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First QC photos from Andiot/Elliot - Any thoughts or comments?

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TannoyVoice92

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Hello everyone,

This is my first rep purchase and therefore, no matter how much i've read in the forum and on other platforms about doing a QC on a watch, my eyes are still noobie eyes. I would appreciate any help on this one and whether to GL or RL and ask for another example;

  1. Dealer name: Andiot Watches
  2. Factory name: VSF
  3. Model name (& version number): Omega SEAMASTER 300M (A8800)
  4. Price Paid: £350
  5. Album Links: https://andiotwatches.x.yupoo.com/albums/173778308?uid=1
  6. Index alignment: Indices alignment look all over the place: 3, 4, 9 & 10 look off center with the QC tool
  7. Dial Printing: Looks good
  8. Date Wheel alignment/printing: Looks good
  9. Hand Alignment: Looks good
  10. Bezel: Pip looks a little to the right (although the bezel might need one more click over)
  11. Solid End Links (SELs): These look fine
  12. Timegrapher numbers: -9s/d & 306 & 0.3ms (is the -9s/d too much ? I'm not expecting COSC standards, but i've seen previous SM300 from Andiot with 0-1 +/- s/d
  13. Anything else you notice: This is my first rep QC and would appreciate any other insights on this, and for future purchases

Thank you!!

 

TannoyVoice92

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I wouldn’t accept a watch with these weird purple lines on it.
Haha - what makes it worse they go beyond the watch!! ;)
It is particularly stupid to put on that alignment tool without knowing if the watch face is 100% facing the camera like a full moon, or it's 99%? 98%? 90%? What angle does it tilt to?

I am sorry for the TD, they might have an extra workload on this nonsense...
Fair point - I assumed this was the given practice following other posts on here and from Reddit forums.
 
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Haha - what makes it worse they go beyond the watch!! ;)

Fair point - I assumed this was the given practice following other posts on here and from Reddit forums.
Rediots have a name of rediots do have a reason...

Anyway, it is your rep, here in RWI, if you can't spot a specific flaw, we don't really comment on one's QC photos, simply because it is your rep, everybody has a different standard, and some can take one flaw but not the other. We can't really comment on that.
 

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Best advice is get that photo and the one from their site and place them next to one another and see the detail. Then find a gen photo and do the same with your QC photos. And remember even gen watches have imperfections. I thought my panerai the REG engraving was not good till I saw a gen with TM part same. Genuine watches have issues too and no one cares. If it passes your eye test thats all that matters.
 
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This is not Reddit.
We don't need their format, log or their tool.

I think it looks fine, but I'm locking this thread so YOU can make YOUR own decision how to spend YOUR money.


 
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