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APS Factory IWC Portuguese Chrono

The Portuguese Chrono is one of the hottest IWC replica watches in the market, it is also being after by a lot of people because of its ultimate elegance, it is more popular than the Portuguese 7 Days Power Reserve, the Portuguese Chrono was made by both ZF and APS in the past, many people only recognize the version from the ZF, but since the last raid happened years ago, ZF has no longer brought us big surprises, it seems like they have disappeared, just two new names appeared, PPF and BBF, which claim that they cooperated with ZF. In my opinion, just like I mentioned before, ZF does not exist.

About this IWC Portuguese Chrono watch, its movement actually has been upgraded twice, now this time APS developed a better movement for it, and I think this is the ultimate version, there must be no more improvements on the movement in future.

The following two Portuguese Chrono watches, which one do you like? Both have a white dial, one has golden markers and hands, the other has blue markers and hands. The one with blue hands and blue markers is loved by a lot of people.

For the size of the case, I measured it, which is exactly the same as that of the genuine watch. The case diameter is 41mm. With the new super clone 69355 movement, the case is much thinner now.

The blued steel hands look very beautiful and enhance the elegance of the watch, this is the reason why people like this model more.

The edge of the bezel is polished, the case side is brushed, we can see that high contrast finished very well on this watch.

This is the super clone 69355 APS developed for the Portuguese Chrono. There are beautiful finish-scale patterns decoration on the movement plates, the position of the balance wheel is also correct. Some people said there is no difference between this super clone movement and the genuine calibre, but obviously the engravings on the auto rotor and movement plates are a bit shallower.

By the way, the replica watch uses a black calfskin leather band, this band feels a stiff, absolutely you can order a genuine aligator leather band and replace on. There are stores here in the market that can customize the genuine aligator leather bands.

Conclusion

For people who are looking for good quality IWC replica watches, now the Portuguese Chrono finally joins the list of super clone IWC watches, because in the past I thought there are only Portuguese 7 Days, Ingenieur and Pilot Mark series. However, with the new movement, the price also goes up. You also need to be very careful when buying this watch, some dealers may use a replica with a 7750 movement to deceive you, after all, these replicas really do not have too much difference in finish with the great development of watch-making technology, and some of you guys do not know how to tell if the watch comes with a super clone 69355 movement.

Replica 15500 Grey APS vs VS

U mi RM016

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The first square Richard Mille watch I have seen. RM016 is made by U mi studio, which is a new name in this industry, but is actually operated by a factory that has been in this business for many years, it is ZF. ZF was a big famous watch maker before, more popular than APS factory, but now I even doubt that ZF does not exist after that raiding happened years ago. Why do I think so? Because ZF used to be more active, they usually published new watches in front of APS, but today, we seldom see new watches or improvements on existing models made by ZF, the situation is, a long time after APS released the new model, ZF finally promoted the same watch, this is strange. Or actually ZF is also operated by the same team APS? Anyone who wants to invest in developing new replica watches can use ZF name to sell them.

RM016 is a new model, no other factories make it, now only U mi has this watch, price is expensive. Some dealers said U mi is a high-end studio and makes the best Richard Mille replicas, this is not true, take this RM016 as an example, the replica is made with titanium, but genuine watch has a special processing on the titanium, so if you compare the case between the replica and genuine, you will see color difference. The thickness of the case is about 9.6mm, which is still a bit thicker than that of the genuine. Well, I am attracted by its square case, skeleton dial and the unique look of the auto rotor. However, do not buy this watch currently, there will be improvements made in future if this is really a popular RM watch.

What other Richard Mille watches does U mi have? Yes, they make some popular models like RM35-02, RM055 and RM67-02. The former two are also produced by APS, and APS is the first to offer the RM35-02 and RM055 with free-sprung balance movement, now ZF uses name U mi to sell these two Richard Mille watches, their intention is obvious, to pose as a high-end studio so that buyers think they are superior. Actually their quality is the same as that of APS.

RM35-02 RAFA Red Devil

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Happy New Year! Hope you guys always be healthy in future.

Over the past year, discussions about the RM35-02 have constantly been the most talked-about topic, especially in the first half of 2025, the discussions about this watch reached their peak with the release of free-sprung movement from APS Factory, but later the factory Clean was closed, people’s attention then shifted to Rolex and VS Factory.

The market for this Richard Mille watch is actually quite chaotic, there are various grades made by different factories, I know many of you guys are looking for the best replica in the market, and RM35-02 is indeed the best choice if you are looking for the best replica Richard Mille in the market. However, you must know which factory makes the best one, I introduced the Richard Mille RM35-02 replica watch several times on my blog, please check the latest review about this watch at https://www.susanreviews.com/2025/08/25/aps-factory-wins/. In my opinion, now both ZF and APS make the best replica RM35-02, both of them have the regular version and upgraded version with free-sprung balance. However, some dealers are still cheating customers by selling cheap fakes of RM35-02 at very expensive prices, someone has been scammed, so find a trusted source to buy this watch and be sure the RM35-02 you are buying has the following features.

