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VSF Daytona Yellow Gold Green Dial V3

This is the latest V3 edition of Daytona 116508 made by VS Factory, which was published in last month, I just got this watch. Before V3, VS has published the regular weight version and V2 increased weight version of this Daytona, the V2 has a weight of about 160 grams, this V3 is heavier, which is 181 grams. Besides the weight, VS factory also made other improvements on this replica watch. This Daytona is also made by BT and ZF, but not as good as this V3 from VS.

On V2, VS increased the weight of the case, on this V3, some people said VS added extra weight on the bracelet, but I think they have not. As far as I know, the main weight is added on the case and movement holder. The inner material of the case is mostly likely the tungsten steel, although VS has never publicly admitted it. Some factory added too much weight on the case back, the result is the case has been thickened, but on this V3 version, the case thickness is still 12mm.

On this V3, the factory also improves the golden color on the whole watch, the gold tone looks very close to that of the 18K yellow gold on the genuine watch. Also on the dial, the green color is also improved, it does not look too bright, when you swing the watch, the sunburst finish on the dial looks greenish-gold. The solid central shaft of the hands is very close to that of the genuine watch.

On the case, there is another place which I think is better than the one made by other factories, that’s the engravings on the back of the lugs. Some factories use too much tungsten steel in the case when making this Daytona, and when they make the engravings on the lugs, they can not make the engravings so clear and clean. However on this V3 Daytona from VS Factory, the engravings on the back of the lugs look very clear and clean, without any blurring, especially the Dog’s Head hallmark. Anyway, these lugs’ engravings are much better finished by VS Factory.

Conclusion

This V3 Daytona from VS is 181 grams, genuine watch is about 205 grams to 208 grams, so there is still about 25 grams weight difference. Some other factories make this watch with a heavier weight, which is more than 210 grams, but weight does not mean everything, we need to check the other details, while the overall finish on this replica Rolex Daytona from VS is much better, so I think VS is the best choice for this Daytona.

On the picture above, this is a section of links I removed from a Day-Date made by some factory, the Day-Date and Daytona made by them have the heaviest weight, but the links on the bracelet are not good, you can clearly see the crack and the links are not fully plated with gold. You need to be very careful when choose a high-end replica Rolex watch with increased weight.

VS Factory Replica Rolex Daytona Yellow Gold Green Dial

Datejust Clean Plus vs Clean

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A new factory named Clean Plus just appeared in the market, we talked about it before, some people say it is Clean and they are back to the business, some people say it is not the original Clean Factory, so the hottest thing we are discussing about is whether the new Clean Plus is still the same previous Clean Factory. Now Clean Plus has released Datejust, YachtMaster and Daytona, I think they will publish more watches next.

Clean Factory has been closed for a while, people are still looking for Clean watches, I do hope Clean Plus can make the same quality watches as Clean, or even better quality. But after checking the Datejust from Clean Plus, I found their quality is still not the same as that of Clean.

There are two Datejust watches above, the left one is from Clean Plus, the right one is from Clean.

First, check the crystal, it is lower on Clean Plus, while on the right Clean Datejust, the crystal stands a little higher.

Second, the date wheel is different. Check the date font on the left Datejust from Clean Plus, it is a little thicker.

Third, the Rolex Crown logo on the buckle is different, I like the one on the right watch from Clean.

Fourth, the clasp engraving is different. On the top, it is the clasp on Clean. The engraving is bigger and deeper. On the bottom clasp, the letter ‘O’ is more like a digit 0.

Clean Plus uses DD3235 movement, this is good, as far as I know, they also use DD3235 in the Titanium YachtMaster and DD4131 in Daytona.

Conclusion

Clean Plus is not the original Clean Factory. Take the Datejust as an example, some watch parts like date wheel and bracelet on Clean Plus are different from that of Clean. Currently the best option for Datejust is still VS V2.

VS Factory Daytona

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Clean Factory will not be back.

I always think Clean has the best Daytona replicas, unfortunately they have been closed forever. Now the best factory to get a super clone Daytona is VS, most dealers and reviewers said their Daytona is better than Clean, I do not think so, Clean has some details that are better finished. And there is another factory that has good quality Daytona replicas, we almost forget it, this factory is BT.

