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.
The competition in the clone Rolex Day-Date drives these factories crazy, they are making the Day-Date heavier and heavier, today, I am going to introduce the Day-Date made by CBD Factory, the biggest selling point of their Day-Date is “Original Weight”, which means each Day-Date from them has the same weight as that of original watch.
Before CBD, the big three factories in cloning Day-Date are GM, Q and THB. GM is the earliest factory that makes the Day-Date with increased weight, the weight on the latest version now has achieved 175 grams, GM is still the factory that I recommend for you to buy a Day-Date because their price is the most cost-efficient one among the three.
I do not know the background of CBD, may be a new factory, but mostly likely it is just a new name which an old factory uses, like the Q, which is used by GM to produce higher end Day-Date at more expensive prices. The latest Day-Date made by Q Factory weighs about 185 grams and has 28 sections of links on the bracelet.
About THB, it is owned by APS. The weight of THB Day-Date is more than 190 grams, which is about 193 grams for each watch and has 31 links. Q Factory added more links on the bracelet to increase weight, but THB added extra three links on basis of the Day-Date from Q.
Having compared the Day-Date between Q and THB, if you want a yellow gold model, choose THB, if you want to buy a rose gold one, go with Q.
Finally let’s talk about the CBD. They offer two versions, one has a normal length bracelet, the other has a longer bracelet. The pictures below show the former version. The stainless steel model from CBD is around 202 grams, the golden model from them is 207 grams. This factory not only has Day-Date, they also have Daytona. The bracelet on the CBD Day-Date has a regular length, which has not been added with extra links, but the thickness of the links has been increased, so the entire weight of the watch is greatly increased. By the way, the inner material of the case and bracelet is tungsten, and the outside of the watch uses 904L stainless steel, this is also one part of the reasons why CBD Day-Date so heavy. The Day-Date from CBD is being sold very well, and their price is cheaper than the Day-Date made by THB.
2024 is an important year both for our watch makers and watch fans, we welcomed a lot of new models that have been made with breakthrough watch-making technology. The absolute protagonists in last year are VS and APS, we do not deny that Clean still occupies the largest market share in Rolex field, but VS has already caught up, and APS indeed brought us many surprises. Hope they can release more super clones in future.
1.Clean Factory V3 GMT-Master II Pepsi
For this GMT-Master II Pepsi, it has been improved by Clean Factory for two times, now the latest version is V3. Upon V2, the biggest improvement lies in its ceramic bezel, it is said that the color has been corrected to look closest to that of genuine, while some persons still like the bezel color on V2, still a bit controversial, however, there are still a large amount of watch fans chose to buy this V3 from Clean. By the way, I also only recommend Clean if you want super clone Rolex GMT-Master.
2.VS Factory Daytona 126500
For the new 12xxxx series Daytona, VS Factory has the best movement, Clean has the most complete collection. Since the last upgrade VS has made on hands of 126500, the sales of their Daytona 126500 suddenly improved. This Daytona 126500 from VS is equipped with a super clone 4131 from Dandong, which is supposed to be better than the Shanghai version used by Clean.
3.Clean Factory Daytona 116518
With a yellow gold case, ceramic bezel and black rubber band, this Daytona is one of the best-selling Daytona replicas from Clean. For the sales of Daytona in the market, Clean still occupies the biggest market share, the competition between VS and Clean in this area is still fierce. Actually, every Daytona made by Clean can be put onto this top ten list, they are really perfect clones.
4.Day-Date Heavy Version
I put this watch here just because the heavy version of Day-Date Rolex is really popular, in the past year, many people were asking the weight of a Rolex they were going to buy. And today in Day-Date field, more and more people are participating in the production of heavy versions of Day-Date Rolex replicas, including GM, QF, K, CBD, THB, etc., customers are also more confused than before. Well, currently I recommend two watch makers, GM and THB. GM is the earliest factory that makes the heavy version, they have price advantage, THB has a high price, but they use super clone 3255, the finish is better.
5.PP Factory Nautilus 5712 V3
The 5712 made by PP or Z has been upgraded to V3, with super clone 240 movement and new clasp. We can see that Nautilus moon phase 5712 from PP is very popular in the market, many dealers provide extra service to upgrade its dial with SW Dial and Hands, just like they do on Nautilus 5711 from 3K.
6.VS Factory Grey Datejust with Jubilee Bracelet
You can buy this Datejust from VS or Clean, both versions are very good. I more recommend Clean version before, but modded watches are very hot today, more people buy this Datejust from VS Factory and then made some modifications, for example, replacing its bezel, dial and hands with the bezel, dial and hands from genuine, this is a great idea, and this won’t cost you too much. The super clone DD3235 movement allows watch fans to to this job.
