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Any info in Beijing?

Av77x

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Hello everyone! My first post here, although I’ve been reading this forum since more than 10 years ago!

I’ll be in Beijing next week and wondering if anyone has any info on where I could buy a rep from a reputable factory. Being through a TD which I would be happy to pay as well, or if someone knows about any location in the city where factories sell their watches.

Thanks again!
 

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Hi and welcome to RWI! Glad you found your way here.

Honestly, I'm not sure Beijing is the best place to be looking for reps, but I may be mistaken. I honestly don't know.

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Av77x

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Thank you for the info!

Anyone has any experience buying reps in Beijing?

Thank you !
 

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By the way, have you ever heard of the magical power of Google? You know, because I just asked myself: why I am doing the work that YOU should do? 😂

Anyway, I found a mention of rep watches at the Silk Street mall on TripAdvisor: Upper floor, all major brands (Breitling, PAM, Patek...), good quality, but needed to haggle a lot to get a good price.

Only problem is: that review is from 2018. Therefore, once again: no guarantees!
 

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1 week may not be enough to be honest with you. You can try order from TD to your hotel under your name (no worries about shipping or customs) but the thing you should worry about is lead time.... it may take 2 weeks to source the watch you want
 
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Av77x

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Yes understood and thank you for your information! I’ve been to the silk market many times, the thing is that in my experience sometimes they try and pass the bad quality reps for good and factory reps.. I’ll try harder and keep you guys posted as well!
 

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Yes understood and thank you for your information! I’ve been to the silk market many times, the thing is that in my experience sometimes they try and pass the bad quality reps for good and factory reps.. I’ll try harder and keep you guys posted as well!
If they try that, you have to react accordingly
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Guys, can you suggest any locations in Shanghai? I could not find anything at all when I was here few months ago. I even got my friend drive me to a place that I found on google but there was nothing. Friends in Shanghai also do not have any idea (none of them into watches).