A new factory has appeared in the market recently, it is UFO, which is a tacky name. They made the replica Daytona 126500, some readers here have asked me about this factory, now I told you do not buy the Daytona from UFO, they claimed that they use the clone 4131 movement with free-sprung balance, that’s a good selling point, but no one knows the stability of this movement, by the way, I have checked the finish on the watch, it is not as good as that of VS Factory Daytona, not to mention in comparison with Clean. And their price is too expensive. Please check the pictures of the UFO Daytona below.

Now VS Factory holds the majority of the market share for the Daytona, while BT Factory holds a small market share for the Daytona. VS Factory is still improving the quality of the Daytona, mainly in increasing the weight of the watch, last time several months ago, I already introduced the first batch of the Daytona watches with increased weight on my blog, please check at https://www.susanreviews.com/2025/03/24/vs-factory-heavy-weight-daytona/. Today, I will make a summary of the Daytona replica watches which VS Factory is selling.

First, the Daytona with 4801 movement, which has the most affordable price, please check the movement picture below, it is a naked 4801 without any decoration.

Second, the Daytona with 4130 movement made by VS Factory. There are totally nine models. The 116500 Daytona white and black models, the weight is about 140 grams. The 116518 yellow gold, 116519 gray dial and116506 ice blue three models have V1 and V2 increased weight options. The V2 edition only has weight gained on the case.

Third, the Daytona with 4131 movement made by VS, please check the pictures below. We can see that the Daytona models with rubber band have been upgraded to V2, which has gain weight on the case. These Daytona replicas, whose genuine models are made with precious metals, now have been upgraded to V3, the V3 edition has gain weight both on the case and bracelet. I measured the weight of the V3, please check the last picture, it is about

Conclusion

1.VS has three types of Daytona selling at the same time, the one with 4801 movement, the Daytona with regular weight, the Daytona with increased weight.

2.For the latest V3 edition, VS Factory adds weight both on the case and bracelet, but the watch feels very comfortable when wearing on hand, not like the Daytona made by other factories that has been added too much weight on the case, the case head is too heavy, causing it to feel like it’s slipping down when wearing.

3.Up to now, no one has reported any cases of the peeling off issue on the increased weight Daytona from VS Factory.

I do hope VS Factory continues to improve the dial quality of their Daytona, such as the hands finish, or a new factory will appear in the market to replace Clean’s position to compete with VS, I would like to see.

VS Factory New Daytona with Increased Weight

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Last time, at https://www.susanreviews.com/2025/03/24/vs-factory-heavy-weight-daytona/, I introduced eight models VS Factory has published, each of them has a heavier weight than the regular versions made by Clean or VS. Perhaps these watches have been widely accepted, otherwise VS Factory will not publish some again in such a short period. Just in last week, VS announced that they will published the V2 weighted version of 11xxxx series Daytona, now these watches are available.

To be honest, Clean Daytona is more popular and Clean occupies the most market share in this field, people are more willing to buy a Daytona from Clean. To get a share of the market, BT tried their best effort but now nearly disappeared when competing with Clean, APS and Gold also made a lot of weighted Daytona watches, but both has lowered down the prices after the release of weighted Daytona from VS. Now, I think the only and biggest competitor for Clean in Daytona is VS.

VS has done two things to catch up with Clean. First, reduce the prices of their Daytona. Second, make the weighted version of Daytona before Clean. I do not know if Clean will make this type of watches in future. The second method I think is more effective.

This Daytona 116519 with grey dial is very hot and is one of the best sellers. Clean has a very high price, VS published the V2 weighted editon of the replica but did not raise the price, the V2 weighted version is even much lower than the one from Clean. The V2 has a weight of 132.9 grams. VS also claimed the case will never have peeling off issue. Check the pictures above, I have compared the dial of VS and Clean, and found the sunburst finish on Clean is more refined, the sunburst finish on VS is more obvious and a bit rough, some reviewers said the sunburst finish on genuine is not like that extremely detailed on Clean, well, I did not have a genuine watch. VS has made a great effort in making the axis of the hands, so I think this is a place better than the Clean Daytona.

The lettering on the dial is much better than before. I do not say they are printings, seem to be not simply printed, these letters stand a bit higher above the main dial.

The Rolex crown on the clasp, Clean does it better.