1.The crystal face has to show blue reflection when you move the watch under the angle.

2.The two rotary wheels should be moving when you rotate the crown(winding the watch). The two rotary wheels are not for decoration.

3.When you pull out the crown to change or set the time, the central second hand should not be moving, it should be “frozen”, it will start moving again when you push the crown back in. If the second hand is still moving even the crown is pulled out to set the time, then your RM35-02 is not from ZF or APS.

4.On the back of the rubber band, the number should be 30M, not 11M or other numbers.

5.Made with real forged carbon, but the white stripes on the case should not to be too bright.

6.The watch should be water resistant, it is ok to wear the watch when walking in the light rain or washing your hands. And in some stores in our market, the water resistance performance can be reinforced with some ways, so do not worry about the water resistance of the Richard Mille RM35-02 from ZF and APS.

The video below is a RM35-02 from APS, it shows all features mentioned above.

VSF AP 15500

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I never thought that VS Factory will make Audemars Piguet replica watches, but in last week, they announced that they will make Audemars Piguet 15500, and now, the watch is available, two models just arrived, grey dial and blue dial, later, they will also publish white dial version and black dial version.

I do not know why VS Factory enters the Audemars Piguet market, I also don’t understand why VS factory doesn’t expand production capacity for Rolex, given that demand still far exceeds supply. Do they perhaps think that no other factory can be their competitor in the replica Rolex field? This is true, even Victory Factory, which has the Rolex replicas that have the closest quality to previous Clean Rolex, will not be their match. However, they need to consider their consumers and shouldn’t make their orders wait that long.

About the replica Audemars Piguet 15500, absolutely APS factory made the best one in the past, but if being compared with the one from VS, I do not know which one is better, like I said before, the super clone from different factories has their own advantages. APS made many improvements on the dial of the AP 15500 before, especially on the grey dial version, the AP 15500 with grey dial from APS Factory is considered to be the best one with the closest dial color to the genuine. Now many dealers claim that VS makes a better dial than APS, I do not believe this, this is the first time for VS Factory to make Audemars Piguet replica watch, it is impossible to make this AP perfect on the first try and beat the APS factory, just like a few years ago when APS challenged ZF in the Audemars Piguet field, it took several years for APS to defeat ZF and become the top player in the AP domain.

VS developed a new movement for their AP 15500, not the one used by APS, the clone 4302 by VS is from DD, while the 4302 by APS is from SH. The 4302 movement used by VS is not free-sprung balance, but the 4302 with real free-sprung balance from APS will be in stock soon, APS Factory just annouced this project. So, in a short period, the 15500 from APS is still the first choice for many customers. About the stability of the movement, the DD4302 from VS will have a good stability, but the SH4302 from APS also has been tested for many years, it is very stable.

Holiday News

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It is our National Day holiday, which will end on October 8th, but the factories will accept orders after today. In these days, one thing mostly discussed in the watch market is that Clean Factory has been back to the business, they changed a new name, which is Clean Plus, did you buy from them? I heard that this is not the same factory as before, at least the watch assemblers are not the same ones that served in Clean before, so the quality may not be the same. In recent days, many new models appeared in the market, most of them are from APS, including the Jaeger LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin, which is a new model from JLC, AZ Facyory made the old model before, now APS published the replica, which is equipped with the same super clone 938, the watch looks great, the case thickness is close to that of genuine, the functions on the replica also work, but I do not suggest you buy it, because the movement stability is not improved, it is the only replica watch with super clone movement which I do not recommend, when I introduced the story of APS Factory, I mentioned this movement, it has a high repairing rate.

This watch look really nice, it is said that the 938 movement in genuine watch is also not very stable, is that correct? Is there anyone here that has bought the genuine watch?

Jaeger LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin Replica Watch

The left stainless steel watch looks classic, but I like the rose gold one more on the right.

Replica Jaeger LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin Stainless Steel

Jaeger LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin Power Reserve

In original position, you can rotate the crown to wind the watch, I just did this, I winded, please notice the small hand on the power reserve indicator at 10:00, it moves from 1/4 to 1/2. No need to fully wind the watch because when you wear the watch on your hand, the auto rotor will move to gain energy.

At 2:00 on the case, there is a button for you to push with a tool to adjust the date, which is displayed on the round small dial at 2 o’clock. The factory offers that tool for free.

On the replica, the engravings on the movement plates look shallow, not deeply engraved.

Whether the stainless steel model or the rose gold model, they are all equipped with a calfskin leather band with quick release system. The band feels a little bit stiff, but you can buy and replace with a genuine aligator leather band. The stainless steel watch comes with a deployant clasp.

The rose gold watch comes with a pin buckle.

On the central hour hand and minute hand, there are two sides, one is polished, the other is matte finished.

