In 2024, VS published the replica Explorer I 124270, this watch firstly appeared in the market with the iconic DD3235 developed by VS, later the factory developed the 3230 for the Explorer and Oyster Perpetual. When the Explorer 124270 firstly published by VS, there were two big flaws on the watch, first, the movement plate was engraved with ‘3235’, not ‘3230’. Second, the bracelet is the same width from end to end, that’s not correct.
The following pictures show the bracelet difference on the Explorer 124270 between VS and Clean. The left watch is from VS, the right watch is from Clean. The Clean Explorer has a much narrower bracelet, which is closer to genuine, while on the left VS Explorer, the bracelet looks much wider, this is not good. Absolutely this is the old version before improvement
The following pictures show the bracelet dimension of the watch after being improved this time.
After being improved, the bracelet looks much better now. Wider on the end that connects the case, becomes narrower on the clasp end.
The clasp width on the picture, it is about 16.1mm.
On the end that connects the clasp, the link has a width of 14.2mm
The end link that connects the case is measured to be about 19mm.
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.
This watch was more popular in the past than today, especially when Clean factory published it in May https://www.susanreviews.com/2025/05/26/clean-titanium-yachmaster-42mm-226627/, 2025, but after the closure of Clean, few people are discussing this watch today, but that does not mean there is no good replica for this YachtMaster, some people thought only Clean has the best Rolex, now they need to change their minds, like I said before, every replica is not perfect, and the replica from each factory has their own advantages. So now which factory makes the best replica of this YachtMaster?
Currently a lot of factories make this replica watch, including TW, EWE, QF, Clean Plus, Victory, ARF. If you want the most affordable one, I recommend EWE. If you want a high-end one, please check with QF, Victory and ARF, and I do not think there is too much difference between these three factories. QF and ARF have been in this industry for more than five years, their watch quality and quality control are trusted. Victory is a new factory and many dealers said their watches are the same quality as previous Clean, I got one Daytona from Victory last week, and found it indeed uses many watch parts that were used on Clean clone watches. The quality of Victory Rolex is no problem, I only have a little bit worry about their quality control, after all they are a beginner. Among these factories, I do not suggest you buy from Clean Plus, which is also called C Plus.
If I were you, I will consider ARF first when buying this YachtMaster watch. They upgraded the movement to DD3235, and the pin that connects each link of the bracelet also uses ceramic tube. Currently only makes Rolex, and the movement of their GMT-Master has also been upgraded to DD3285, but at the same time they also supply the Rolex SH3235 and SH3285. There have been a controversial topic on which movement is better between SH3235 and DD3235, I do not think DD3235 is better in each aspect, otherwise people won’t buy from QF.
The following pictures show the YachtMaster 226627 from Victory. It is a good watch but not perfect. Two obvious flaws I can notice when firstly got the watch, the matt finish on the ceramic bezel is too delicate, while on genuine watch it should be more obvious. Second, the bezel rotation is too smooth. The finish of other places is in quite high quality level.
By the way, VS Factory currently does not make this YachtMaster, but they are about to publish the Daytona 126518 with turquoise dial.
It is nearly the end of year 2025, I will make time to summarize and discuss the best-selling replica watches in this year. Today, let us see what’s happening in the market recently.
First, it is about VS Factory. They are selling their Panerai watches at special prices, it seems like they are clearing the Panerai inventory to free up production capacity for Rolex, after all, their Rolex replica watches are currently in short supply, especially their Daytona and V2 Datejust.
What is VS Factory doing?
Their focus has shifted to Rolex, this is a great move, with the closure of Clean, they are already the biggest boss in this industry, they continued to improve the quality of their Rolex replica watches, especially the quality of the Daytona, Datejust and Day-Date. Now the Daytona has come to V3 edition, the Datejust and Day-Date have come to V2 edition. Daytona and Day-Date are increased weight version, while the Datejust from them has much better finishes than the ones made by other factories. The Panerai is not their improtant project, after all, the money they earned by selling Rolex in this year has exceeded the money earned from selling Panerai in the past several years.