Now on the case back of these new V2 weighted Daytona from VS, there will be an unqie sticker with factory’s name and an elephant. There is no need to test the accuracy and stability of the movement, it is a reliable clone 4131, otherwise Clean would not change their mind to use this 4131 movement in their products.

Stop Watch War

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I heard that THB is going to publish the 24-hour Le Mans Daytona, or has the watch already come out? I did not find this watch from THB on the internet, maybe still need to wait for several days. Actually this watch company already made this replica Daytona in last year that was sold under the name of “APS”, now APS is selling this watch at a special price. I explained that both APS and THB are the same watch company, why did they decide to make another one? Because the last one they made was not sold well, and the movement 4132 now has a real 24-hour chronograph, the last one from APS still used a 12-hour chrono. But the most important reason is THB can sell this Daytona at a much higher price, to earn more money. After this watch is available, I guess THB will promote the sunburst finish on the dial as a selling point for this Daytona, because the Le Mans Daytona just released from Clean does not have obvious sunburst finish, THB thought this will be a great opportunity. Will THB sells this Daytona at a higher price than Clean? This is certainly a war between them, just not as fierce as the war happened in the weighted Day-Date Rolex field. The following pictures are the dial details of the Le Mans Daytona made by Clean. What does the dial of the genuine watch look like? Does it really have a strong sunburst effect?

The war in the weighted Rolex is happening. Sometimes such war is good for our watch fans, sometimes not. For example, in the weighted Rolex Day-Date, at the start, GM is the first factory to make the weighted Day-Date, then Q Factory made the Day-Date with weight that is closer to that of genuine, THB Factory also participated in the competition and made the Day-Date with weight that is almost the same as genuine, and then CBD made the Day-Date with the same weight as genuine. From initial similar weight to final same weight, is this really a big progress? I do not think that’s entirely true. THB Factory added too many links on the bracelet to increase the weight, while CBD added the thickness of each link to increase the weight, most clients usually do not need that long bracelet, this is a waste of money because THB charges a high price on the Day-Date. On the CBD Day-Date, the bracelet is too thick, this is not an improvement but is a manufacturing compromise just to gain weight, the wearing comfort is also not good. The same thing also happened on the Le Mans Daytona from Q Factory, this factory has two versions for this Daytona, regular weight and heavy weight, the only difference between them is that the heavy weight version just has a longer bracelet, but Q Factory sells it at a much higher price than the regular weight version, is this a scam our clients should be aware of?

In the market, the golden Day-Date and golden Daytona with increased weight made by most factories have several issues like case peeling off and engravings not good, the watch manufacturers should take this seriously, not just using exaggerated claims in their war to gain customers and orders, while the cost is passed on to us customers.

VS Factory Replica Rolex Daytona 126519 V2 Weighted Version

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There are a lot of new models having been published in our market in recent months, especially the new models from VS Factory that have caught the attention of most watch fans in this field, the Rolex Daytona weighted version from VS has greatly helped VS to challenge the position of Clean Factory in Rolex, and the V4 edition of Omega Seamaster No Time to Die with the latest super clone 8800 movement from VS will be available soon, I think it will be available in next week, this is a great news for Omega watch fans, because the replicas of Omega Seamaster Diver 300m finally can be equipped with a super clone 88xx series movement, and this will completely strengthen VS Factory’s dominant position in the market of super clone Omega Seamaster. Now, these super clones are more and more expensive, but what VS Factory has done makes me feel that higher prices are justifiable.

Last time, I introduced the V2 weighted edition of Rolex Daytona replicas from VS Factory, and my conclusion is they are worth purchasing, yes, I still stand by my opinion. There are a lot of factories are making replicas Rolex with heavy weight, like GM, QF, APS, THB, CBD, VVS, WK, etc., some of them use Tungsten-Copper alloy in case, which will cause a risk of case peel off, I heard some friends in this industry said that the case of the Rolex their customers ordered have peeled off. GM is the first factory to make the increased weight Day-Date Rolex in this industry, they used a heavy metal cover above the movement to increase the weight, people seldom complain that the case on GM Day-Date Rolex has the problem of peeling off, but the finish on GM Day-Date Rolex is not as good as other factories. About QF, they have Daytona with increased weight, they increased the length of the bracelet to gain weight, and price is very high, THB Day-Date also does the same to increase the weight. I think there is a cutthroat competition in these factories, too expensive for the DayDate Rolex from THB, which is even higher than the Daytona from Clean and VS, this is not acceptable.

