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Just a FYI regarding VSF.

donkacper

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Apparently VSF are suspending sales until after CNY 2021 ( Feb 22[SUP]nd[/SUP] ) reason claimed are the ongoing raids.
Hopefully we will not see a PAM drought going forward.
PT is also closing down shop for the holidays. Quite early this year.
https://puretimewatch.io/news/impor...e-to-after-cny-holiday-and-discount-code.html
Yeah, heard the same thing about VSF from Sead, was just about to order some Omega...

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Not at all surprising. Most (if not all) factories historically close during this time and use the perennial reason of the threat of raids. Raids do not just happen during CNY, they happen all year round, although the raids during this time are bigger because the local authorities want to impress their visitors from the Central Government. A lot of customers don't catch on that most employees of the factories are, um, Chinese and have to celebrate Chinese New Year (although people in China usually use the terms Lunar New Year or Spring Festival). They usually go home to their provinces which can take a day or two to reach and the same time going back. Not sure how the current pandemic is going to affect this journey home though as nothing compares to the crush of people in bus and train stations and that makes the threat of catching something all the more likely.

Also, it makes no sense to buy a watch during CNY because even the couriers are on vacation, so even if the watch is on hand, there is no way to ship to you going out of China or even Hong Kong (which couriers sometimes use). So buying a watch in M2M will be everyone's best bet for the meantime.
 
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Some dealers grabbed some stock before they shut down so if you want something, people should see if any TDs have it on hand. I got lucky with a few I think.

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Some dealers grabbed some stock before they shut down so if you want something, people should see if any TDs have it on hand. I got lucky with a few I think.

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Same here, I think.. not seen the QC pics yet though
 

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Not at all surprising. Most (if not all) factories historically close during this time and use the perennial reason of the threat of raids. Raids do not just happen during CNY, they happen all year round, although the raids during this time are bigger because the local authorities want to impress their visitors from the Central Government. A lot of customers don't catch on that most employees of the factories are, um, Chinese and have to celebrate Chinese New Year (although people in China usually use the terms Lunar New Year or Spring Festival). They usually go home to their provinces which can take a day or two to reach and the same time going back. Not sure how the current pandemic is going to affect this journey home though as nothing compares to the crush of people in bus and train stations and that makes the threat of catching something all the more likely.

Also, it makes no sense to buy a watch during CNY because even the couriers are on vacation, so even if the watch is on hand, there is no way to ship to you going out of China or even Hong Kong (which couriers sometimes use). So buying a watch in M2M will be everyone's best bet for the meantime.

Pandemic is bit serious in the North and Northeastern Part of China, especially in Hebei, Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang. Most of the factories are in located in the Southern Guangdong Province, recently there is a new factory based in Guizhou started by a Veteran from Seagull who specialises in Making good quality movements, he supplies across, including Reps. Nevertheless, workers do come from various parts of China and the factory workers holidays are no more than 7 working days and they shall club the weekends and some extra days that shall be in total no more than 10-12 days.

Replica Factory existence isn't something super secretive as the local authorities are pretty much aware of almost everything happening out there, as you have mentioned they do catch the low hanging fruits to reach the targets before the CNY to get their promotions. Unfortunately, this time more number of Rep Watch factories have fallen into their Radar.
 
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recently there is a new factory based in Guizhou started by a Veteran from Seagull who specialises in Making good quality movements, he supplies across, including Reps.

Very interesting! Hope we will hear more about it in the near future


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