Last time, I introduced the Nautilus 5712 from WS Factory. Since WS entered the market, this model has become even more controversial, because none of the versions currently made by the different factories are perfect. Extra aftermarket parts are still needed if you want to upgrade the watch. For those who are really pursuing a high-quality 5712, buying the watch itself plus all the necessary modifications can become quite expensive.
This time, WS Factory has also released three Aquanaut models, available in green, blue, and rose-gold brown. The factory claims that their weights are the same as the genuine watches. I do not know the exact weights of the genuine versions, but all three WS models feel quite heavy, especially the blue and green ones, each weighing around 150 grams.
There are already several factories in the market producing weighted Aquanaut replicas, including DDF and APW, but neither of them makes versions as heavy as the WS models.
Unlike other factories that make weighted watches, WS uses a high-density precision tungsten material for this Aquanaut. According to the factory, its density is 16.8 g/cm³, the same as platinum, rather than the tungsten-copper alloy, tungsten steel, or steel-wrapped tungsten commonly used in the market.
WS also claims that this material will not oxidize or peel, and that it can be gold-plated. The material is extremely hard, which makes machining very difficult, so production capacity is relatively limited.
The movement inside is the latest 26-330 with hacking seconds feature.
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.
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.
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.
The movement of WS.PPF movement engravings
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.
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.
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.
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.
Patek Philippe Aquanaut has been popular for many years in this industry, in the past, people only knew the replicas of Patek Philippe Aquanaut made by 3K and ZF, and since the 324 movement was exclusively used by 3K factory, they have occupied nearly three-quarters of the market share of replica Patek Aquanaut before. Because it had exclusive control over the 323 movement, 3K Factory made very few upgrades to its Aquanaut models. There were noticeable flaws on the color, dial and movement engravings, this also explains why 3K was able to sustain a number of watch parts suppliers at that time, because many buyers would purchase a 3K watch and then source replacement dial, date wheel and hands from parts suppliers like SW for further modifications. Look at the picture of the Aquanaut 5168G green watch, it is made by 3K, there is a big color difference between it and the genuine, 3K published it in 2023, but the color issue still has not been corrected, can you believe it?
Genuine 5168G green3K Factory’s 5168G green, the green color on the dial and rubber band looks too bright. Very obvious.
Since 2025, the 324 movement is no longer exclusive to 3K factory, a lot of new names have appeared in the replica Patek Aquanaut field, such as BBF, DDF, APW, these factories made Aquanaut replicas 5167 and 5168, on the replicas Aquanaut from them, we can see they indeed have corrected the flaws that could be found on 3K Aquanaut, especially the 5168G green Aquanaut, you can see the picture below, it is the Aquanaut from BBF, its color looks much better and very close to the genuine.
The movement engravings on 3K’s Aquanaut, even in 2024, these engravings are very shallow.This one is from BBF, its color is closer to that of the genuineBBF movement has deeper engravings.
Feeling the pressure, perhaps in 2025, 3K Factory made improvements to the movement engraving and the color of the lume fill on the dial, but in these two aspects, it still didn’t do as well as BBF. I do not want to say BBF Aquanaut is perfect, no replicas in the market are perfect, if you compare it with the genuine, you can also find flaws on BBF, for example, the hands are slightly narrower, the engravings on the lugs are not as neat as that on the genuine and some differences on the dial.
These flaws could not be avoided on a replica watch. I suggest you replace the dial with SW’s dial and date wheel, but now I do not think it is necessary, because after being replaced with SW’s date wheel, some date fonts will not aligned very well.
Genuine Aquanaut 5168G is made with white gold, so whether the replica is made by 3K or BBF, there is a weight difference. The one from BBF has a weight of about 103 grams. There are indeed increased weight version of the 5168G Aquanaut, they are made by three factories, including DDF, APW and Victory. Their prices are very expensive, for example, the one from APW has a price that is nearly 300 USD higher than the BBF model, it is about 120 grams, now I realize that the profits of these factories producing weighted watches are truly enormous.
