SH3285 vs DD3285

In this industry, if you want to get the highest quality replica Rolex GMT-Master II, I think many of you guys will choose the one with DD3285 movement, after all, thanks to marketing, this movement has a reputation that is widely recognized as the best clone Rolex 3285 in the industry. Even some stores in the market now do modifications on the SH3285 to make it look like DD3285 in appearance, SH3285 is good, but if you insist on the DD3285, the following pictures will teach you how to tell these two movements apart.

SH3285 vs DD3285

You can not tell which one is the real DD3285 on the pictures above. The movements look almost the same.

The left one is SH3285. Let’s see the difference in details.

SH3285 Movement Red Wheel
DD3285 Red Wheel

The red wheel on SH3285 looks brighter. So we can clearly see the left one is the SH3285.

SH3285 Red Wheel Position

And on SH3285, the red wheel stands a bit higher above the movement plate. The red wheel on DD3285 is almost on the same horizontal line as that plate.

Rolex Engraving

On SH3285, the semicircular area with engravings of “ROLEX” and numbers has not been polished.

DD3285 Movement Rolex Polishing

On DD3285, that place has been polished.

But these two differences mentioned above could be modified in future.

Golden Screw

Another more important difference lies in golden screw on one end of the balance bridge. On SH3285, it can be unscrewed and removed. While on DD3285, that screw can also be unscrewed but could not be taken off. Look at the two pictures below.

SH3285
SH3285
DD3285
On DD3285, that screw can only be loosened up to a certain point; after that, it won’t turn any further in the loosening direction.
Skeleton Shape

The shape of the hollowed-out area below the balance wheel is different as well. But the golden screw on the balance wheel is the key feature to distinguish them.

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