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RC Day-Date Part II

In my last post about the Day-Date from RC factory, I have already made a brief review on their Day-Date watches, please read it at https://www.susanreviews.com/2025/06/30/rc-day-date/, RC is a new maker in the increased weight Rolex Day-Date field, too many factories are making this type of Rolex replicas, every factory is saying their watches are very good, but a lot of customers have been scammed, today, let me talk more about the Day-Date from RC. In future, I will keep an eye on their watches and share my final thoughts here.

Before my today’s work, I want to say something, that is some factories are cheating customers with exaggerated or false claims. Take the Day-Date from CBD factory as an example. In their advertising, I remember they said their Day-Date will not have the issue of case peeling off, but after checking the finish of the bracelet, you will see they are lying. Please check the first picture below, these links were taken off from a Day-Date made by CBD. It is a golden watch, but each link is not fully gold plated, besides, there are two layers of each link, you can see obvious gap, the inner material is probably tungsten steel and the outer is wrapped with stainless steel, the two types of materials can not fuse into a single piece, so cracks form between them. So, when CBD said their Day-Date would not have the peeling off issue, it is a lie.

CBD Day-Date Bracelet Links
The bracelet links on CBD Day-Date, not good, and the bracelet is too thick

Next, let us see the Day-Date from RC Factory, in my opinion, currently their Day-Date looks better than the one made by THB and CBD, which both have the peeling off issue. Their prices are too expensive, so not worth purchasing. Currently the Day-Date from RC looks good and worth a try. Besides, the increased weight Day-Date from GM and QF is also worth buying and is the most cost efficient.

RC Day-Date Weight

The weight of the whole watch is about 208.3 grams, this is a golden Day-Date, the gold tone looks nice, not shiny and looks very close to the golden color on genuine Rolex.

The case is not thick, it is about 12.3mm to 12.6mm. I thought it will be much thicker, but after measuring the actual watch, the case has not been thickened.

Case Weight

The case of the watch is about 102 grams, it is 101.8 grams.

The movement inside is a SH3255, after opening the case back and I weigh the case, it comes to 102.1 grams.

Case Back Weight

The case back is 27.7 grams, it has been added with extra weight on basis of a common case back.

Bracelet Weight

The bracelet has a weight of 106.1 grams.

Clasp Weight

The weight of the clasp.

Each link has a weight of 3.2 grams.

Link

Each link is fully plated with gold, no stainless steel part you can see, no cracking gap on the link, this is much better than that on CBD Day-Date. So, what are the materials used by them to make the bracelet? They are integraded very well.

This is my second review on the RC Day-Date, I think it is a good watch, however, we still need more time to see if their watch will have the issue of peeling off, I will follow up on this and share my third review.

APS Factory Audemars Piguet 26420

APS Factory published several models for this watch weeks ago, a reader commented on my blog to ask me to do a review on this watch, I can not give you a detailed comparison review side by side because I do not have the genuine watch, I will do a brief review later. Before that, I want to tell you a bad news, which is Clean Factory got raided in last week, I was about to announce this news on my blog but I thought you guys have known this, their warehouse was found, so, you know it will be very hard for them. I do not know if they will be back to this business, may be not, just like the raid happened on Noob Factory several years ago, and Noob did not come back. Some people said Clean will be back soon, some dealers on the internet said Clean is accepting orders now, this is not true, currently ordering from Clean is impossible. If they really are able to come back, I think it will be one or two months later. Anyway, it makes perfect sense if they are really getting out of the business, after all, they already have had enough money.

Back to the Audemars Piguet 26420 which APS Factory just published, there are four models, please check the pictures below. I only suggest you buy the stainless steel watch with black dial and the rose gold one, the other two have big flaws. The one with gradient dial has a different dial color, the blue watch is made with stainless steel, while genuine watch is titanium made. APS Factory made a big mistake, they made the blue one with stainless steel, this is not acceptable, every time APS Factory acted very fast but they do not work carefully as they used to. For example, in replica 15400 and 15500, more people bought the ZF version before, but APS Factory did improvements on both watches step by step, finally their AP 15400 and 15500 have a better quality than ZF and have become one of the best replica watches in this industry. I can not believe such a big factory made an obvious mistake on this AP 26420. Among so many factories in the market, Clean is the most meticulous in its work, they usually perfects their watches in one go, no major upgrades needed later, this is also the reason why Clean got raided, they make Rolex replicas too good.

