5168g by ZF or 3KF?

[Shinobidaone]

Hey guys,

so I have been collecting watches for a while and always kept looking at these hyper clones they make.
too wanted to buy a 5168g Aquanaut form Jtime.
There’s two brands, ZF and 3KF. Price is the same but I don’t know which one to pick? Which is the better copy?


thanks in advance for the advice!

 

[zinduna]

I'd get the 3KF -- it's listed as 8.3mm thick where the gen is 8.25 and the ZF is 8.8 mm. My 3KF is exactly 8.25. This and the clone movement make it an easy call for me.

 

[Shinobidaone]

Thanks for that, I also read that 3K makes the thinner one. Do you know if the strap Color’s looks ok? I saw a review of the 3k 5168g in green and the rubber strap looked way too bright to pass as legit. I want the blue one anyway so hopefully that one is fine.

 

[mech500]

Zf has even lume across the hands and dial and nicer date wheel.

3kf has white hands and yellow hour plots + ugly DW.

Zf is more aesthetically pleasing to me eyes


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[Shinobidaone]

Such a tough call, I like that the thickness is almost like the gen on the 3K but the dial and strap are more important to me. Can’t find a good pic of the Dials to compare the difference. But it read in another review that the dw is ugly on the 3k. Is the 5167 that 3K makes better or does it have the same issues?

 

[mech500]

Here my 3kf:

You can see the ugly white hands and small DW. Strap and clasp is bad. Manual Relume will never look right.



It simply doesn’t look and feel gen IMO. Zf is actually quite nice. Is the extra 0.5mm a big deal? Not for me but you decide.


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[Shinobidaone]

The Zf is only 0.5mm thicker? I thought a few mm at least. Like I said the dial and strap are more important, doesn’t help if it’s a tad thinner but colours and hands/dial look off.
I only seriously started looking at a rep Patek after I saw a YouTube video of an almost perfect Nautilus rep on Jenni Elle’s channel. And that’s way over a year old. I’m surprised the 5168g has so many visible errors. Not sure what factory her rep was from but it looked almost identical to the gen. Rolex fakes seem to be much closer to the original but I own enough real ones so not interesting to me.

 

[Tobel]

I only seriously started looking at a rep Patek after I saw a YouTube video of an almost perfect Nautilus rep on Jenni Elle’s channel. And that’s way over a year old. I’m surprised the 5168g has so many visible errors. Not sure what factory her rep was from but it looked almost identical to the gen.

It was a PPF and it also has flaws that are quite visible

 

[Erinoush]

It was a PPF and it also has flaws that are quite visible

the ppf has flaws like all the others, nevertheless, even out of the box the ppf feels quite genlike if you are not using a *10 lens to run after the latest detail....

 

[Tobel]

the ppf has flaws like all the others, nevertheless, even out of the box the ppf feels quite genlike if you are not using a *10 lens to run after the latest detail....

I know mate, I own one. My point is that even that so called super rep that Shinobidaone was talking about has flaws, so it's not that the 5168 is particularly badly made. All reps have flaws and you can either accept them or mod them (or go gen but that's a different budget)

 

[Erinoush]

I know mate, I own one. My point is that even that so called super rep that Shinobidaone was talking about has flaws, so it's not that the 5168 is particularly badly made. All reps have flaws and you can either accept them or mod them (or go gen but that's a different budget)

We are on the same page ....

 

[Shinobidaone]

Thanks for the Input guys, I contacted Li at Jtime and he says he prefers the Zf to the 3Kf. So i ordered that one, I should receive it within a month. Will give you my two cents about my first rep then

 

[Tobel]

Thanks for the Input guys, I contacted Li at Jtime and he says he prefers the Zf to the 3Kf. So i ordered that one, I should receive it within a month. Will give you my two cents about my first rep then

I'm sure you're gonna love it, looking forward to seeing wristshots!

 

[nikthegreek]

guys i really need your help.....i've ordered a 5168 from intime, ZF version and i keep getting yellow looking QC photos......

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What shall I do? I thought its the 3kf that has this issue?

 

[Deano65]

did you decide ?

 

[nikthegreek]

guys i really need your help.....i've ordered a 5168 from intime, ZF version and i keep getting yellow looking QC photos......

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What shall I do? I thought its the 3kf that has this issue?

I received it but bad quality man I’m sending them back