What new watches VS Factory will bring to us next?
These new Seamaster and Railmaster have already been available.
This Seamaster has a 41mm case diameter, with black ceramic bezel, the dial is turquoise.
The three new models above are in 38mm, one is Railmaster, the other two are Seamaster. They are equipped with super clone 8800 movement.
New faces
Recently, some new factories appeared, first, it is the Clean Plus, we discussed this factory before, they are not the real Clean Factory, but the quality of their Rolex replica watches is very close to that of the Rolex made by previous Clean before. Just in last week, a new factory appeared, its name is Victory, we also call it V, or VF. Many dealers have talked about this factory and reviewed their watches, they said this is real Clean, and now they are providing customers with many replicas of Rolex watches, including Datejust, Daytona, GMT-Master II and the titanium YachtMaster. Look at the pictures below.
Having checked the titanium YachtMaster watch from Victory, it is exactly the same one made by Clean before, because the watch also has two key features that are the same as the one from Clean, first, its bracelet links are connected with ceramic tube. Second, its ceramic bezel has the same finish as the bezel on previous Clean, Clean Plus also has made this titanium YachtMaster, but its bezel is not as good as the one on the Victory.
Currently there are two big things in the market, first, it is about the Clean Plus factory. Second, it is about VS factory, which is their Rolex watches are too hot, often out of stock, people who are going to order their Rolex especially Datejust usually need to wait. After the closure of Clean, VS published V2 Datejust 2, which helped them dominate this market immediately, for people who want the best Datejust 2, I also recommend VS.
Before the closure of Clean, I said this factory has started to use the DD3235 movement in their Datejust, it is a new DD3235 that has 27 bearing balls, now VS also uses this new DD3235 movement in their Datejust 2, many dealers saying the new DD3235 is much better than the old version when they promoting VS watches, so this brings a problem, which is a lot of customers then insist on buying the watch with that new movement, however, VS factory hasn’t actually used this new movement in every watch, both the old and new movement are randomly used, and both movements have the same quality in my opinion.
The VS Datejust is so hot, some dealers deceive customers by selling them other factories Datejust as VS Factory models, to avoid being scammed, today I will show you a feature of the clasp on VS Datejust to help tell if the watch is from VS.
Please use a magnifier to observe the letter “A” on the engravings of the clasp.
On VS Datejust, the letter “A” in word “GENEVA” and “MADE” has a flat top. The letter “E” in “MADE”, its middle bar is slightly shorter than the top and bottom ones.
On the clasp of the Datejust from other factory, the engravings look somewhat shallow, and the letter “A” has a more pointed top.
This is the engraving of “ROLEXS.A.” on VS Datejust.
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 just published the Day-Date replica watch, and currently only this blue one is available, but my impression about this watch is it is too expensive.
In the market, if you decide to make the Day-Date replicas, you are facing several strong competitors, including GM, QF, THB, CBD and RC, as I mentioned before, the Day-Date from THB and CBD are not good, if do not consider them, you still need to think about how to beat the other threes, this is very hard, as far as I know, the Day-Date from GM, QF and RC has been accepted by most people, especially after the review on RC Day-Date at https://www.susanreviews.com/2025/07/28/rc-day-date-part-ii/, I highly recommend the Day-Date made by RC.
Now how about this Day-Date from VS Factory? First, its quality is good. Especially its bezel, which seems to have inherited the same improvement VS Factory just made on the bezel of their Datejust, the bezel reflection looks brighter, some people said VS coated real Platinum on the bezel, some said they just coated Rhodium, whatever, the bezel is more gen-like now. Second, this Day-Date from VS uses a real super clone 3255 movement, which is developed by DD movement factory. While the movement in the Day-Date made by other factories is SH3255, which is considered to be not a real super clone 3255 by a lot of watch fans, they think the SH3255 in both QF Day-Date and RC Day-Date is just modified on basis of the 3135. However, the SH3255 is also very stable and reliable, it is hidden behind a solid case back, I think it does not matter whether you choose a DD3255 or a SH3255.