The following pictures show you the comparison between a genuine Daytona and a replica one from VS, which one is real watch if you do not see the back pictures?

The case head of this gray Daytona from VS is about 96.2 grams. The case head of genuine watch is about 99.3 grams. Before, VS Factory claimed that the case head has the same weight as genuine, this is not true, genuine watch’s case is still 3 grams heavier, but this is ok for our watch fans, 3-gram weight is negligible.

The rubber band with clasp on the replicas from VS has a weight of 40.5 grams, while on genuine watch, the rubber band with clasp has a weight of about 64.2 grams. So, the weight difference between the replica and genuine lies in the clasp, there is a difference of 23.7 grams. The clasp can only be made with stainless steel on the replica, and VS factory does not add steel sheet inside the rubber.

Why didn’t VS Factory adopt a certain measure to add that 23.7-gram difference on the case to gain a full weight? Like putting a metal cover inside. If they were to do so, this will greatly affect the wearing comfort.

Besides the weight, there are other two difference, on the back of the lugs, the engravings look more clean and refined on genuine watch. The sunburst finish on the genuine dial also more obvious.

Clarification

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Last time, in my article “Is it the right time to buy the Le Mans Daytona 126529LN from Clean?”, I said this Clean Le Mans Daytona has a false 24-hour chronograph function, many watch fans said I was wrong, so yesterday night I got another Le Mans Daytona watch from Clean to make a test of its 24-hour chrono again, I pushed the chrono button and let it run for one hour, later, the small hand on the 9:00 subdial came exactly at 1:00, please check the following picture, it is right between 24 and the 2:00 black marker. This means Clean Le Mans Daytona indeed has a real 24-hour chrono. But I did not test for 24 hours.

However, why was the last test result different? The reason may be the movement in last watch is not the latest SH4132, which means very few pieces in last batch may have been mistakenly installed with the old version SH4132 movement. So, if you want to order this Daytona from Clean, before shipping, please ask your supplier to test the chrono to ensure it is a real 24-hour.

VS Factory Heavy Weight Daytona

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Just in last week, VS Factory announced that they will produce the heavy weight version of 12xxxx sereis Daytona, now these watches available with seven different models, five models with rubber band, two ice blue Daytona with stainless steel bracelet.

Are these heavy weight Daytona good? My answer is yes. It is not the first time for VS Factory to make the weighted Rolex, do you still remember the 42mm YachtMaster made by them? It is still one of the best-selling super clone Rolex watches, the latest version has come to V3, the weight of that YachtMaster is about 148 grams, which is very close to that of genuine. About the new heavy weight Daytona from VS Factory, please check the pictures I share below, the ones with rubber band, each has a weight of about 138 grams.

Every one who wants to buy the following Daytona may have one concern, will the case of the watch peel off? Will the electroplating layer of the case peel off? VS say no, and I trust them. I think there are a large amount of people who have bought the weighted YachtMaster 226659 from VS in past several years, VS also uses tungsten steel in the case of this watch, but does the case of this watch peel off? There are still no complaint about this on this YachtMaster, every watch fan seems to be very satisfied with the quality. So I trust that VS Factory also has done a good work on the newly released weighted Daytona.

Before VS, both QF and APS have made the weighted 12xxxx series Daytona, another factory named Gold also made the weighted Daytona before, but I do not know if Gold makes the new 12xxxx series Daytona. The version of QF has come to V10, APS Factory also continues to improve the quality, but both watch makers use Shanghai 4131 movement, this is not good, after all Clean has already decided to change to Dandong 4131 movement, which is more recognized. QF Daytona is about 155 grams, APS Daytona is about 151 grams, the inner material is tungsten steel and the outside is wrapped with stainless steel, if not processed well, the case will become darken as time goes by and some even peel off. The weight of the VS Daytona, you can see below, is about 138 grams, which is still about 20 grams lighter than that of genuine watch, but VS Factory claims that the case has the same weight as that of genuine, the only weight difference lies in the band and buckle. So, I offer you a solution, you can buy a Daytona from VS, and buy a genuine watch band with buckle to replace on, and finally you will get a perfect watch.