There is a lot to talk about when it comes to replica watch Patek Philippe Nautilus 5712, and I introduced this watch from PPF and OME before, you can check the article at https://www.susanreviews.com/2025/06/02/ppf-5712-dial-color-upgrade/ and https://www.susanreviews.com/2025/11/24/ome-5712-v2-and-5822p/. There is also a comparison review between them, please check at https://www.susanreviews.com/2025/04/28/nautilus-5712-ome-vs-ppf/. PP Factory indeed has made a lot of improvements on this replica watch since its first release, however, being compared with the one from OME, I more recommend the 5712 from OME, but it seems that OME has disappeared for more than half one year, I do not know why. Some people said OME is not able to get the 240 movement, some people said OME got a lawyer letter from the brand because their 5712 is made too good, do you guys know the exact reason?
Just several days ago, I saw some video reviews again about the Nautilus 5712, but it is another 5712 model with platinum case, grey dial and black leather strap. They said this is the latest V3 edition PP Factory just released, I do not know if PPF has made the improvements on this grey Nautilus 5712G when they published the blue one last time. Anyway, this grey one becomes much better in dial color, moon phase indicator and movement engravings. please check the pictures below.
Observing these pictures above, we can see obvious sunburst finish on the dial, the dial is good, but it is not perfect, in my opinion, the dial from OME 5712 is even better than this one. I can find many flaws on the dial if there is a genuine model beside. First, the white lume material on the hour markers looks slightly from the one on the hands, simply speaking, the two types of white colors look different, this is a very common issue which the factory still has not solved. Second, the central hour hand and minute hand do not have a solid shaft, so do the other three small hands. To solve these issues, the best option is to buy a dial from SW and replace.
The engravings on the movement plates are deep, I mentioned this before. But the engravings on the ACE 240 movement below look deeper and neater, that ACE 240 is the closest clone PP240 movement in the market, it features a free-sprung balance wheel with weights, however, I do not suggest you buy, this movement is not stable. I know some dealers are selling this watch with the ACE 240 movement at a very high price.
Chinese New Year holiday almost ended, some factories now accept orders, and all of them will be back to the business several days later.
A while ago, many people are talking about a factory, which is Victory. They produce Rolex replicas and Nautilus 5711, they also claim that they use the same watch parts as previous Clean Factory, so, many customers who want to get the replica Rolex watches whose quality is close to that of Clcean will choose the ones from Victory, which is also called V or VF.
Besides the Rolex, VF also produces replica Nautilus 5711, many people say this was the project of Clean, before being forced to be closed, Clean already started to make the Nautilus, but before the watch came out, this factory was closed, so VF inherited this project.
How about the Nautilus 5711 made by VF? Today, I am going to show you a brief comparison on the Nautilus 5711 between DDF and VF. It is the blue model, because this color is the most popular one.
When talking about Nautilus 5711, many factories will be mentioned, PPF, 3KF, DDF, BBF, VF and some custom-made versions with SW dial or BUFF dial. There are too many choices, not too good for our customers, you must know which factory makes the best one. First, I tell you that not too many people buy the one from PPF and 3KF. PPF does not have deep engravings on the movement plates. 3KF has a big dial color difference.
Two watches below, the left one is from VF, the right one is from DDF. Both have a blue dial, but VF dial looks purplish. Both dial colors are close to that of the genuine watch. Why they look different? It is said that the genuine Nautilus 5711 with 324 movement has a dial color that is close to the left watch, the genuine Nautilus 5711 with 330 movement has a blue dial color close to the right watch, while DDF on the right indeed has a clone 330 movement. However, I do not like the purplish-blue dial on VF. I prefer the dial color on DDF and BBF. I did a review on BBF 5711 before, please read it at https://www.susanreviews.com/2025/11/10/bbf-5711/.
On the dial, there is another difference between these factories. That’s the luminescence color.
On DDF, the luminescence on hour markers and hands has color difference.
On BBF and VF, the luminescence on hour markers and hands is almost the same in color.
