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APS Factory wins

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

Top Ten Best Sellers in 2024

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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.

APS Factory RM055 is the Best

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In recent two years, Rolex and Richard Mille have always been the hottest watches in this industry, with no doubt, Rolex is always hot in any time, but it seems like that many watch makers have been engaged in the production of high-end replica Richard Mille watches in recent years. In the past, about five years ago, I remembered that only KV Factory made some Richard Mille replica watches, which are considered to be in middle quality if being compared with the RMs today, then ZF joined in this field by publishing RM35-02 at first, their V3 edition was claimed as the best RM at that time, I also wrote a review about that RM35-02 on my blog, please check, https://www.susanreviews.com/2020/08/30/the-best-richard-mille-rm35-02-replica-watch-arrives/, now things have changed, ZF have made big improvments on the RM35-02, price also has increased, but the best RM35-02 still made by ZF. Next, some departments like T+ and Sonic participated in, in the beginning, their RMs are sold at very high prices, now they obviously could not compete with these big factories like ZF and BBR, so they lowered down their prices, T+ even disappeared. Today, APS Factory started to make the replicas of Richard Mille. Actually I was greatly shocked by this news when APS announced the release of the RM055 in last week, but now I feel it is not strange, after all ZF and APS have had a good brothership for many years. How about the quality of RM055 from APS Factory? I think it is much better than the one from ZF.

ZF made RM055 before, white ceramic and NTPT models available, with super clone RMUL2 movement. APS currently only has the NTPT models, but upon ZF, APS made several improvements on the RM055. First, both ZF and APS use the same super clone RMUL2 movement on this model, but APS made satin finish on the movement frames, which look closer to that of genuine movement, while the movement frams on ZF always look too bright whether you observe from any angles. The second movement improvement was made on the left corner of the movement, a tiny detail, you can see it by comparing the pictures of ZF and APS. This super clone RMUL2 is called V2 RMUL2 by us. This RMUL2 super clone movement is really good, I can not find the difference between it and genuine movement, when you operate the crown, you can clearly see the working movement components through the front crystal.

Other improvements made on APS RM055 are as below:
The carbon texture on the case looks more beautiful on APS.
The case thickness is thinner than ZF.
The rubber band feels more comfortable than the rubber band of BBR.
The titanium clasp has removable titanium screws to fix, but on ZF clasp, the screws are fixed and not removable.

Whatever, I will made a side-by-side picture comparison between ZF and APS in future. I like RM055, especially the red and blue one, so I post the pictures of the two models below. Other models can be found in the videos.

RM buying guide:
RM35-01: buy from BBR Factory
RM055 NTPT: buy from APS Factory
RM35-02: buy from ZF