This is about my first purchase from Asia, so please refrain from flaming me off this planet for what I’m going to write:
Yesterday I received my first replica, a Submariner 114060, ordered on 7 September from Trusty Time.
Yes, I have read about TT, Andrew, cartel etc. on this board, but I hadn’t when I placed the order.
He was recommended to me by a member of our local watch roundtable, so I followed what sounded like good advice.
Communication with Andrew was flawless, before and during the purchase.
Any question I had was replied to on the same day.
Purchasing through his website was easy as was the addition of triangle shipping via the UK.
After three days, I received the QC photos which showed some minor flaws. I followed Andrew’s instructions as to how to show him what I didn’t like in the proposed watch and after two more days I received new QC photos which I approved.
I showed the proper patience regarding the trackability of the tracking number provided and after two days the shipment to the UK showed online. The triangle shipment worked very well, traceability was good throughout. The watch was shipped on 16 September and arrived at my doorstep on 23 September.
Pretty good, I’d say.
Upon arrival, I inspected the package: the watch itself was wrapped all around in clear foil, protected by bubblewrap inside a tape-sealed styrofoam box. The box bore my name and address and was wrapped in brown packing paper with the address sticker.
Since I’m new to all those “Ultimatesâ€, “Noobsâ€, “Superclones†etc., I can’t tell you who the actual manufacturer of this watch is. It looks pretty darn close to the original.
The movement was running when I unpacked the watch.
The crown can be screwed out and in very smoothly. In Position 1 it hand-winds the movement, pulling it out into Position 2 for setting the time is a little rough, but manageable.
Can’t say much about accuracy of the movement on the wrist, but on the time scale it showed 8 seconds gaining per day.
Andrew says they waterproof this watch to 30 Meters. I’ll talk to my watchmaker if a better rating can be attained.
The overall look and feel of the watch is pretty good. I’ve seen worse from brands like Casio, Seiko and Citizen.
From what I have read on this board, TT is not the cheapest bidder, but I can’t help that since the purchase was made before I read up.
Altogether, buying from Andrew has been a positive experience. Communications was flawless, technically, the purchase from his website and the Paypal payment worked very well, the shipping was good and fast, considering it had a short stay in the UK before moving on to Germany.
The product seems solid.
Nothing to complain about, really.
Here’s the watch in a wristshot.
Enjoy!
Yesterday I received my first replica, a Submariner 114060, ordered on 7 September from Trusty Time.
Yes, I have read about TT, Andrew, cartel etc. on this board, but I hadn’t when I placed the order.
He was recommended to me by a member of our local watch roundtable, so I followed what sounded like good advice.
Communication with Andrew was flawless, before and during the purchase.
Any question I had was replied to on the same day.
Purchasing through his website was easy as was the addition of triangle shipping via the UK.
After three days, I received the QC photos which showed some minor flaws. I followed Andrew’s instructions as to how to show him what I didn’t like in the proposed watch and after two more days I received new QC photos which I approved.
I showed the proper patience regarding the trackability of the tracking number provided and after two days the shipment to the UK showed online. The triangle shipment worked very well, traceability was good throughout. The watch was shipped on 16 September and arrived at my doorstep on 23 September.
Pretty good, I’d say.
Upon arrival, I inspected the package: the watch itself was wrapped all around in clear foil, protected by bubblewrap inside a tape-sealed styrofoam box. The box bore my name and address and was wrapped in brown packing paper with the address sticker.
Since I’m new to all those “Ultimatesâ€, “Noobsâ€, “Superclones†etc., I can’t tell you who the actual manufacturer of this watch is. It looks pretty darn close to the original.
The movement was running when I unpacked the watch.
The crown can be screwed out and in very smoothly. In Position 1 it hand-winds the movement, pulling it out into Position 2 for setting the time is a little rough, but manageable.
Can’t say much about accuracy of the movement on the wrist, but on the time scale it showed 8 seconds gaining per day.
Andrew says they waterproof this watch to 30 Meters. I’ll talk to my watchmaker if a better rating can be attained.
The overall look and feel of the watch is pretty good. I’ve seen worse from brands like Casio, Seiko and Citizen.
From what I have read on this board, TT is not the cheapest bidder, but I can’t help that since the purchase was made before I read up.
Altogether, buying from Andrew has been a positive experience. Communications was flawless, technically, the purchase from his website and the Paypal payment worked very well, the shipping was good and fast, considering it had a short stay in the UK before moving on to Germany.
The product seems solid.
Nothing to complain about, really.
Here’s the watch in a wristshot.
Enjoy!