This Day-Date from VS Factory has a weight of 146 grams, which is even lighter than the Day-Date from GM, not to mention compared with the Day-Date from RC. And the price of this VS Day-Date is only about 60 USD cheaper than the RC Day-Date, will you choose the Day-Date from VS? If I were you, I won’t, at least for now it is not the right time. Genuine Rolex Day-Date is made with precious metals like platinum or gold, so it is very heavy, the Day-Date made by RC Factory is 208 grams, which is very close to genuine weight, while this VS Day-Date is nearly 70 grams lighter than the genuine, this is a big difference in weight. So, to buy a quality Day-Date, I still suggest you buy from GM, QF or RC.
Will VS Factory make the Day-Date with gain weight? I think there is a strong possibility, after all their Day-Date has movement advantage when being compared with other manufacturers, this is a great chance for VS to penetrate the market. Currently I think people will still choose the Day-Date with heavier weight, after all their attention has been focused on the gain weight area for years, it won’t easily shift, the weight of a Rolex replica watch is now a more significant factor for people than in the past.
In my last post about the Day-Date from RC factory, I have already made a brief review on their Day-Date watches, please read it at https://www.susanreviews.com/2025/06/30/rc-day-date/, RC is a new maker in the increased weight Rolex Day-Date field, too many factories are making this type of Rolex replicas, every factory is saying their watches are very good, but a lot of customers have been scammed, today, let me talk more about the Day-Date from RC. In future, I will keep an eye on their watches and share my final thoughts here.
Before my today’s work, I want to say something, that is some factories are cheating customers with exaggerated or false claims. Take the Day-Date from CBD factory as an example. In their advertising, I remember they said their Day-Date will not have the issue of case peeling off, but after checking the finish of the bracelet, you will see they are lying. Please check the first picture below, these links were taken off from a Day-Date made by CBD. It is a golden watch, but each link is not fully gold plated, besides, there are two layers of each link, you can see obvious gap, the inner material is probably tungsten steel and the outer is wrapped with stainless steel, the two types of materials can not fuse into a single piece, so cracks form between them. So, when CBD said their Day-Date would not have the peeling off issue, it is a lie.
The bracelet links on CBD Day-Date, not good, and the bracelet is too thick
Next, let us see the Day-Date from RC Factory, in my opinion, currently their Day-Date looks better than the one made by THB and CBD, which both have the peeling off issue. Their prices are too expensive, so not worth purchasing. Currently the Day-Date from RC looks good and worth a try. Besides, the increased weight Day-Date from GM and QF is also worth buying and is the most cost efficient.
The weight of the whole watch is about 208.3 grams, this is a golden Day-Date, the gold tone looks nice, not shiny and looks very close to the golden color on genuine Rolex.
The case is not thick, it is about 12.3mm to 12.6mm. I thought it will be much thicker, but after measuring the actual watch, the case has not been thickened.
The case of the watch is about 102 grams, it is 101.8 grams.
The movement inside is a SH3255, after opening the case back and I weigh the case, it comes to 102.1 grams.
The case back is 27.7 grams, it has been added with extra weight on basis of a common case back.
The bracelet has a weight of 106.1 grams.
The weight of the clasp.
Each link has a weight of 3.2 grams.
Each link is fully plated with gold, no stainless steel part you can see, no cracking gap on the link, this is much better than that on CBD Day-Date. So, what are the materials used by them to make the bracelet? They are integraded very well.
This is my second review on the RC Day-Date, I think it is a good watch, however, we still need more time to see if their watch will have the issue of peeling off, I will follow up on this and share my third review.
Last time, I introduced the GMT-Master II Pepsi from VS Factory in article https://www.susanreviews.com/2025/06/16/vs-factory-gmt-master-pepsi/, I said some advantages of their GMT-Master II when being compared with the one from Clean, but yesterday, I found my opinions are wrong, later I will explain this. Today, I will show you some new GMT-Master II watches which VS factory just published, they include Batman, Pepsi and Sprite, please see pictures below, the oyster bracelet version and jubilee bracelet version available.
