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Tourbillons are fascinating and every larger collection seems incomplete without one. So I spent a few weeks poring over the rep offerings and just didn't find one I really liked. There are indeed a ton of them, I went through Trusty's entire list several times.
I almost settled on a Richard Mille as I like the basic shape and style but nothing really clicked for me.
So I started looking at them on Ali Express and was surprised how many cool looking ones there were. Not surprisingly many of them have the same Seagull Tourby movement in them, and are likely made by the same factories that make most of the reps. Some of the non-rep Tourbies bear striking resemblances to the reps.
A lot of them have some funny names, and generally I'm a name hater on watches with very few exceptions. For example I won't wear a Rolex that also says Tiffany's or Cartier. Sorry, I'm just funny that way. So I had to toss aside a lot of the non-rep Tourbies due to funny names prominently displayed. Names like HAOFA, TSAR BOMBA, AESOP, OUPINKE, JINGLI, FIECES, etc. No, I wasn't going to buy an expensive watch that looked liked it's name is pronounced 'feces', lol.
So I found one that I thought looked pretty cool and had no name on it at all! Wow, nice that's right up my alley. And, this maker has it for what I think is a great price, especially given what most real tourbillon (rep) RM's go for. No, it doesn't say RM but c'mon who believes we have a $1.2 million watch on anyway. This is a gen and no fakery involved. Kind of nice for a change.
Anyway check it out, and look up JINLERY on Ali if interested.
https://m.aliexpress.com/store/91224...mobilestoreNew
This beauty came today. First and last pics are mine, others are from Ali ads.
I almost settled on a Richard Mille as I like the basic shape and style but nothing really clicked for me.
So I started looking at them on Ali Express and was surprised how many cool looking ones there were. Not surprisingly many of them have the same Seagull Tourby movement in them, and are likely made by the same factories that make most of the reps. Some of the non-rep Tourbies bear striking resemblances to the reps.
A lot of them have some funny names, and generally I'm a name hater on watches with very few exceptions. For example I won't wear a Rolex that also says Tiffany's or Cartier. Sorry, I'm just funny that way. So I had to toss aside a lot of the non-rep Tourbies due to funny names prominently displayed. Names like HAOFA, TSAR BOMBA, AESOP, OUPINKE, JINGLI, FIECES, etc. No, I wasn't going to buy an expensive watch that looked liked it's name is pronounced 'feces', lol.
So I found one that I thought looked pretty cool and had no name on it at all! Wow, nice that's right up my alley. And, this maker has it for what I think is a great price, especially given what most real tourbillon (rep) RM's go for. No, it doesn't say RM but c'mon who believes we have a $1.2 million watch on anyway. This is a gen and no fakery involved. Kind of nice for a change.
Anyway check it out, and look up JINLERY on Ali if interested.
https://m.aliexpress.com/store/91224...mobilestoreNew
This beauty came today. First and last pics are mine, others are from Ali ads.
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