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RC Day-Date

RC is a new watch maker in the market, currently manufactures good quality replicas of Rolex Day-Date with increased weight.

A lot of factories are making increased weight version of Rolex Day-Date in the market, everyone may have their own opinions when buying such a Day-Date and every factory claims that theirs have no case peel off issue. But as customers, you need to be careful when choosing such a watch because some really have case peeling off problem, some factories are selling such Day-Date watches at too high prices by just adding extra links on the bracelet to increase the weight but their watches still have the issue of case peeling off, I do not want to talk the factory name again, I mentioned it in my article here before. So, be sure to ask for honest opinions from your dealers before making the purchase.

As a new watch maker, how about the quality of the Day-Date from RC? It is good, but will the watch have the issue of case peeling off? I do not know, because their watches just came out, still need time to test.

Not like the latest V5 edition from QF and THB, RC does not add extra links on the bracelet to increase the weight. Also not like CBD, RC does not add height of each link of the bracelet to increase the weight. So, how did they do to increase the weight of the watch? As far as I know, the case back is added with extra weight, which is now up to 28.7 grams, and like GM and QF have done, RC also added the weight on the movement retaining ring, I opened the case back to check, the retaining ring looks much wider. However, doing these two jobs is not enough to increase the weight of the watch to be 209 grams, which is the same as the gen. So, what is their secret?

Like the watches from other factories, the Day-Date from RC also has advantages and shortcomings. Its gold tone looks nice, has a better gold color than the golden Day-Date from other makers. RC claims that you can do gold wrapping on the watch repeatedly, well, this needs to test. On their Day-Date, I also found some shortcomings, for example, on the edge of the hands, you can see burrs, well, this needs to be observed with a magnifier. The edge of the sapphire crystal is not finished as good as that on Clean Rolex. The Week font in the window at 12 o’clock is slightly thinner than that of the genuine. The shape of the Rolex crown emblem base is slightly different from that of the genuine. Well, I do like the sunburst finish on the dial, it looks beautiful.

8+ Factory Rolex Land-Dweller

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This watch has come out for some time, Land-Dweller is a new model from Rolex, I know many of you guys have bought this watch from 8+, you know its quality but just wanted to check out how it is finished, right? My opinion? It can not be made to be the same as genuine watch, after all it uses Rolex’s new 7135 movement with a high frequency. Will Clean or VS make this watch? I think they will not make it in a short period, at least they won’t make it in this year. Maybe GM will make it soon with a better dial version, I just guess, but if you want to wait for the version with a super clone movement, will it come out within next three years? I think impossible.

How about the quality of this watch from 8+ Factory? It is made with solid stainless steel, the polishing on the case and bracelet is acceptable, but if you check its dial, you will find too many flaws, the following two pictures, the first one is from genuine watch, the second one is from 8+ Factory. The black printings on 8+ look thinner. The honeycomb motif on the dial of genuine watch looks more three-dimensional, while on the replica, to finish the honeycomb motif, 8+ almost scratched the entire dial, you can clearly see extra grooves between each honeycomb, does the genuine watch have such grooves? I saw it does not have on the picture below. If you’re wearing this watch and sitting face-to-face with your friend, he will know this is a replica watch, a cheap one, because the dial is easy to be identified.

About the movement, it is hard for the movement factory to clone, so 8+ directly uses a Japanese Miyota movement and made modifications on the auto rotor and plates. We can see the polishing on the movement is not too good, it even looks a bit rough. Pull out the crown to the second clicking position, the second hand will stop, rotate the crown counterclockwise to adjust time.

Do not buy this watch from 8+ at this time, there will be a factory that will make replicas with better dial details, just wait.

VS Factory GMT-Master Pepsi

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Just in last week, I saw a news saying VS Factory will publish the replica of Rolex GMT-Master II Pepsi soon, I thought it was a fake news, you know, some dealers like publishing fake news to attract attention. But the replica watch really just came out. I never thought that VS Factory will participate in the production of replica Rolex GMT-Master II, because Clean has occupied the most watch market, even customers will not choose from Clean, there are also other options such as THB and ARF, besides, the best clone 3285 movement is only used by Clean. However, the news is real, the replica Rolex GMT-Master II Pepsi from VS Factory was just published, with the same Dandong 3285 movement as Clean, that’s amazing, it is a good news for the customers, the competition between these two factories will bring you much better replicas watches.

