In the interest of fairness, I will say that Andrew has always been very responsive, accommodating, and never let me feel as if my problems were ignored. Yes, this is my first post, but I've been here many times before to research, which is what led me to buy from him originally (He was regarded as a quality seller).
my story starts about a year ago. I'll try to summarize it all with bullet points to shorten the overall post.
Purchased "highest quality" U-Boat bronze Chimera Automatic for $425. - the one that was supposedly re-created using an actual chimera. Transparent back, and even the rotor and internals were exact duplicates of the original.
2 months, a dozen or so wears.... watch completely stopped working. The rotor spun freely, loosely, and would not wind the watch at all.
Returned watch for repair. Watch came back 2 months later with a generic, all-black, unlabeled internals. After paying for an exact replica, I was very upset after receiving my watch back with generic internals. It was "obviously" a fake now.
returned again.... immediately.
email after email after email. Dozens of them. The parts were not available. Nearly SEVEN MONTHS AND DOZENS OF EMAIL INQUIRIES went by. I bought this watch almost a year ago, but only had it in my "posession" for about 2 months.
Finally, Andrew agreed to replace it with a different watch. Excitedly, I chose another high-end Panerai 1950 GMT Carbotech.... also with transparent back, and exact replica internals.
it arrived. Just like the U-boat, it looked great. 4 days later, I realized it just wasn't my style, and I didn't want to risk another episode of breakage,.because I wasn't sure if my original 1-year warrantee applied, or if I got a new 1-year warrantee with the new watch.
I sold it on ebay.... for considerably less that I originally paid for the Uboat. Whatever... at least it was out of my hands.
5 days later.... the buyer wrote me. It broke. Stopped winding, the GMT function stopped working entirely, and the crown was loose.
i clearly stated that no refunds/returns would be accepted in the auction. I also suppose it is possible that the buyer wound it too far and broke it. While I'm not "responsible" for it... I still feel like a terrible person.
In the end... I have no watch..... and I'm glad.
Andrew is a good guy.... but the watches are complete garbage..... even by Chinese standards. I've had 2 different watches, both of them among the "highest possible quality available".... and both broke and became completely inoperative after only a few wears.
Me? I've learned a valuable lesson. Never, ever again.
You? You've been warned.
my story starts about a year ago. I'll try to summarize it all with bullet points to shorten the overall post.
Purchased "highest quality" U-Boat bronze Chimera Automatic for $425. - the one that was supposedly re-created using an actual chimera. Transparent back, and even the rotor and internals were exact duplicates of the original.
2 months, a dozen or so wears.... watch completely stopped working. The rotor spun freely, loosely, and would not wind the watch at all.
Returned watch for repair. Watch came back 2 months later with a generic, all-black, unlabeled internals. After paying for an exact replica, I was very upset after receiving my watch back with generic internals. It was "obviously" a fake now.
returned again.... immediately.
email after email after email. Dozens of them. The parts were not available. Nearly SEVEN MONTHS AND DOZENS OF EMAIL INQUIRIES went by. I bought this watch almost a year ago, but only had it in my "posession" for about 2 months.
Finally, Andrew agreed to replace it with a different watch. Excitedly, I chose another high-end Panerai 1950 GMT Carbotech.... also with transparent back, and exact replica internals.
it arrived. Just like the U-boat, it looked great. 4 days later, I realized it just wasn't my style, and I didn't want to risk another episode of breakage,.because I wasn't sure if my original 1-year warrantee applied, or if I got a new 1-year warrantee with the new watch.
I sold it on ebay.... for considerably less that I originally paid for the Uboat. Whatever... at least it was out of my hands.
5 days later.... the buyer wrote me. It broke. Stopped winding, the GMT function stopped working entirely, and the crown was loose.
i clearly stated that no refunds/returns would be accepted in the auction. I also suppose it is possible that the buyer wound it too far and broke it. While I'm not "responsible" for it... I still feel like a terrible person.
In the end... I have no watch..... and I'm glad.
Andrew is a good guy.... but the watches are complete garbage..... even by Chinese standards. I've had 2 different watches, both of them among the "highest possible quality available".... and both broke and became completely inoperative after only a few wears.
Me? I've learned a valuable lesson. Never, ever again.
You? You've been warned.
