In recent two years, Rolex and Richard Mille have always been the hottest watches in this industry, with no doubt, Rolex is always hot in any time, but it seems like that many watch makers have been engaged in the production of high-end replica Richard Mille watches in recent years. In the past, about five years ago, I remembered that only KV Factory made some Richard Mille replica watches, which are considered to be in middle quality if being compared with the RMs today, then ZF joined in this field by publishing RM35-02 at first, their V3 edition was claimed as the best RM at that time, I also wrote a review about that RM35-02 on my blog, please check, https://www.susanreviews.com/2020/08/30/the-best-richard-mille-rm35-02-replica-watch-arrives/, now things have changed, ZF have made big improvments on the RM35-02, price also has increased, but the best RM35-02 still made by ZF. Next, some departments like T+ and Sonic participated in, in the beginning, their RMs are sold at very high prices, now they obviously could not compete with these big factories like ZF and BBR, so they lowered down their prices, T+ even disappeared. Today, APS Factory started to make the replicas of Richard Mille. Actually I was greatly shocked by this news when APS announced the release of the RM055 in last week, but now I feel it is not strange, after all ZF and APS have had a good brothership for many years. How about the quality of RM055 from APS Factory? I think it is much better than the one from ZF.
ZF made RM055 before, white ceramic and NTPT models available, with super clone RMUL2 movement. APS currently only has the NTPT models, but upon ZF, APS made several improvements on the RM055. First, both ZF and APS use the same super clone RMUL2 movement on this model, but APS made satin finish on the movement frames, which look closer to that of genuine movement, while the movement frams on ZF always look too bright whether you observe from any angles. The second movement improvement was made on the left corner of the movement, a tiny detail, you can see it by comparing the pictures of ZF and APS. This super clone RMUL2 is called V2 RMUL2 by us. This RMUL2 super clone movement is really good, I can not find the difference between it and genuine movement, when you operate the crown, you can clearly see the working movement components through the front crystal.
Other improvements made on APS RM055 are as below:
The carbon texture on the case looks more beautiful on APS.
The case thickness is thinner than ZF.
The rubber band feels more comfortable than the rubber band of BBR.
The titanium clasp has removable titanium screws to fix, but on ZF clasp, the screws are fixed and not removable.
Whatever, I will made a side-by-side picture comparison between ZF and APS in future. I like RM055, especially the red and blue one, so I post the pictures of the two models below. Other models can be found in the videos.
RM buying guide:
RM35-01: buy from BBR Factory
RM055 NTPT: buy from APS Factory
RM35-02: buy from ZF