I am very curious about one thing, how did VS Factory get the Dandong 3285 movement? You know, it was only used by Clean before. Is there an agreement between VS and Clean, it is said that Clean will also use the Dandong 3235 movement soon.

Here are pictures of the GMT-Master II Pepsi from VS.

Here are comparison pictures between VS and Clean, the left watch is from VS, the right one is from Clean.

The color of the GMT hand is different. The GMT hand on Clean Factory has a darker red than that on VS. VS claims that their GMT hand has a closer red color to that of genuine watch.

On the right watch from Clean, the crystal stands a bit higher than the crystal on the left watch from VS. It looks like Clean has a thicker sapphire crystal. And the crystal on VS has a higher transparency.

I do not know if it is because of the higher transparency on VS watch, the dial printings on VS dial looks whiter than that on Clean watch.

The axis of hands on VS, looks like a cap, and it is solid.

This is the axis on Clean.

So, which factory does a better hand axis, your opinion? I think VS makes a better one.

However, on the second hand of VS watch, I found burr. I did not find this issue on the hands of Clean watch. Clean has very good polishing on the hands.

The finish of hands on Clean watch.

On the left, it is VS watch, the right is Clean watch. I noticed that the gap between the crown and case is bigger on VS watch. VS Factory also claims that they make it correct.

About the other parts on the watch, I did not notice difference. Both watches use V3 ceramic bezel, which is the same on VS and Clean. Both factories use the same movement.

3K Factory Aquanaut 5168G with SW Dial+Hands+Date

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Patek Philippe Aquanaut is one of the best-selling watches in this industry, there are many colors for you to choose, including black, red, blue and this green. I remember that Z Factory was the first to make a high-end replica of the Patek Aquanaut watch, am I right? But they used a Japanese automatic movement and made modifications. Then 3K Factory developed the first super clone 324 and installed in the Aquanaut, next, 3K made several improvements on the dial and clasp, now the latest version from them has come to V3. However, the V3 Aquanaut from 3K is still not perfect, even on the black one, not to mention on this green Aquanaut 5168G that has a big difference in color with the genuine watch. So, several manufacturers in the market produce specific watch parts that can replace the ones on 3K Aquanaut to make the watch look closer to genuine, these manufacturers are SW, BUFF, VVS, etc., they have achieved tremendous success in this field, otherwise there would not be so many dealers taking their watch parts to do the customizing works, the most famous two are SW and BUFF.

Today, I will introduce an Aquanaut replica watch in green color that has been replaced with the dial, hands and date parts from SW Factory, please look at the first two pictures, the watch has already been with SW dial, hands and date, I think the color difference is much noticeable. By the way, the original rubber band from 3K looks too green, I replaced it also with a VAGENARI rubber band.

After completing the work, the dial looks perfect, it should be the closest color on this replica Aquanaut watch, even you compare it with genuine, it is hard to find the color difference. Besides the color, SW Factory also made change on the numeral hour markers, whose thickness and shape are closer to that of genuine watch. The color of the luminous material applied on hands and markers are maintained to be the same. The finish on the hour hand and mintue hand is the same as 3K, both are perfect, no burr even you observe with a magnifier. The date font of SW is thicker.

Too many watch fans now have a higher and higher requirement on the replica watches they are buying, they need more accurate details, so many dealers are doing customized works on the watches to meet their need. On this Aquanaut 5168G replica, if you do not care about the color difference, you can directly buy from 3K. But I suggest you spend more money to change its dial, hands and date, as well as its band, but that VAGENARI band will have an expensive price. By the way, some dealers even make a 18K solid white gold case for this replica watch, and changed a genuine dial one, so the price will be very high.

In the market, I just heard that two other factories will make this green Aquanaut 5168G. One is APW+, the other is OEM. Not sure if APW+ is the previous APW that made the AP 26331, and is OEM the same as OME that made Patek 5712 before? The 5168G from APW+ just came out, with a weight of 114 grams, which is closer to that of genuine, we know this Aquanaut from 3K is about 95 grams. And I heard that APW+ has made deeper engravings on the movement plates.

The pictures below are 3K Aquanaut 5168G with SW Dial, Hands and Date.