I do feel happy when seeing the new weighted Daytona coming out from VS, this is a great chance for them to win more market share in competing with Clean. The price they offered is also very reasonable, it is almost the same price as the Clean Daytona with regular weight, you know, the weight of Clean Daytona is about 108 grams.

I have an idea, why VS does not do real white gold or yellow gold wrapping on the case? That will make the case never peel off and won’t cost too much, if they do this, many watch fans would not mind to spend more to get such a super clone.

In the following, I post the pictures of each weighted Daytona of VS.

Replica Rolex Daytona 126518 Yellow Gold

Replica Rolex Daytona 126518 Yellow Gold Dial

Replica Rolex Daytona 126518 Yellow Gold Crown

Replica Rolex Daytona 126518 Yellow Gold Buckle

Replica Rolex Daytona 126518 Yellow Gold Wrist Shot

Replica Rolex Daytona 126519 Grey Buckle

Replica Rolex Daytona 126519 Grey Weight

Replica Rolex Daytona 126519 Grey Wrist Shot

Replica Rolex Daytona 126519 Diamond Dial

Replica Rolex Daytona 126519 Diamond Crown

Replica Rolex Daytona 126519 Diamond Buckle

Replica Rolex Daytona 126519 Diamond Weight

Replica Rolex Daytona 126519 Diamond Wrist Shot

Replica Rolex Daytona Black Dial Yellow Gold

Replica Rolex Daytona 126506 Ice Blue Dial

Replica Rolex Daytona Ice Blue Diamond Markers

Is it the right time to buy the Le Mans Daytona 126529LN from Clean?

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No. We know Clean Factory just published this watch, from the announcement to availability, it lasts for several months, now it finally came out, and many watch fans think the best one is from Clean and they are going to purchase it. I do not think it is the right time. We should wait or you can still buy it from the Q Factory.

QF is the first factory to produce this Daytona, they have the stainless steel and yellow gold models, while Clean currently only makes the stainless steel one. And QF also offers two options in weight, regular and heavy. The heavy weight version is about 176 grams, I mentioned on my blog before, QF added extra links on the bracelet to gain weight. It is not worth to spend much more money on the heavy weight version. After being twice upgraded, the SH4132 movement in QF Le Man Daytona can track 24-hour chrono on the sundial at 9 o’clock.

For this Daytona, it is the first new model from Clean after our holiday, when promoting this watch, Clean saying it is also 24-hour chronograph at 9:00, I have made a test to see if it is real 24h, pushed the chrono button at 2:00 and let it run, one extact hour later I found the small hand has come to the first black marker on the 9:00 subdial, which means it is not real 24-hour chrono.

The weight of the Clean Daytona 126529LN is about 137 grams. Clean does not offer gain weight version. Looking at those pictures below, the black dial seems to have no sunburst finish, on QF 126529LN, there is slight sunburst treatment.

There are two rumors about this Daytona in the market, one is QF uses 18K white gold plating on the case, that’s not true, the case is still 904L stainless steel made. The other is this Daytona uses DD4132, no, actually it is SH4132, both QF and Clean use SH4132.

My conclusion:

If you really like this Daytona and want to buy a super clone, I suggest you buy the regular weight version made by QF. Currently Clean is not a better choice, perhaps they will improve next.

Two new models

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First, it is the 24H Le Mans Daytona, made by Clean Factory, actually Clean already announced their plan to make this watch before our new year holiday, now it finally came out. They said the watch has better sunburst finish than the one on Q Factory, well, really necessary to compare them side by side some day, the latest version from QF is V8 and Clean does not have the heavy weight version. On the Clean Le Mans Daytona, the subdial at 9 o’clock is 24-hour chronograph counter like genuine watch, the movement inside is a super clone 4132.

The second new model is Panerai 1518 from VS Factory.

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Tag Archives: Daytona

VSF Daytona Yellow Gold Green Dial V3

Datejust Clean Plus vs Clean

VS Factory Daytona

VS Factory New Daytona with Increased Weight

Stop Watch War

VS Factory Replica Rolex Daytona 126519 V2 Weighted Version

Clarification

VS Factory Heavy Weight Daytona

Is it the right time to buy the Le Mans Daytona 126529LN from Clean?

Two new models