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first super clone RM movement

saschinkaiya

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This just shows how little you know about the watch industry. But please keep up posting, it is entertaining


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Either you are trolling, or you dont want to understand me, ofc the manufacturing costs of a 055 movement are below $20.000, but we are talking about a GEN movement, and why do you think the watches are so expensive in the first place?

Because they are keeping the production very low, which will result in higher prices, so the manufacturing costs are close to irrelevant in this example, because the aspect, that causes this high prices, is the fact that the movement is from RM and therefore extremely hard to get... plus since that watch is skeleton, the price for this movement is also higher, since it "replaces" the dial... so as long as you dont find me a seller who is willing to sell a GEN movement of this watch for under $20.000, dont bother to reply to this message
 
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Either you are trolling, or you dont want to understand me, ofc the manufacturing costs of a 055 movement are below $20.000, but we are talking about a GEN movement, and why do you think the watches are so expensive in the first place?

Because they are keeping the production very low, which will result in higher prices, so the manufacturing costs are close to irrelevant in this example, because the aspect, that causes this high prices, is the fact that the movement is from RM and therefore extremely hard to get... plus since that watch is skeleton, the price for this movement is also higher, since it "replaces" the dial... so as long as you dont find me a seller who is willing to sell a GEN movement of this watch for under $20.000, dont bother to reply to this message

RMs run on a modified Vaucher seed, I forget which model exactly, but they run $2500 each straight from the manufacturer to the consumer. RM undoubtedly pays less than half of that per unit. You can literally buy 25 of them (they sell in batches of 25 to watch manufacturers) right now for $25k. RMs are expensive because Richard Mille is a marketer and understands how ridiculous prices are literally a selling point with these kind of goods.
 

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The price is still $1400.

The movement is being passed on par.
 

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Who is selling RM gen movements for US$ 20,000, post supporting information for that claim.

Base on this
如果您不想看这些专业文案
我帮您总结了简单的几句话

要面子图省钱5w85起步够用
采用海鸥无卡度模组
正面区别于原版的摆轮模组
默认35-01密底降低破绽

既要面子又要里子14w8起步
山度士Vaucher摆轮模组

另外5级钛也能做 但是太贵
宇航材料限购导致成本15w
整表要32w8水晶壳突破41w5

上述文案为目前已出改装方案
持续更新2021.12.03敬请期待

But I just checked again, they were talking about gen balance wheel mode only.
so it's was my mistake thought was a gen movement.
i apologize for wrong info.
 

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Either you are trolling, or you dont want to understand me, ofc the manufacturing costs of a 055 movement are below $20.000, but we are talking about a GEN movement, and why do you think the watches are so expensive in the first place?

Because they are keeping the production very low, which will result in higher prices, so the manufacturing costs are close to irrelevant in this example, because the aspect, that causes this high prices, is the fact that the movement is from RM and therefore extremely hard to get... plus since that watch is skeleton, the price for this movement is also higher, since it "replaces" the dial... so as long as you dont find me a seller who is willing to sell a GEN movement of this watch for under $20.000, dont bother to reply to this message

But they are still chinese. Knowing the people in my industry (as i work in the watch industry with China), they simply want to make as much money as they can in the fastest time possible. So that results in selling more units at lower cost than simply asking top $$$ p/pcs.

Also if they produce more pcs their production cost will be even lower. These days it is freaking expensive is too make a watch from scratch (if they do the whole watch not just the movt). There are so many mold costs these days.
 
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The relation is just nonsense, and if you dont see that you should for sure see an eye specialist. If you get a gen rm movement of the 055 for 20.000 alone you are pretty lucky, but thinking a factory buys them, and then builds a high end replica out of that and still making profit for this price is just... its already hard to get facking rm wristbands, your comment is just wrong on so many levels...

Profit is 5k usd and many sources that are involved with it confirms its 200k rmb per highly modified vaucher movement. Its going to be cheaper with less quality and attention in the future but clearly you don't know china that well. If something can be turned into profit with good margins they will do it thats a fact. There are hermes birkin himalayan bag replicas that at retail cost 300k which you can't even get them even if you bring give blowjobs to entire store and bring 300k in cash. Replicas of it depending on the quality and seller goes for 8k to 15k usd. That's just for a replica bag so yea they can easily do 20k modded vaucher movement.
 
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Profit is 5k usd and many sources that are involved with it confirms its 200k rmb per highly modified vaucher movement. Its going to be cheaper with less quality and attention in the future but clearly you don't know china that well. If something can be turned into profit with good margins they will do it thats a fact. There are hermes birkin himalayan bag replicas that at retail cost 300k which you can't even get them even if you bring give blowjobs to entire store and bring 300k in cash. Replicas of it depending on the quality and seller goes for 8k to 15k usd. That's just for a replica bag so yea they can easily do 20k modded vaucher movement.

Got a link or pictures to one of those 8-15k rep bags? Not doubting you mate, just wouldn't mind taking a look.
 

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Thanks for sharing mate. Bit mind blowing to hear people spending that much on a rep bag but thinking about the amounts I pay for my franken builds, I can see that there is a market.
Anyhow, lets get back to the topic.
 
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I'm starting to think that all the photos I've been able to find show the same movement

Im thinking that at this point we wont have anything solid untill after most return from CNY in mid feb. By then the factories should start reopening and we should see something or get information on the status.