The first GMT-Master II Sprite with green dial, only AR and THB made it before, but they use SH3285 movement, if you want the best one, I recommend this one from VS Factory, they use DD3285 movement, and Clean Factory does not make this watch.
Now, back to the thing I mentioned in the first paragraph. When VS Factory firstly published the Pepsi GMT-Master II, I made a short review and thought it is much better than the one made by Clean. Just yesterday, I realized I shouldn’t think this way. In promoting their GMT-Master II, VS indeed claimed their GMT-Master is better than the ones made by other watch makers in the market, a lot of watch distributors also reviewed this watch in the videos to explain what advantages it has in every aspect when being compared with the one from Clean, they said VS GMT-Master II is much better than the one from Clean. Now I do not agree with this view.
First, both GMT-Master II Pepsi watches from Clean and VS are close to the genuine watch. This is what I think right now. Clean uses an older genunine watch to make the replica, while VS uses a newer genuine watch to make the replica, VS said they refer to the designs of the new watch published in 2022. I do not know what are the differences between the old version and new version on the same watch published by Rolex. However, some watch dealers said VS GMT-Master Pepsi is closer to the genuine watch than Clean version, this is totally wrong.
Second, Clean Factory has been making the GMT-Master replicas for years, VS just started to produce them, can VS surpass Clean right from the start? Impossible. Many dealers said the GMT-Master II Pepsi has surpassed the one made by Clean in all aspects, can you believe this nonsense?
Third, just like I said before, to get the DD3285 movement, VS will share part of their DD3235 movements with Clean, now some Datejust watches from Clean factory being equipped with DD3235 movement has appeared in the market, see the pictures of Datejust and movement below. Between Clean and VS, looks like they’ve got some under-the-table deal going on, like saying VS GMT-Master II is better than Clean is allowed in this industry.
RC is a new watch maker in the market, currently manufactures good quality replicas of Rolex Day-Date with increased weight.
A lot of factories are making increased weight version of Rolex Day-Date in the market, everyone may have their own opinions when buying such a Day-Date and every factory claims that theirs have no case peel off issue. But as customers, you need to be careful when choosing such a watch because some really have case peeling off problem, some factories are selling such Day-Date watches at too high prices by just adding extra links on the bracelet to increase the weight but their watches still have the issue of case peeling off, I do not want to talk the factory name again, I mentioned it in my article here before. So, be sure to ask for honest opinions from your dealers before making the purchase.
As a new watch maker, how about the quality of the Day-Date from RC? It is good, but will the watch have the issue of case peeling off? I do not know, because their watches just came out, still need time to test.
Not like the latest V5 edition from QF and THB, RC does not add extra links on the bracelet to increase the weight. Also not like CBD, RC does not add height of each link of the bracelet to increase the weight. So, how did they do to increase the weight of the watch? As far as I know, the case back is added with extra weight, which is now up to 28.7 grams, and like GM and QF have done, RC also added the weight on the movement retaining ring, I opened the case back to check, the retaining ring looks much wider. However, doing these two jobs is not enough to increase the weight of the watch to be 209 grams, which is the same as the gen. So, what is their secret?
Like the watches from other factories, the Day-Date from RC also has advantages and shortcomings. Its gold tone looks nice, has a better gold color than the golden Day-Date from other makers. RC claims that you can do gold wrapping on the watch repeatedly, well, this needs to test. On their Day-Date, I also found some shortcomings, for example, on the edge of the hands, you can see burrs, well, this needs to be observed with a magnifier. The edge of the sapphire crystal is not finished as good as that on Clean Rolex. The Week font in the window at 12 o’clock is slightly thinner than that of the genuine. The shape of the Rolex crown emblem base is slightly different from that of the genuine. Well, I do like the sunburst finish on the dial, it looks beautiful.
