I wanted to share my bad luck experience to show that sometimes things don't work out, and it's not always the TD's fault.
I ordered a VSF 126610 from Andrew in June last year, and after tracking showed it still in China for a month, we finally confirmed it was seized on its way out of China.
Andrew offered to send a replacement but subsequently, VSF was shut down so it wasn't meant to be. I decided to wait it out in case VSF re-emerged. But gave up in October. Instead I took a replacement of lower value (ZF IWC Portuguese 7 Days). It arrived 2 weeks later, but unfortunately it was DOA, it just wouldn't run at all. (but passed QC before shipping to me)
After failing to find a local watch smith to get it running, I decided to take the risk and ship it back to China, and after 2 months of being lost in transit, the package arrived at my doorstep with return to sender on it! It never made it to Andrew and spent 2 months touring the world.
So all up, two failed attempts to send to me, one failed attempt to send to Andrew, and after 8 months of waiting, all I have to show for it is a beautiful NWBIG IWC watch that doesn't run.
Moral of the story - sometimes bad luck happens.
Andrew was understanding and accommodating, so not his fault.
I was since able to source a 126610, and if I can find someone to service the IWC, all will be whole again.
I ordered a VSF 126610 from Andrew in June last year, and after tracking showed it still in China for a month, we finally confirmed it was seized on its way out of China.
Andrew offered to send a replacement but subsequently, VSF was shut down so it wasn't meant to be. I decided to wait it out in case VSF re-emerged. But gave up in October. Instead I took a replacement of lower value (ZF IWC Portuguese 7 Days). It arrived 2 weeks later, but unfortunately it was DOA, it just wouldn't run at all. (but passed QC before shipping to me)
After failing to find a local watch smith to get it running, I decided to take the risk and ship it back to China, and after 2 months of being lost in transit, the package arrived at my doorstep with return to sender on it! It never made it to Andrew and spent 2 months touring the world.
So all up, two failed attempts to send to me, one failed attempt to send to Andrew, and after 8 months of waiting, all I have to show for it is a beautiful NWBIG IWC watch that doesn't run.
Moral of the story - sometimes bad luck happens.
Andrew was understanding and accommodating, so not his fault.
I was since able to source a 126610, and if I can find someone to service the IWC, all will be whole again.
