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If you liked the Moonswatch, how about the Breitling Endurance cheapie?
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shinynewbling25
aprilia
I can definitely understand the hard choice aspect.
I'm looking at ali sellers now trying to decide who I'll get the orange and yellow from now. And the Miami blue is in the mix and I like the Ironman 70.3 world championship Ironman. I've got another $140 in the ali cart at the moment just debating on what I'll pull the trigger on now, lol.
shinynewbling25
aprilia
Well, I just ordered the yellow and orange. I should know better by now and just order the ones I want all at once rather than draw it out over a couple months..... The white is fairly versatile with straps.
Swapped out the sub hands for red ones from a less gen endurance. Had to paint the existing sweep red- the red sweep on the less gen endurance had a collet way too tall- it was touching the crystal.
shinynewbling25
aprilia
It totally transformed the watch. Looks so much better. That's how it should come in the first place. I would have destroyed the watch if I tried to do that.
Swapped out the sub hands for red ones from a less gen endurance. Had to paint the existing sweep red- the red sweep on the less gen endurance had a collet way too tall- it was touching the crystal.
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Can you post the Ali address for the watch. There is more than one dealerI can definitely understand the hard choice aspect.
I agree- made a big difference.
Looking again I think I was foolish not painting the entire sweep hand... I'll remedy that.
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Thanks. These go for $20 to $40 on Aliexpress. Shiny seems to be saying he was on Aliexpress.
shinynewbling25
aprilia
That's correct. I use Ali because I don't have an dhgate account. I've bought two of these and the stores were removed within just a day or two of placing the order. Still received my watches.
I just bought two more a couple days ago from this store https://www.aliexpress.com/store/1103130904 which is still up and looks like it might be a little more stable (it has an actual name). I am fairly confident you will get what you order even if the stores get removed because my understanding is they won't get paid until you confirm delivery but not 100% certain.
I've also got a moonswatch on the way and two Maurice LaCroix and those stores are still up. Well maybe not the moonswatch one. I can't keep track.
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shinynewbling25
aprilia
And just checked the tracking on all of my orders (7 watches incoming currently) and I should receive all of them this week except the two Endurance pros I just ordered a couple days ago. Even found some nice U-Boat and UN watches I might pick up. I've lost my virginity to these cheapies thanks to NCRich posting the Breitling EP's and now I'm easy for the cheapies, lol
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My experience with Aliexpress has been very good. I’ve ordered a lot of Xmas gifts from them. I ordered a few of theirs $1.79 designer watches to used as stockings stuffers. One didn’t work and they gave a $2 refund without questions. How they can sell a quartz watch for $1.79 with a battery and free shipping to the USA is something I don’t understand. So for $30 I expect Patek quality.
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shinynewbling25
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I'm fairly new to Ali. AND I was actually just trying to find that Alibaba thread I remembered from a while ago because this thread made me think of it just now today and it was you! I'm going to see if you ever got it and what you received, lol
shinynewbling25
aprilia
Yep, all the same but there are two versions you can see from looking earlier in the thread. A really bad shiny thing and the better ones with the "24" number on the 3 oclock subdial. That's the one you want. The one Cmaster posted is the bad version. And Pinion Minion posted the light blue version next to the two better versions dark blue and green
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Yes, I posted some photos. Most comments thought it was a watch by the Clean factory although one “Expert “ thought it looked like a perfect copy of the Clean Rolex . So it could be that a new factory is making perfect copies of the Clean Rolex copy. So maybe Clean factory should complain to the government to have that factory shut down. Is there no honor amongst the fake watch factories.
A bit of information for anyone interested- I pulled apart one of the better Endurance reps because like the Blancpain ocean rep I hate how jangly the bezel was.
1) bezel is the single bent wire click spring type- not the bent octagon type.
2) there is no hytrel ring (at least in mine)
3) the crystal is pressed in with a gasket- not glued.
did the fishing line trick- even with 12 pound test line it was way too tight- it was not turnable at all. I went down in size and only used enough line to cover about 60 percent of the bezel groove. it keeps it from jangling and feels much more solid but it is now just very difficult but not impossible to turn. I don't really care about using a compass bezel as long as it is aligned and don't have to hear the metal on metal jangling.
it is also a big improvement to do @NCRich 's hairdryer on the band trick to soften and shape the rubber- makes it much better.
1) bezel is the single bent wire click spring type- not the bent octagon type.
2) there is no hytrel ring (at least in mine)
3) the crystal is pressed in with a gasket- not glued.
did the fishing line trick- even with 12 pound test line it was way too tight- it was not turnable at all. I went down in size and only used enough line to cover about 60 percent of the bezel groove. it keeps it from jangling and feels much more solid but it is now just very difficult but not impossible to turn. I don't really care about using a compass bezel as long as it is aligned and don't have to hear the metal on metal jangling.
it is also a big improvement to do @NCRich 's hairdryer on the band trick to soften and shape the rubber- makes it much better.
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Or you could do like me and epoxy the bezel. Mine will not rattle.
Annnnddd I've bought the black and yellow. See what happens, mesmerised by this thread! Haha