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QF Daytona Free-Sprung 4131 V5

In the Rolex field, many factories have now released free-sprung balance movement, including QF, ERF, Rich, and others. Among these names, some are new to me, and honestly, I am not even sure whether they are newly established factories or just branches of some older factories.

For example, I previously talked about RG. It sounds like a new name, but it is actually operated by RC. RC’s business has really expanded quickly. Last year, their Day-Date became extremely popular across the whole market, and now they have successively released the Daytona and the GMT-Master models.

Alright, let’s come back to this Daytona from QF Factory.

QF Factory’s current marketing strategy is somewhat similar to what Noob Factory used to do. For almost every hot-selling model, they like to keep releasing new versions and create new selling points or gimmicks, but in reality, the actual upgrades are often not that significant.

For example, this 4131 Daytona is claimed to be the V5 version. This kind of naming easily gives people the impression that their Daytona is the best one on the market. However, in terms of overall workmanship, there is still a gap between QF and VS, not to mention compared with the previous Clean version.

Now QF has free-sprung versions of the 4131, 4132, and 3235 movements. In fact, for Rolex Datejust and Daytona models, it does not really matter that much whether you choose a free-sprung movement or not.

However, for some exhibition caseback models, such as the Le Mans Daytona and the newly released Daytona in 2026, you can choose the version with the free-sprung movement. And in the current market, it seems that QF is the only factory making a Daytona with the free-sprung 4132 movement.

Rolex Daytona 4131 Free Sprung Case Back

Replica Rolex 2026

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Last time, I introduced the replica watch of one of the new watches published by Rolex in 2026, it is the Ombre green Datejust, however, please check the article at https://www.susanreviews.com/2026/04/27/new-datejust-from-clean-2/. This Datejust replica watch is made by a small factory in the market, not by Clean.

About this Ombre green Datejust Rolex, VS just published the replica, compared the one I introduced before, the dial color is better on VS. Please check the picture below. The left watch is the V2 edition which VS Factory published this time, the right one is from a small factory. The gradient effect on the VS dial is more pronounced, transitioning from green in the center to black at the edges. However, on the right dial, the gradient is less noticeable, with a clear distinction between the black rim and the green center. Just look at the area of the green part in the middle of the two dials, and it becomes clear.

Watch the video below, the bezel on this V2 Datejust looks very shiny.

Another new Rolex that has a replica in the market is the Daytona 126502. Made by CBD Factory, which makes weighted Rolex Day-Date replicas in the market, please read the review about their Day-Date at https://www.susanreviews.com/2025/02/24/cbd-factory-day-date/. Their Day-Date has some issues, I mentioned in this post at https://www.susanreviews.com/2025/07/28/rc-day-date-part-ii/.

This Daytona from CBD is a weighted version, there are two movement options to choose, one with regular balance wheel, the other with a free-sprung balance wheel. Its price is even lower than the 116500 Daytona from VS, BT and V. I do not think it is a wise decision to buy this Daytona from CBD now. VS, BT or V may publish this Daytona replica watch later, but I am more looking forward to the QF version, because it will be heavier and the movement will be the genuine 4131 free-sprung.

VS Factory Daytona 126518 Turquoise

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Any Rolex watch with turquoise dial will attract people and is sold at high price, it is the same for a replica Rolex. Do you still know the last Rolex with turquoise dial? It is an Oyster Perpetual model, the replica was made by a lot of factories, but you might not expect that the one with the closest dial color actually comes from a small factory, not from Clean and VS. For this Daytona 126518, the most difficult part to clone is also the dial color. Its replica is made by a lot of big factories, including APS, GM, QF, Clean Plus, UFO, but each is different in dial color.

After our holiday, VS published this Daytona, and this is the V2 edition with extra weight. For all Daytona replicas, VS has upgraded their weight, the Daytona models with stainless steel bracelet have been upgraded to V3, while the Daytona watches with rubber band have been upgraded to V2. This turquoise Daytona from VS has a weight of about 139 grams, it is not the one with the heaviest weight, CBD version has a weight of 158 grams, but VS claims that their Daytona replicas never have case peeling off issue.

How is the dial color on this watch from VS? I think it is much closer to the genuine dial than the one from some factories like GM and UFO. The turquoise color on VS does not look that dark, the color looks lighter, I do not have a chance to see the genuine watch, but found some pictures to compare, the completion of turquoise dial color by VS is indeed better. But I found the color looks darker if I observe the dial at a closer distance. Besides the weight, VS has already improved the gold tone on the yellow gold Daytona watches, now on the V2 yellow gold Daytona, the golden case does not look that yellow, the yellow gold tone looks lighter too.

There are flaws on the dial, the three subdials have correct position and correct functions, but I noticed that the central round part on each sundial stands a bit higher, the round golden edge of the small dial is a bit thinner than that on the genuine, the round edge’s golden tone looks slightly different from the yellow gold tone on the hands.

The replica watch is equipped with DD4131 movement, which is used by three factories, VS, BT and Clean Plus. The rubber band comes with a length combination of E and F, which is suitable for wrist size from 17.3cm to 18.2cm, if you have a bigger wrist size that that, for example more than 19cm, you will need to order longer rubber band by yourself. VS Factory offers F+F length combination for 19.2cm wrist, but usually they do not sell separately, and all Daytona come with E+F by default.

VSF Daytona Yellow Gold Green Dial V3

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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.

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