolex 3235 Movement

At first glance, we can clearly see the new clone 3235 movement indeed lacks a regulator if you compare it with the old 3235 movement from VS. But if you compare the new clone 3235 movement with genuine Rolex 3235 movement, you will find the former does not have weights on the balance wheel. However, with a solid case back, people do not see the movement inside, that’s also the reason why a lot of people think it is no need to buy the free-sprung movement, because almost all Rolex models have solid case back.

After this 3235, I think VS will publish the free-sprung 4131, but I do not know when. For all DD series movements, the free-sprung movements published by VS factory in future will not feature weights.

QF Daytona Free-Sprung 4131 V5

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In the Rolex field, many factories have now released free-sprung balance movement, including QF, ERF, Rich, and others. Among these names, some are new to me, and honestly, I am not even sure whether they are newly established factories or just branches of some older factories.

For example, I previously talked about RG. It sounds like a new name, but it is actually operated by RC. RC’s business has really expanded quickly. Last year, their Day-Date became extremely popular across the whole market, and now they have successively released the Daytona and the GMT-Master models.

Alright, let’s come back to this Daytona from QF Factory.

QF Factory’s current marketing strategy is somewhat similar to what Noob Factory used to do. For almost every hot-selling model, they like to keep releasing new versions and create new selling points or gimmicks, but in reality, the actual upgrades are often not that significant.

For example, this 4131 Daytona is claimed to be the V5 version. This kind of naming easily gives people the impression that their Daytona is the best one on the market. However, in terms of overall workmanship, there is still a gap between QF and VS, not to mention compared with the previous Clean version.

Now QF has free-sprung versions of the 4131, 4132, and 3235 movements. In fact, for Rolex Datejust and Daytona models, it does not really matter that much whether you choose a free-sprung movement or not.

However, for some exhibition caseback models, such as the Le Mans Daytona and the newly released Daytona in 2026, you can choose the version with the free-sprung movement. And in the current market, it seems that QF is the only factory making a Daytona with the free-sprung 4132 movement.

Rolex Daytona 4131 Free Sprung Case Back

Two big news

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I have learned from some suppliers in the watch market that APS will be back. If this is true, that will be too good. But the bad news is Victory Factory(VF) may never be back to this business. I explained the connection between VF and APS in post at https://www.susanreviews.com/2026/05/15/want-to-sell-this-blog/, but VF makes Rolex replicas, that’s the big problem, and the watch parts of their Rolex replicas are made by the same parts suppliers as Clean, and Clean Factory’s thing is not over yet, so you would imagine what happened next.

Not sure when APS will be back, or they have been back? ZF already got the 4302 free-sprung movement and 4401 free-sprung movement that were owned by APS before, now everybody knows they can buy good quality replicas of AP 15500 and AP 26240 from ZF. What watches APS will bring to us if they back, Rolex?

Another good news is VS Factory will bring two new movements, which are free-sprung 3235 and free-sprung 4131.

There are many factories manufacturing Rolex replicas with free-sprung movement, such as QF, ERF, Rich, etc. Among them, QF is the one with the most potential. About the free-sprung 3235 which VS will bring to us soon, I advise you not to expect too much. Because last time the 4302 they adopted in the AP 15500 is not a true free-sprung movement, because it does not have weights. I am not sure if the free-sprung 3235 and 4131 from them will have the weights on the balance wheel.

ZF 15500 Free-Sprung 4302

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It’s been a long time since we last heard from ZF in the replica Audemars Piguet space. The last time ZF made waves in the AP replica market was a few years ago with their widely popular AP 15400. However, after APS released the super clone 3120 movement, ZF was thoroughly outperformed. In the years that followed, there was almost no news from ZF in the AP replica field. Meanwhile, APS thrived and essentially dominated the entire high-end AP replica market. Unfortunately, APS was shut down last month after being hit by a crackdown. Now, this could be ZF’s only chance for a comeback.

