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srhoque

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Akilles said:
Has anyone noted that their automatic movement on ARF DJ doesn't work as it should? I have worn my watch for weeks and for the last days it have stopped at night (I'm very active during the days).
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Could be one of a few issues:
  1. Your rotor has ceased up (happens with these Asian clones - either bad parts or is sitting too close to the case back) and hence even when you are wearing in the day, its not rotating enough and transferring enough power to the mainspring. Only solution is handwind to provide power to mainspring
  2. Your mainspring or reversing wheel have gone bad and hence is not transferring or "storing" enough power for a longer period.
These are Asian made, so quality at best is always questionable. The good part is these are easy (and relatively cheap) fixes on the ETA clones. On my first franken DJ41, even a brand new gen ETA stopped working after a month. Turned out that the rotor needed service. This is another reason why I am a big fan of servicing reps right out of the box. Good luck, hope it works out for you soon!!
 
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srhoque said:
Could be one of a few issues:
  1. Your rotor has ceased up (happens with these Asian clones - either bad parts or is sitting too close to the case back) and hence even when you are wearing in the day, its not rotating enough and transferring enough power to the mainspring. Only solution is handwind to provide power to mainspring
  2. Your mainspring or reversing wheel have gone bad and hence is not transferring or "storing" enough power for a longer period.
These are Asian made, so quality at best is always questionable. The good part is these are easy (and relatively cheap) fixes on the ETA clones. On my first franken DJ41, even a brand new gen ETA stopped working after a month. Turned out that the rotor needed service. This is another reason why I am a big fan of servicing reps right out of the box. Good luck, hope it works out for you soon!!
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Yeah. If I know myself I will wear it until the manual winding stops working as well, then it most def need a service or a movement exchange :D
 
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The dial seems to have a purple hue and the sunburst is barely visible. The ARF bracelet is probably better as well.
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Yeah, their dial printing and colors are definitely not the best. But their rehaut seems to be better than ARF, and their lugs are definitely better than ARF. I wonder if one ARF/REF bracelets are interchangeable.
 
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I read everything from page 200 onwards. That was a lot, but now I am well informed.

I have received my QC pictures and I have a specific question:
Doesn't the glass sit straight? The cyclop is wrong? Is that correct?

QC Pictures: https://imgur.com/a/fesvYFX

The DW is bad, but I will exchange that for GEN-DW.

Thank you for your support.
 
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The cyclops looks correct. And the glas sits straight to on this pics. But it allways depents from witch angel you shot the pics.
 
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When checking cyclops and DW alignment I would recommend to ask the TD to take straight overhead pics like this. The ones with the red crosses are a bit excessive/overblown but you get the point...


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Thank you. I asked the TD for new photos of the overlay. I like the other part of the watch.
 
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boennsch said:
I read everything from page 200 onwards. That was a lot, but now I am well informed.

I have received my QC pictures and I have a specific question:
Doesn't the glass sit straight? The cyclop is wrong? Is that correct?

QC Pictures: https://imgur.com/a/fesvYFX

The DW is bad, but I will exchange that for GEN-DW.

Thank you for your support.
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The glass is installed slanted. The laser crown at 6 is off to the left side and the cyclops dun look square over the date window.
 
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boennsch said:
I read everything from page 200 onwards. That was a lot, but now I am well informed.

I have received my QC pictures and I have a specific question:
Doesn't the glass sit straight? The cyclop is wrong? Is that correct?

QC Pictures: https://imgur.com/a/fesvYFX

The DW is bad, but I will exchange that for GEN-DW.

Thank you for your support.
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Firstly, THANK YOU for taking the time to read through 100+ pages and being “well informed”. Lots of useful info on this forum.

Hard to guess from the pics if the cyclops is not aligned. But i just wanted to suggest that you change to a Gen or Prof crystal. For darker color dials (black, blue or rhodium), good glass quality presents an amazing contrast and makes the dial+markers “pop”. I am personally not a big fan of the stock ARF crystal. Glass quality is inferior and mag is wrong (but I think they have fixed that in newer models).

Stay safe and wear the watch in good health!!

Edit: You could even go for Clark crystals on ebay. Way cheaper than gen/Prof but much better quality than ARF (based on feedback from other members).
 
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Thank you for all your information, I have declined the watch and i waiting for new QC pictures. I asked The TD to send me good overhead pictures.

In this thread I could not see a Clark Crystal installed compared to the ARF stick. Maybe someone has a picture for me? Thank you :)

I will send the watch to interaktiv. The Gen Crystal is too expensive, but the DW definitely needs to be replaced.
 
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A bit off topic but recieved QC for my 116610LN. Wanted to show how good the DW and crystal on ZZF are compared to ARF. The blue/gold sub is gen.

If ARF fixes that we have an epic OOTB DJ41.


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