BTF 126500 LN Daytona with DD4131 Movement!

[Karbon74]

I dont like the doubling down and the crazy lies....

I accept that TDs can make mistakes, send wrong watches, that's life, some days you just get unlucky

But accusing and then shitting and doubling down on something so ludicrous is insane lmao

A simple "Our mistake, please ship this watch back and we will ship you a new one immediately" is all that was needef

Yup. it happened to me and this is exactly what the TD did. It took one email.

And I respect the guy a lot for it.

 

[Bobi01]

To me eyes, in my opinion, white one is not worth buying because subdials are too thick and printing cant compare with clean… black one looks very good on first photo but we will see true comparisons, im interested in texture of the subdials on black dial

 

[muiramas]

My recommendation is give Andiot a miss.

You don't double down on your own bullshit when mods are calling you out on fuckups.

He reminds me of Your Watch and we all know how that ended.

 

[kikata1997]

Movement and case look great to me. Not a big fan of the subdials on the black one. Between all of them i would get a btf and swap in a vsf (SBF) black dial. Not too sure about the panda.

 

[Reaps]

Here are some more pictures, for you eagle eyed members to evaluate. Personally I can't tell the difference, the panda might have slightly thicker subdials but from the distance it looks fine

 

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[Reaps]

I think after evaluation, on the black dial, BTF is not thick

But on the panda, I think it's thicker than gen....

 

[aHero]

VSF either the rings are too big (diameter) or markers are too long.

 

[Reaps]

VSF either the rings are too big (diameter) or markers are too long.

Think for the price of 2400 yuan it's not bad BUT VS has these flaws

1. Big "O" coronet
2. Softer lugs/lack of material on lugs ever so slightly
3. Markers are wrong, the beveled edges of the marker are too thin compared to gen
4. Some proportional issue between the subdial ring and markers

 

[Reaps]

Left VS, right gen

Look at the markers - the gen has more metal on the bevelled edges than VS

And the big "O" coronet lmao, VS repping Clean 116x flaws

 

[Reaps]

Here's another shot of the BTF.... in this angle both the subdials on panda and godzilla look absolutely horrendously thick...

 

[Reaps]

Here's some DD closeups for @dogwood

 

[Karbon74]

My recommendation is give Andiot a miss.

You don't double down on your own bullshit when mods are calling you out on fuckups.

He reminds me of Your Watch and we all know how that ended.

This does serve as proof that veteran members are not just blind shills of TD and that they are held accountable

 

[Reaps]

After spending literally 2 hours staring at gen and like 30 pictures of the BT, I have concluded, at least for the black model, that the subdials are fine. Don't know about the Panda though.

 

[muiramas]

Subdials are fine. Folks need to stop talking out of their asses.

The luminova does have a green tint on a lot of pics though - could be because its charged, but the mismatch against the white dial could be irksome.

 

[aHero]

After spending literally 2 hours staring at gen and like 30 pictures of the BT, I have concluded, at least for the black model, that the subdials are fine. Don't know about the Panda though.

i have the black one order.

 

[dogwood]

Here's some DD closeups for @dogwood

Now this is very interesting!!! I can see what I think is a skeletonized escape wheel in one of the pictures. This is a big deal. The escape wheel starts and stops moving four times per second as it is locked and unlocked by the pallet fork. Each time it stops and restarts it requires energy — energy that comes from the mainspring and doesn’t make it to the balance. This is why Rolex designed the “chronenergy” escapement with a skeletonized escape wheel. By making the escape wheel as light as possible, the amount of energy needed to start it moving when it is unlocked is smaller.

The chronenergy escapement furst appeared on the Rolex 3235 movement, and while Dandong replicated its geometry on the vs3235 movement, they didn’t implement a skeletonized escape wheel. I would be very impressed if they’ve gone the extra mile and done so here for the dd4131.

 

[SHB]

What's the prices you got guoted for the BTF from non TD? Thanks

 

[dogwood]

What's the prices you got guoted for the BTF from non TD? Thanks

I was quoted 3800 RMB (about $525) without shipping and without a delivery guarantee. Shipping was quoted as 260 RMB ($35 USD). I would expect TDs to sell this for around $100-$150 more since they "self insure" the delivery guarantee and tend to offer better service and more payment options than WeChat sellers.