However, on DDF, BBF and VF, the date font is slightly thinner than that on SW dial. So, if in pursuit of perfection, many customers will pay for a CNC case and replace the dial with a SW dial.
The dial color difference between DDF, BBF and VF.
The Patek Philippe logo on the buckle, right one is from DDF. Which is closer to that of the genuine watch?
About the case thickness, I measured all of them, DDF 5711 has a case thickness of 8.67mm. BBF 5711 has a case thickness of 8.32mm. The case thickness of VF 5711 is 8.4mm. The case of BBF 5711 has the most accurate thickness.
Conclusion:
Do not need to feel confused, whether buying from DDF or BBF, it is a good choice. If you prefer a purplish-blue dial, then buy the VF 5711. This blue Nautilus 5711 replica in the market is too hot, but the dial is hard to be made to be perfect, every factory has dial color difference on this watch. Considering all aspects and cost, just choose the one from BBF.
Just saw a news coming from the market that RC Factory will make the replica Patek Philippe Aquanaut watches with increased weight, is that true? Some people said this is a false news. However, I got these pictures, some dealers got the watch already and I share their reviews on this golden Aquanaut watch.
For the Patek Philippe Aquanaut replica watches, they are very hot, BP is the earliest watch maker that produces them, then ZF and 3K, now a lof of new names appeared in this field, like BBF and DDF we know, and some unpopular names such as APW. Among them, 3K has already made the biggest amount of money just by selling Nautilus replicas and Aquanaut replicas, but their Aquanaut and Nautilus are not the first choices. More people are buying from BBF or DDF. Among these watch makers, only APW and DDF make the replica Aquanaut with increased weight, and absolutely I recommend the one from DDF. For the best Nautilus replica, I also recommend DDF and VF.
Nowadays, the replica watches with increased weight are very popular, but that does not mean the ones from each factory are worth buying, not every replica watch with close weight to genuine can be called super clone, sometimes I prefer the one with regular weight if it has much better finish and dial details, for example, Clean did not produce increased weight Rolex replica watches before, but their Rolexs used to be the best.
This Aquanaut, if it is really made by RC, please do not buy.
First, the chocolate dial has color difference, actually on the rose gold Day-Date model with chocolate dial from RC, the dial color difference also exists.
Second, the movement is a super clone 324, but its engravings on the plates are not deep, not that deep on the movement plates of BBF Aquanaut. Now factories BBF and DDF have deep engravings on the movement plate, 3K does not have.
Third, the rose gold tone on the case does not look as good as that on their Rolex Day-Date.
So, although the watch has a good weight of about 131 grams, but the finishes do not meet the standards of a super clone watch.
About OME, it has been a long time not to hear the news about this factory, last time, about several months ago, OME published a great replica Patek Philippe Nautilus 5712 and caught the attention of many watch fans, their Nautilus 5712 is indeed a very good replica, compared with the 5712 from PPF, OME version has better dial color, better moon phase, better hands and better movement engravings, they disappeared after selling this watch for a while, I do not know why they disappeared, now OME starts to accept orders and published the V2 edition of the Nautilus 5712.
For the V2, the change was made on the movement, please check the two places I mark in red, these are two differences between V1 and V2.
Golden tube around this ruby.
C-shaped opening in this place.
The movement plate has much deeper engravings than that of PPF 5712, and on this V2, the movement plate also looks brighter and cleaner.
However, now ordering a Nautilus 5712 from OME needs to wait for a bit longer than usual.
Next, let’s see the pictures of the Cubitus 5822P from OME.
This Cubitus 5822P is hot, many people already asked me if there is a super clone of it, before OME, P1 and PPF made this replica, PPF and OME use the same super clone 240 movement, but the movement from P1 is not close to the genuine movement, and their watch has a too high price. Like 5712, PPF also does not have a deep engraving on the movement plate, please check the picture below.
Look at this picture above, the movement plate has a very shallow engraving on PPF 5822.
Look at the movement on the 5822 from P1 Factory, the micro rotor’s position and balance wheel position are wrong.
