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Good find on WISH
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Your wish is my command. I hope you like the 116503 white dial
That is going spare as I have the franken. PM me your address Rich.
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@C-master sent me the link to a quartz Daytona, and I purchased it. I was not disappointed. For the money it's great. However, the RWI Godfather charged me more for the link/information than I paid for the watch.
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He usually just says, "Some day I will come to you for a favor."
I hear ya, but i tend not to believe a guy that can determine that a watch is a quartz movement based on one half decent quality photograph, especially after i described the winding mechanism. Does that even make sense? Also NO ONE has offered to point out any noticeable flaws why? because it's not possible from this photograph, except for the bezel, which I already called attention to. Maybe if someone was that good, you could tell in person, but there's really no way based on what I have provided. You guys really are a joke. I challenge you to prove me wrong.Quartz or crappy calendar auto. Either way, I didn’t need a microscope to see that
Some advise, you would do well to take forum members’ to heart and not get defensive. Good luck.
If you do it in the future, please don't talk about it.
In the welcome thread you were forced to read, you were given this link
Please check out section 1 / F / 4
4) no stories about reps to AD's, if you do it, we don't want to hear about it. We do not encourage these types of activities.
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What is it with the influx of new members swaggering in acting like they know everything, getting angry at a fake internet forum. Brother just bring up a pic of gen and compare the watch.
2 pieces of advice : spend your time doing research... And take everything lightly...
And members CAN tell movement based on subdial spacing and location. It's clearly not a 4130 or 7750, and at the quality and typical price of those reps it's usually a quartz.
2 pieces of advice : spend your time doing research... And take everything lightly...
I'll be helpful.Your wish rep has wrong : Subdial spacing and location, subdial ring size, incorrect lugs, finish is awful on case and pushers, pusher shape and size are wrong, markers are wrong size and shape, lume is def not gen, printing quality and spacing is wrong., dial color, weight, rehaut, bezel color, thickness, bezel font depth, coronet is godawful on dial
And members CAN tell movement based on subdial spacing and location. It's clearly not a 4130 or 7750, and at the quality and typical price of those reps it's usually a quartz.
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So basically, your whole watch is wrong. It gets 1 point for being a chronograph and another point for being a watch. 2/100 compared to gen.
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Hey guys, I just wanted to show off a rep I snagged on Wish for about $120. Here it is next to a rep that i purchased for almost $1000. I'll tell you which one is which at the end. Before buying my first Daytona rep, I never knew that such high quality reps were even a thing. It's fascinating how close they are to the real thing. I will tell you that I have spent DAYS trying to differ between my rep Daytona and a real one, I even compared them side by side at an AP. look and feel Is identical, including the functions. The only thing you can tell with the naked eye is different is the coloring of the numbers in the ceramic bezel, they arent quite as bright on the rep. Besides that, you literally need a microscope to see the differences in finish in very specific places, yes, I used a microscope.
Ok, now that I've told you about my expensive rep, how does the wish version compare? Anything more than a foot away, you can't see any differences. Right up close to your eye you do start to see some slight differences. All of the logos, numbering and branding, coloration are on point at close range, you can't tell from the photo, take my word for it, the Wish Watch even has the laser etch. The crystal is slightly thinner. Although the bands look identical, the Wish version feels lighter, loose and hallow for some reason, and has a much different sound to it and can attract to a magnet. The clasp is a bit difficult to open, and the micro extend adjust link wont stay snapped closed. Function wise, the mechanical winder feels different when I shake the watch, Not sure if it can self wind in both directions. The sweeping second hand moves continuously, there's no timer function. The buttons just move the hands on the left and right dials, they dont move automatically. I haven't payed attention to the bottom dial but I can say that it does move on its own. The buttons and the crown guard are also slightly different sizes. The biggest give away is the number coloring in the bezel, it's way too bright.. I'm not taking a microscope to it, there's no point.
So if you haven't figured it out yet, the Ice Blue daytona is the Wish Cheap-o
If this was my first and only rep, i would be VERY satisfied with it. I'm happy with it now because it was a very tough choice between these 2 styles, and I was happy choosing the Panda, but now I have both!!! I actually ordered another panda style from Wish for a family member, he's going to love it.
I'm making this post just to make a contribution of info to the community. I haven't been here long, but I've seen a lot of posts calling Wish and DH Gate washes complete trash. Yes, there's some risk, but it's a small risk, Paypal will refund you, Wish will refund you, It's worth it. I have also found it to be very difficult and discouraging to purchase from one of the "Trusted dealers" I went thru 5 vendors before I was able to purchase a different watch from one of them.
If you've made it this far into my review, maybe you can help me out:
Does anyone know how to identify what factory a rep has come from?
Based on what i have described, could someone identify what movement is in my Wish watch?
Looking forward to wasting many hours here.
The way I see it, you're at a turning point here.
You can choose to judge this forum and its members as "a joke" and continue with an attitude that will not help your position at all going forward. Or you can take the "jokes" seriously and learn something out if it.
It looks like you came here thinking this is a place of wannabe hobbyists who don't know much about watches and just flex with their reps. This is very wrong. And it doesn't even look you did some reading in the forum in the first place.
There's people here with genuine watch collections worth several net annual salaries of an average employee. There's people here capable of disassembling and reassembling a watch with closed eyes. There's people here able to recognize minimal flaws from 10 feet. There's people here who left genuine forums because the level of knowledge here is far superior of that of any other watch forum out there.
Some comments may have come across as harsh, yes that happens sometimes, but we're grown ups, aren't we? As such were supposed to be capable of reconsider our opinions if proven wrong and can handle criticism.
The good news is, you're not alone, you're not a unique case, you don't need to be ashamed of anything. Shit happens. There's many members who made similar experiences, overpaid for mediocre watches or even where scammed for several hundred dollars and received a brick. They moved on, started reading here, learned a lesson or two and are enjoying the hobby and the forum.
If you chose to take the feedback with a positive attitude you'll only gain from the experience. In some years from now you'll be able to even laugh about it and tell the story to teach others.
Most of the members who passed by to take a look were probably laughing too much to be able to type for a while afterwards.
Really, the challenge would be to point out the things that are good.
I see a lot of members commenting that i should "just accept the advice" and be grateful [ that you guys are calling my watches trash]. No, My feelings aren't hurt, I have no emotional attachment to these pieces, I just found this whole replica underground to be extremely interesting and wanted to learn more, however, i don't accept "advice" or knowledge from some guy on the internet with nothing backing it up, and that's all anyone's offering up to this point.
I was outa here, but I'm bored at the moment and I think you can redeem this forum if you can answer my follow up questions.
Thank you for your seemingly random list that every single thing is wrong with the watch, I have some questions on how you conducted your analysis:
Subdial spacing and location - I can see that now on the WISH watch, good catch.
dial color/bezel color - How can you tell? I already stated that this photo is not a good representation of actual coloring
weight- What method did you use to determine the weight of my pieces?
Lume - We all know that this is where most reps fall short, and i know what the difference is, but again, based on what I have provided, how can you tell? see photos below (again, photos not doing them justice), the edges look way thicker in these pix.
Lugs and pushers- yeah, they're different on the Wish watch, if you can truly see that, you've got a sharp eye, and I'll give it to you... the other listed items arent really worth discussing.
Take it as a learning point. There are countless threads here to help you. Have fun with this. These are just reps.