Bought A Daytona win "Seiko Movement" which seems faulty

[donkey]

I don´t think so. I think, he is one of the self declared "clever" guys, who wants to proof us stupid RWI-Guys how dumb we are. He thought, buying from a "gross-seller" an Alibaba gives you cheaper prices as buying from a retail seller. That may work for some sorts of products, but not for Reps ;-)
So we have another case of "Dunning-Kruger". That´s that simple.

@donkey
This community is actually intended to provide the necessary material so that everyone can get as much information as possible on the subject of "Reps" and form a little know how themselves. If you had done that, you would have been spared all the trouble and you would now have a nice Daytona rep. But you thought you were smarter than all the members here, some of whom have been dealing with the subject for decades. Now you realize that you have overestimated yourself "a little". This is a hard but necessary lesson. Let's hope that you have at least understood it.

My recommendation: Since you will certainly not find a buyer for the two lemons, just throw them away or put them in the hat of someone in need, who will certainly be pleased. And then buy a decent Daytona from Clean, BTF or Noob (or if you don't want to spend that much money, also from ARF or EWF) at a TD.

No, of course not. Please do not misunderstand me! I am really looking for help here. I do not consider myself clever when it goes to watches and I am new to this. As far as I am concerned the Apple watch was the best watch for me a couple of months ago . I have also bought those watches , before finding this community. I am looking into Alibaba not because of the prices. If you look at the last shop that I posted, the price of the CF v2 is the same as the one offered by some trusted dealers here at 780 USD. I have some concerns because of my location. For example Ali guys have ways to smuggle replicas into Switzerland without being caught. If the customs get those watches this could cause also problems for me. In addition, I have looked into some of the trusted dealers here and none of them seems to have a proper shop that will deliver to me here. Or at least I did not find one. In addition, I have read some really bad reviews from people in the community about some of them. Other shops are closed or with closed websites because of police raids but are still on your list. That's why I have asked above, to recommend me a shop in Europe that will deliver to me here in Switzerland. I still have no answer about that.

 

[Storm.]

No, of course not. Please do not misunderstand me! I am really looking for help here. I do not consider myself clever when it goes to watches and I am new to this. As far as I am concerned the Apple watch was the best watch for me a couple of months ago . I have also bought those watches , before finding this community. I am looking into Alibaba not because of the prices. If you look at the last shop that I posted, the price of the CF v2 is the same as the one offered by some trusted dealers here at 780 USD. I have some concerns because of my location. For example Ali guys have ways to smuggle replicas into Switzerland without being caught. If the customs get those watches this could cause also problems for me. In addition, I have looked into some of the trusted dealers here and none of them seems to have a proper shop that will deliver to me here. Or at least I did not find one. In addition, I have read some really bad reviews from people in the community about some of them. Other shops are closed or with closed websites because of police raids but are still on your list. That's why I have asked above, to recommend me a shop in Europe that will deliver to me here in Switzerland. I still have no answer about that.

Bro. We have many many swiss people here.
All of them have and will order watches without any problems.

AliExpress does not do anything else differently than our tds.
In fact some of our tds actually offer reimbursement or replacement of your watch should it get nicked by customs.

Talk to @derjenigewelcher he's an expert of smuggling goods into Switzerland, sometimes via tds, sometimes in his butt. He's your guy.

 

[JayBee0815]

I have some concerns because of my location. For example Ali guys have ways to smuggle replicas into Switzerland without being caught. If the customs get those watches this could cause also problems for me.

I see, that is a good point. Most TDs have a very high level of experience with shipping Reps to different countries. Jtime for example uses afaik a method with shipping the watch to Switzerland via the Netherlands. So your risk is lower than with the Ali-Sellers, who mostly don´t have this knowledge. And last but not least the TDs give you a guarantee. If the watch is seized by the customs, they will send you another watch for free.

 

[donkey]

OK, great thanks for your help! I got in contact with JTime.

 

[derjenigewelcher]

Talk to @derjenigewelcher he's an expert of smuggling goods into Switzerland, sometimes via tds, sometimes in his butt. He's your guy.

Hahaha made my day. But(t) - how dare you telling my secrets

 

[Storm.]

Hahaha made my day. But(t) - how dare you telling my secrets

 

[Storm.]

OK, great thanks for your help! I got in contact with JTime.

You could also source the watch via members in Germany.

Open a post box in Kreuzlingen or some other town close to the border. send it there.

Throw the watch on your wrist. Drive over the border. Done.

 

[donkey]

One last question? I like the Daytona with the black dial a lot more but in the topic comparing the different factories for their v2 daytona with black dial, the author state that the subdial rings of the clean v2 are too thick is this still the case? It seems not to be the case with the white model. If yes I will buy the white panda dial.

 

[Storm.]

One last question? I like the Daytona with the black dial a lot more but in the topic comparing the different factories for their v2 daytona with black dial, the author state that the subdial rings of the clean v2 are too thick is this still the case? It seems not to be the case with the white model. If yes I will buy the white panda dial.

Get a Btf black dial. You'll be happy.

 

[donkey]

Short update - I have received my jtime watch and it is just wow. I see the differences now. Thanks