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.