7.APS Factory RM055
Richard Mille has been very hot in the past two years, APS Factory made big improvements on the RM replicas, especially on the model RM055. This RM055 soon became the best seller in Richard Mille field once being published by APS.
8.APS Factory AP 15407
More AP watches can be put in this position, such as 15400, 15500 and 15720 from APS, but people seemed to be paying more attention to the AP 15407 in past year, since that, APS made a big improvement on the balance wheel of this watch. Many watch fans are still not satisfied yet and seeking for trusted source that could add double working balance wheel, it can be done, but too expensive.
9.QF Daytona Le Mans
QF is the watch maker that produced this Daytona, they provide two versions, regular weight version and heavy weight version. I do not suggest you buy the heavy weight version, because they added extra links to increase the weight. By the way, Clean Factory will also publish the Le Mans Daytona soon.
10.3K Factory Nautilus 5711
This watch deserves a more forward position, it is a very popular watch in modded watch market, many people bought this watch from 3K, replacing its dial, hand and date wheel with SW Dial, Hand and Date Wheel, it seems like more and more people are accepting this modded watch now.
There are a lot of other watches that were also sold very well in the market, especially Rolex watches, there are too many, Submariner, Datejust, Daytona, they can even make a top 10 or top 20, every Rolex coming from VS and Clean should be a super clone, no doubt about this. Every one has their own top 10, I can not include every best seller in this list.
Q Factory is very hot in this year because of their Day-Date, but GM is the first factory to produce such quality replicas of Day-Date, today, I will make a simple comparison review between the two Day-Date watches I got from both factories. One Day-Date with a green dial is from QF, the other one with a ice blue dial is from GM, the QF Day-Date with a sticker is the left one on my hand. Actually, this comparison is not very meaningful because these are two different Day-Date models, people always compare the aspects between two same watches, I know that, but it is very difficult to get the same two watches from both watch makers at the same time, especially ordering from GM Factory, it almost took almost one month for me to order this Day-Date from them, very frustrating, so I will make a review between two different watches. Another thing is that I learned one thing from someone in this industry, that QF is also operated by the same team as GM, which means both QF and GM are actually the same factory, I can not believe at the start, but after comparing these two watches, I was convinced. These two watches have the same finish on the case and bracelet, the movement is also the same, which is clone ETA 2836, the only difference is that QF one is heavier, and QF Day-Date has a sticker wrapped around the bracelet, on the back of GM Day-Date, there is always a letter “A” in blue. I also heard that GM is actually operated by BP, do you know this factory? BP is one of the oldest watch makers in this industry, they only made affordable Rolex replicas in the past, now the Day-Date offered under their GM and QF is helping them to open up another market. However, BP has never admitted that GM and QF are theirs. The following are pictures comparison between the two Rolex watches.
QF has been very active in this year, perhaps many people have not heard of QF, but this factory has been in our market for almost two years, may be longer, they only produced Daytona replicas before, the quality is good, but few people are interested in purchasing from them, in 2024, QF started to make the increased weight version of Rolex Day-Date and competed with GM in this field, so more people started to know them in this year, actually their Daytona replicas produced before also have an increased weight. Just in last week, QF announced that their increased weight Daytona has been updated to V6 edition, on the golden models, each watch has a weight of about 180 grams, the case thickness is also almost the same as genuine watch, which is 12mm. QF claims that they use special material to add the weight, not totally tungsten steel, they also did not put extra metal between the case back and movement to increase the weight, I am not sure if this is true, but their official spokesman told me these things. In the market, for new 12xxxx series Daytona replicas, if you want increased weight versions, now only APS and QF offer. And for these golden models, I think only QF makes them. Inside, there is a Shanghai 4131 movement, which I think is the best clone 4131 movement in this industry. By the way, Clean and BT do not have the increased weight version of Daytona watches.
Many people are interested in this replica watch, in our market, only Q Factory makes this replica, the Rolex Daytona Le Mans edition, while Q Factory has two different versions for this replica, one has a gain weight, the other is a version with regular weight. The watch has a case diameter of 40mm, if measuring its bezel only, the size is 38.5mm, the case thickness is about 11.9mm. The replica uses a see-through sapphire crystal on the back like genuine watch, the front crystal is also sapphire, the black bezel is ceramic made with steel ring around. The movement inside is a clone 4132, which is a Shanghai 4132, more clear, it is a Shanghai 4131, the factory just changed the name on the plate and made decoration. The golden auto rotor should be more attractive if being finished better. I do not think Clean will make this replica. It is a huge market, because more and more people want the super clones of these Daytona with see-through crystal back.
I want to share some news at the end, the special price on Daytona made by APS is still going on, I heard that they will stop the production of Daytona after selling all of them, if you want a super clone Daytona at a very good price, just be quick. There will be better Richard Mille replicas coming out in this year, and super clone Audemars Piguet with chrono movement, perhaps made by APS factory, I am very excited now.