The watch is ZF’s latest 15500, equipped with a free-sprung 4302 movement. Could it be that ZF has directly taken over APS’s free-sprung 4302 movement? After all, this movement was first introduced by APS. A few months ago, facing competition from VS, APS rushed to release a free-sprung 4303 movement. Now that ZF has taken over the free-sprung 4302 movement, just heard that ZF has also taken over the super clone 4401 movement that was owned by APS before. The question is whether they can also take over APS’s super clone movements in IWC replicas.

About Nautilus 5711

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The replica of Patek Philippe Nautilus 5711 has been popular for many years in this industry, many factories are making this watch, from the earliest BP, PPF, 3KF to today’s BBF and DDF, these factories are making this watch very good, I have one question, why have these factories that produce high quality Patek Philippe replicas never been raided? At least I have not heard such news, in this industry, In this industry, the most common thing I’ve heard is that the factories making Rolex replicas are frequently raided. Back to today’s topic, now if you want to buy one Patek Philippe Nautilus 5711 replica watch, which factory you would like to choose from?

I introduced several factories versions of this watch on my blog, such as BP, PPF, 3K and BBF, I believe nobody wants to buy it from BP and PPF. BP version has a very noisy movement, PPF has a good dial color but their movement is not a super clone. How about this watch from 3K and BBF? 3K’s dial color on the blue Nautilus 5711 is not too good, and I really can’t understand why 3K Factory does not improve the engraving on the movement, the laser engraving is too shallow.

In my opinion, people who do not want to pay extra money on modification will usually buy this watch from BBF and DDF. These two factories have a better dial color on the blue Nautilus, and movement engravings are much deeper than 3K. However, the Nautilus 5711 from BBF and DDF is also not perfect, especially the BBF, the lug’s shape is not correct.

324 Movement Engravings on 3K — 3K’s 324 movement engraving

There are two cases above, the upper one is from DDF, the one below is from BBF. The shape of the lug on DDF looks better.

So, in the end of this article, I offer you several options to get this replica Nautilus 5711. It is just my advice, I do not encourage you guys to buy replicas here.

1.Directly buy it from DDF.
2.Buy it from BBF, replace dial, hands and date wheel with SW’s parts, then re-polish the entire watch, make the lug’s shape to be better.
3.There are some stores on the market doing custom-made jobs, the Nautilus 5711 offered by them has better CNC case and free-sprung 324 movement with better decoration. Please check pictures below.

Replica 5261

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I did not introduce this watch before, but a few people have asked me if there is a good replica, I must say no if you are looking for one that matches the quality of replica Nautilus 5711 or Aquanaut, but if you want to buy one to play around with and try out the experience, there are several versions available on the market for you to choose from.

One factory named 3K makes this replica watch, but it is not the real 3K Factory that is well-known for making Nautilus and Aquanaut, they just used the name of “3K” to sell this 5261 replica. Please check pictures below.

This watch from “3K” indeed has color difference if you compare it with the genuine, but I think every replica with blue or green color has this issue even it is a super clone, if you do care this, then this watch is not a good choice. All versions of this replica 5261 made by other factories also have color difference. Please check the two pictures below.

Both 5261 replicas are available on the market, the color varies greatly. The right one is from “3K”. Which one do you like? On both watches, the moon phase, date, week, month have real functions and can be adjusted through the buttons on the case.

The movement is modified on basis of Miyota 9015, so the base movement has been added with extra plates with similar decoration to the genuine calibre. So the whole replica watch will be a bit thicker than the genuine.

Want to sell this blog

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Just saw a big news in this industry, next many factories may disappear, and you will no longer be able to order watches from the following factories that include APS, V, THB.

EWE, TWS and GS may also disappear for a while.

About V, also known as Victory. I thought this is a new factory, but just knew it is also managed by APS.

Another news I want to announce is that I want to sell this blog, I have something else to do, so no time to write blogs. Please contact me if you want to get this blog site.

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