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EWF New Releases: 2020 Subbies - 1266xx Lineup

kennygconspiracy

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https://trustytime.asia/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_7&products_id=22049

The whole gang is there. Not the worst start though!
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I like how on the two tone and gold variants they haven't even bothered to update the dial lol. I wouldn't mind a bluesy at some point but I'm just putting it all on hold for now.
 

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How factories are able to produce with that price with 904 steel and “clone” movement?

It doesn’t make sense to me after all the premium /raising in prices already charged for the 904 by all the factories.
 

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How factories are able to produce with that price with 904 steel and “clone” movement?

It doesn’t make sense to me after all the premium /raising in prices already charged for the 904 by all the factories.

bro that's because 904l is just a marketing strategy, they make you pay 100$ more for it, but it actually costs them like 12$, in order to make a watch like that they must spend around 50$ per watch, most of the rest is easy profit.
 

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How factories are able to produce with that price with 904 steel and “clone” movement?

It doesn’t make sense to me after all the premium /raising in prices already charged for the 904 by all the factories.

There are over 3500 grades of steel so I wouldn’t count on any rep using 904 steel and if they do use 904 then I would expect it to be of a sub-standard quality. Unless someone is a metallurgist with access to a lab then I don’t think the rep factories are going to worry and even if they got called out...then what do they care? These are fakes after all...


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bro that's because 904l is just a marketing strategy, they make you pay 100$ more for it, but it actually costs them like 12$, in order to make a watch like that they must spend around 50$ per watch, most of the rest is easy profit.


That’s my thought also but being able to sell “904L ” at that price confirms our hypothesis that is a pure marketing thing
 
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The case is not 41mm with slimmer lugs, that's just the same 40mm case as the 11661X series. Seems good value though.. and I see that have rep'd a 3235 as well, or it just a rep 3135 with a number 2 instead of a 1?
 

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bro that's because 904l is just a marketing strategy, they make you pay 100$ more for it, but it actually costs them like 12$, in order to make a watch like that they must spend around 50$ per watch, most of the rest is easy profit.


That’s my thought also but being able to sell “904L ” at that price confirms our hypothesis that is a pure marketing thing
 
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while this thread is about the "supposed" new models....they aren't.....or some hybrid.

The 904 debate has been going on since they released it with a higher price tag.....and puretime posted results of which factories used what. So we no longer need to debate it.
 

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while this thread is about the "supposed" new models....they aren't.....or some hybrid.

The 904 debate has been going on since they released it with a higher price tag.....and puretime posted results of which factories used what. So we no longer need to debate it.

I know it’s been discussed so long but a factory releasing claimed 904 at this price it’s a revealing thing IMO.. that’s why I made that point.
 

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I know it’s been discussed so long but a factory releasing claimed 904 at this price it’s a revealing thing IMO.. that’s why I made that point.

That is a good point.

I wonder how much it costs a factory to make a watch.. the factory makes a profit, the TD gets a lift.. must be well under a $100 if they can afford to sell a 904L watch at $258 with a clone 3135 and everyone still gets a turn.
 
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