Replica Audemars Piguet 26420 Smoked Brown Dial
Replica Audemars Piguet 26420 Rose Gold
Replica Audemars Piguet 26420 Ceramic
Replica Audemars Piguet 26420 Blue

For this Audemars Piguet 26420, in the past, APF made it, but they use a common Chinese chronograph movement and the watch it too thick. APS Factory uses a super clone 4401 movement and makes the watch with a correct case thickness, which is about 14mm. The case has a 43mm diameter, the bezel and the chrono pushers use black ceramic. The case has very good brushed finishing, the black ceramic bezel has brushed finish on the front and polishig on the side. The edge of the ceramic crown has rounded polishing, it does not feel sharp but very smooth.

The crystal of the APS 26420 has obvious blue AR Coating, while on genuine watch, the anti-reflective coating does not look that blue.

On the dial, there are big grids, each grid has fine vertical patterns in a close-up view, on the corner of each grid, there is “X” that connects with each grid seamlessly, even if you check carefully, there is no burr on the edge of every grid. While the axi of each hand looks slightly different from that on genuine watch, on genuine watch, the solid axis pin is small and looks more obvious.

For the date window, the gen-style deep recess is not that obvious on the replica 26420.

The band is easily removal because of its quick release system, however, APS does not offer extra leather strap for the watch, there is only rubber band on the watch.

The movement is a super clone 4401, currently only used by APS Factory. It is equipped by APS in the AP 26240 and 26420. The previous 4401 has some differences with the genuine AP 4401 Calibre, especially on the balance wheel, the APS 4401 has regulator and does not have weights. It is said the upgraded V2 4401 will come out soon, the regulator will be removed and weights will be added to the balance wheel, at that time, the 4401 will look much closer to the genuine AP 4401 Calibre.

By the way, the rose gold 26420 APS Factory has published has a very close gold tone to that of genuine.

Audemars Piguet 26420 Ceramic Black Replica
Audemars Piguet 26420 Black Replica
Audemars Piguet 26420 Dial
Audemars Piguet 26420 Blue Coating
Audemars Piguet 26420 Case
Audemars Piguet 26420 Crown
Audemars Piguet 26420 Movement
Audemars Piguet 26420 Buckle
Audemars Piguet 26420 Band

About VS GMT-Master II

Last time, I introduced the GMT-Master II Pepsi from VS Factory in article https://www.susanreviews.com/2025/06/16/vs-factory-gmt-master-pepsi/, I said some advantages of their GMT-Master II when being compared with the one from Clean, but yesterday, I found my opinions are wrong, later I will explain this. Today, I will show you some new GMT-Master II watches which VS factory just published, they include Batman, Pepsi and Sprite, please see pictures below, the oyster bracelet version and jubilee bracelet version available.

The first GMT-Master II Sprite with green dial, only AR and THB made it before, but they use SH3285 movement, if you want the best one, I recommend this one from VS Factory, they use DD3285 movement, and Clean Factory does not make this watch.

GMT-Master II Sprite Green Dial
GMT-Master II Sprite Black Dial
GMT-Master II Pepsi
GMT-Master II Batgirl

Now, back to the thing I mentioned in the first paragraph. When VS Factory firstly published the Pepsi GMT-Master II, I made a short review and thought it is much better than the one made by Clean. Just yesterday, I realized I shouldn’t think this way. In promoting their GMT-Master II, VS indeed claimed their GMT-Master is better than the ones made by other watch makers in the market, a lot of watch distributors also reviewed this watch in the videos to explain what advantages it has in every aspect when being compared with the one from Clean, they said VS GMT-Master II is much better than the one from Clean. Now I do not agree with this view.

