Hey guys, finally I feel like doing a review about a watch again.
Admittedly, I won't do any gen comparisons, since I've had several GMT Master 2 hands on, but the last time was too long ago to be able to judge in detail things like CGs or so.
First of all, I want to thank the TD @CTime who sent me great QC pictures and videos within 12 hours. After my GL he then shipped the watch and gave me the tracking number after a few days.
Unfortunately, the watch was not trackable even after 5 days, so I sent a message
CTime said soon, I should be patient. After another 5 not trackable days I found the watch then in my mailbox - 10 days to Switzerland. What more could you want
I know the quality of CLEAN watches well - in my opinion top tier parts with sometimes problems putting them together. They had even more issues with local workers QC (hair, plastic, pressed hyrtel rings, not correctly mounted xtals and so on...) but that has improved massively in the last 1-2 years. I have had Submariners and Daytonas and still have some of them, and can compare well with VRF, GMF, VSF and ARF. (Now not related to the specific model, but in basic quality requirements).
As @trailboss99 has already reported, this watch is really crazy in terms of quality for the money we pay and I will divide the criteria of my evaluation into + and - points.
First the positive:
+ CLEAN foils best the watches and really forgets no part - so the watch comes absolutely without scratches or so
+ The movement is ultra fine to wind - in Switzerland we call it "Butterzart" (@Stuzzy hahaha) and the GMT hand doesn't stutter, really impressive. Moreover, it runs accurately (+5s on the time scale with 0.0ms beat error, 248 AMP (which is absolutely ok for Dial Up on a 3235))
+ Speedbumps are only visible with makro 16k zoom picture
+ Date print absolutely on point, centered
+ The most superb painted hands I have seen so far on such watches, the drawing of the GMT hands is more beautiful/accurate than on GEN
+ I know some will find the CLEAN glass "not good enough", especially the cyclopse which seems foggy - but for me it is absolutely enough
Negative:
- The bracelet has a little noise, it needed to be oiled
- the bezel click was CLEAN-like-wobbly, and had backplay. Since I did not have a GEN Bezel Spring at hand, I have already used a dental floss to cleane away the grease and achieved a more gmt-like-clicking, which is more genlike. The backplay is unfortunately still present, but 1mm or so, so i will live with it.
- The rotor rattled loudly, not "normal" for a 3235/3285. It turned out that the screw was defective and the rotor had vertical play. Probably a transport damage - annoying, but just happens. The TD immediatly took action and ordered the part which I need for repairing and sends it to me for no additional money. What more can I say. Shoutouts again to @CTime !
Conclusion:
Absolute purchase recommendation, if you have tooth side, baby oil, and an awareness of it lying around at home, that you save a lot of money instead of buying a real one. Very much money. Nourish your family for 1 year from it - but do not grumble about trifles. Good Job Clean Factory.
Here are some pictures of the watch, but first a Video:
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Admittedly, I won't do any gen comparisons, since I've had several GMT Master 2 hands on, but the last time was too long ago to be able to judge in detail things like CGs or so.
First of all, I want to thank the TD @CTime who sent me great QC pictures and videos within 12 hours. After my GL he then shipped the watch and gave me the tracking number after a few days.
Unfortunately, the watch was not trackable even after 5 days, so I sent a message
CTime said soon, I should be patient. After another 5 not trackable days I found the watch then in my mailbox - 10 days to Switzerland. What more could you wantI know the quality of CLEAN watches well - in my opinion top tier parts with sometimes problems putting them together. They had even more issues with local workers QC (hair, plastic, pressed hyrtel rings, not correctly mounted xtals and so on...) but that has improved massively in the last 1-2 years. I have had Submariners and Daytonas and still have some of them, and can compare well with VRF, GMF, VSF and ARF. (Now not related to the specific model, but in basic quality requirements).
As @trailboss99 has already reported, this watch is really crazy in terms of quality for the money we pay and I will divide the criteria of my evaluation into + and - points.
First the positive:
+ CLEAN foils best the watches and really forgets no part - so the watch comes absolutely without scratches or so
+ The movement is ultra fine to wind - in Switzerland we call it "Butterzart" (@Stuzzy hahaha) and the GMT hand doesn't stutter, really impressive. Moreover, it runs accurately (+5s on the time scale with 0.0ms beat error, 248 AMP (which is absolutely ok for Dial Up on a 3235))
+ Speedbumps are only visible with makro 16k zoom picture
+ Date print absolutely on point, centered
+ The most superb painted hands I have seen so far on such watches, the drawing of the GMT hands is more beautiful/accurate than on GEN
+ I know some will find the CLEAN glass "not good enough", especially the cyclopse which seems foggy - but for me it is absolutely enough
Negative:
- The bracelet has a little noise, it needed to be oiled
- the bezel click was CLEAN-like-wobbly, and had backplay. Since I did not have a GEN Bezel Spring at hand, I have already used a dental floss to cleane away the grease and achieved a more gmt-like-clicking, which is more genlike. The backplay is unfortunately still present, but 1mm or so, so i will live with it.
- The rotor rattled loudly, not "normal" for a 3235/3285. It turned out that the screw was defective and the rotor had vertical play. Probably a transport damage - annoying, but just happens. The TD immediatly took action and ordered the part which I need for repairing and sends it to me for no additional money. What more can I say. Shoutouts again to @CTime !
Conclusion:
Absolute purchase recommendation, if you have tooth side, baby oil, and an awareness of it lying around at home, that you save a lot of money instead of buying a real one. Very much money. Nourish your family for 1 year from it - but do not grumble about trifles. Good Job Clean Factory.
Here are some pictures of the watch, but first a Video:
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