Daytona 116500LN ARF V2 - Second Hand Not Sweeping

[liveralone]

Hey guys, just received my first ever replica purchased from sead1999. Aesthetically, the watch is perfect. I have an authentic one as well and cannot believe how good this replica is. It's mind boggling.

However, the second hand on the Daytona sub-dial is extremely skippy/jumpy. It almost comes across as a quartz movement in some areas.

Any recommendations? Should I request an exchange? Is this something that will iron itself out if I let the watch run/sit a little?

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[alfonzo]

I would guess because it is the ARF moment. Only the Noob has the A4130 that is a almost 1-1 clone of the Caliber 4130.

 

[liveralone]

I would guess because it is the ARF moment. Only the Noob has the A4130 that is a almost 1-1 clone of the Caliber 4130.

Yeah, I know the movement on the Noob is superior, but the sub dial second hand movement looks like its struggling, and ticking inconsistently. When I use the chronograph hand, it sweeps perfectly. Strange. I sent sead1999 a video and he is looking into it. I'll keep you guys posted.

Watch is aesthetically beautiful though.

 

[alfonzo]

Weird but yeah it is a good looking watch!

 

[liveralone]

After sending a video, sead1999 confirmed it should not behave like that. Something might have shifted during shipping in the movement. I am sending it to a repair contact he shared and they will see if it’s a quick fix. If not, he will send a new one. Will keep everyone posted on the progress.

 

[Rx4Time]

Hey guys, just received my first ever replica purchased from sead1999. Aesthetically, the watch is perfect. I have an authentic one as well and cannot believe how good this replica is. It's mind boggling.

However, the second hand on the Daytona sub-dial is extremely skippy/jumpy. It almost comes across as a quartz movement in some areas.

Any recommendations? Should I request an exchange? Is this something that will iron itself out if I let the watch run/sit a little?

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

Remember, there is a geartrain to move the running seconds hand to the 6 o'clock position. There is some play between each one so you can get somewhat choppy movement from the seconds hand. Some are worse than others. This is not a indication of a movement issue and overall the ARF is a phenomenal replica. How bad is it? Can you post a video?

 

[liveralone]

Can you post a video?

Sure, I will take one with my macro lens tomorrow and post it.

 

[liveralone]

Can you post a video?

Video attached. It definitely looks like something is wrong.

 

[alfonzo]

Yeah that is a sick movement needs service.

 

[liveralone]

For anyone interested, I sent the watch over to sead1999's repair shop. they took a look at it and are not sure what is causing it. He is sending me a new watch. Overall, the communication and service has been great from sead1999. It is just unfortunate that it's taking so long to wear the Daytona!

 

[liveralone]

Now I got word it was fixed! Guess the watch is coming back after all. No word yet what the issue was.

 

[Rx4Time]

There's a gear train to move the running seconds hand to 6 o'clock. Could have been any of the gears not meshing properly. Glad it's fixed.

 

[liveralone]

So I was told there was some debris on the gear that needed a cleaning. It is now running smoothly but they are going to test it for a couple of days.