The second news is about V7, some people said it got raided on September 30th, but some people said they are fine, they still offer watches.

The third news is about VS. This factory has been very busy after the closure of Clean, their business is booming, now in mens Rolex Datejust field, the boss is VS, no others can compete with them especially the V2 came out.

V2 Datejust from VS has six models now, including the blue, green, gray, black, green rome and the blue one with rome markers.

The plastic bag on V2 Datejust now has an elephant sticker.

Each watch will come with a card, which is upgraded, with a golden edge now.

There are also other features about the new V2 Datejust from VS, I introduced them before, please check them at https://www.susanreviews.com/2025/08/18/vs-factory-datejust-v2/.

New Pilot Chrono Watches from APS

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Since 2025, APS Factory has brought us a lot surprises, the biggest one should be the super clone 4401 movement they developed and then being equipped in the AP26240 and 26420. From the past to the present, APS Factory can always brought us good movements, and they have maintained this good tradition. Last time, I remembered that they also developed a movement for AP 26331, which is the movement I even do not think is a super clone movement, however, I really hope that this super clone 69385 which they made for the IWC Pilot Chrono watches can get a great success like their 4401, after all, many watch fans have been waiting for a long time for these IWC Pilot Chrono watches.

For the new IWC Pilot Chrono replicas watches from APS Factory, there are three models in blue dial, green dial and black dial, each also comes with two band options, which are stainless steel bracelet and leather strap. In promotion, APS Factory claims that the movement factory spent three years in researching the genuine IWC Calibre and finally developed it, each component can be interchanged with the original movement, that’s a little exaggerated, but I think this movement will be better than the one used in AP 26331. Movements usually have complicated structure, I do not have too much knowledge about them, but seeing from the movement comparison picture below, this clone 69385 movement looks very close to the genuine Calibre. The most important thing is its balance wheel is positioned at 8 o’clock, which is the same as that of the genuine movement.

About the functions of the watch, APS Factory make them correct. Every function is the same as that of the genuine. We know some factories already made these Pilot Chrono IWC replicas watches before, like the ones from TW Factory, but their functions are wrong, the subdial at 6 o’clock has a fixed small hand, the small second hand is running on the subdial at 9 o’clock, this is a big flaw which you can just notice from the dial. Now on APS Factory version, the small second dial in red is running on the subdial at 6:00, other two small dials act as 30-minute chrono counter at 12:00 and 12-hour chrono counter at 9:00.

The watch has a correct case size, which is 41mm in diameter and 14.5mm in thickness. The crystal has blue anti-reflective coating. The watch comes with a quick-release band. However, there is a flaw on the case, one inside edge of the lug is too sharp, look at the picture below, the place marked at red.

APS Factory wins

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Which Rolex replica watch looks closest to the genuine watch? This is a very easy question for many people. But when you ask which Richard Mille replica is the best, few people know. After years of development, the replicas of Richard Mille have higher and higher quality, if you are going to buy one, I suggest you choose from the three models, which are RM35-01, RM35-02 and RM055, these are also the three Richard Mille replicas which factories are competing fiercely with each other. For example, in the very beginning, about three or four years ago, no factories are making good quality replicas of Richard Mille RM35-02, some mod workshops like Sonic and ABD are making it secretly, later their watches are promoted in our market and more people knew them. Even the RM35-02 published by ZF later used the case developed by ABD that has very beautiful and real forged carbon texture. APS is the last factory to make the RM35-02, before that, we know they already produced the RM055, however, in this battle of RM35-02 between Sonic, ZF and APS, which factory finally wins? I think it is definitely APS.

Just two or three weeks ago, APS just published the replica RM35-02, with the newly developed movement made by DD. However, that movement has a hairspring regulator, which is a very noticeable flaw if checking the movement from the crystal back. You can see the picture below. Almost all movements from DD used in replica watches have this flaw, but that does not mean the movements are not good, on the contrary, they are more stable and accurate than most other movements in this industry. To my surprise, in less than a month, APS Factory carried out further improvement on this movement of the RM35-02, and they really did a free-sprung balance, now a true super clone RMAL1 movement came out, from APS only. And the latest version of RM35-02 with this super clone RMAL1 is called V2 now.

The extra regulator on the balance wheel.

Look at the pictures below, on top of the balance wheel, the regulator was removed and the weights are added on the balance wheel, the true free-sprung balance comes out. But this is not the first movement with free-sprung balance appeared in our market, some mod workshops are offering the service of free-sprung balance modification on many watches like Nautilus 5711, Aquanaut, Daytona, etc., but for this super clone RMAL1, this is the first movement with free-sprung balance formally made by a famous watch maker. Then how about its stability? You guys must concern, this still needs time to test, after all the movement just came out, if the modification is not good, the stability will be affected, I will keep you posted about this movement in future articles.

New RMAL1 Movement — New Movement with free-sprung balance

APS Factory Audemars Piguet 26420

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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

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.