First, both GMT-Master II Pepsi watches from Clean and VS are close to the genuine watch. This is what I think right now. Clean uses an older genunine watch to make the replica, while VS uses a newer genuine watch to make the replica, VS said they refer to the designs of the new watch published in 2022. I do not know what are the differences between the old version and new version on the same watch published by Rolex. However, some watch dealers said VS GMT-Master Pepsi is closer to the genuine watch than Clean version, this is totally wrong.

Second, Clean Factory has been making the GMT-Master replicas for years, VS just started to produce them, can VS surpass Clean right from the start? Impossible. Many dealers said the GMT-Master II Pepsi has surpassed the one made by Clean in all aspects, can you believe this nonsense?

Third, just like I said before, to get the DD3285 movement, VS will share part of their DD3235 movements with Clean, now some Datejust watches from Clean factory being equipped with DD3235 movement has appeared in the market, see the pictures of Datejust and movement below. Between Clean and VS, looks like they’ve got some under-the-table deal going on, like saying VS GMT-Master II is better than Clean is allowed in this industry.

Clean Green Datejust
Clean Datejust Jubilee
Clean Datejust Green 3235
Clean Datejust Rehaut
Clean Datejust Crown
Clean Datejust Case Back
Clean Datejust Bracelet
Clean Datejust Clasp
Clean DD3235 Movement

VS Factory Seamaster 300m Watches with Super Clone 8800 Movement

Last time in April, I introduced the V4 edition of Seamaster 007 No Time to Die that was firstly installed with the super clone 8800 movement developed by VS Factory, here is the review https://www.susanreviews.com/2025/04/21/vs-factory-v4-seamaster-007-no-time-to-die/. When this movement was firstly launched in the market, we still doubt about its stability, after several months of test and more Seamaster 300m replicas have been equipped with this super clone 8800 movement, the worry is gone, this movement should be as stable as the clone 2824 movement used in these watches before. This movement is only used in VS products, and it has some features that distinguish it from the 2824 clone movement in former Seamaster 300m, I will show you some pictures below to tell you these different features. Before that, I want to show you an update VS just made on the Seamaster 007 No Time to Die. It is on the mesh bracelet, check the pictures below.

On the bracelet, the end is a round tube before, but now the end is much wider and becomes flat. Both designs are correct.

Round Tube
Flat End

Next, I will show you the movement difference.

If you just bought a Seamaster 300m replica watch from your dealer, he said the watch is made by VS, so what is the movement inside? The left one or the right?

8806 vs 2824

Yes, the left one is the latest super clone movement developed by VS. The right one is previous movement used by them, based on a clone 2824 with extra plates.

The polishing on the movement is different, especially on the auto rotor, the polishing on the super clone 8806 is not that bright, the polishing lines are shallower now, which is closer to that of the genuine movement.

super clone 8806 decoration

On the super clone 8806 just developed by VS, the polishing is greatly improved.

On previous movement based on a common Chinese movement, the polishing on the movement looks too bright, and the polishing lines on the rotor are too deep.

On the latest super clone movement, this place is a big difference between it and the genuine movement, it has one extra regulator. So if the Seamaster 300m has a see-through case back, it is easily for someone to tell this is a fake watch if he has some knowledge about the Omega movement.

jewels

There is a central pivot inside each jewel.

Fake Jewels

Fake jewels on previous movement, also without arbor.

Engraving

On the new super clone movement, the engraving in this place is thicker and more clear.

On the old movement, that engraving is smaller and looks blurred.

Do you notice this hole on the movement plate? When you winding the watch, please observe this hole, the gear inside will move on the new super clone movement. It does not move on the old movement.

At last, the new super clone movement has a power reserve of about 50 hours, the old movement has a power reserve of about 40 hours. Both movements have a good stability.

Here are the Omega Seamaster replicas with the new super clone movement.

Omega Seamaster White
Omega Seamaster Black
Omega Seamaster Blue
Omega Seamaster Ceramic
Omega Seamaster No Time to Die