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Need help choosing between two Radiomir SLC dials, 2533 cases...

Flat Cap

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Hello:

Am new to the forum and relatively new to collecting homages. To date I have a manbushijie Luminor that was only 79.00 USD. Got it a few years ago and is still running fine - has the Asian Unitas 6497 movt. Also have a Gruppo Gamma A41 Ascent (Arabic numerals) with the brown dial and brass case. Am now looking to get the Radiomir vintage 2533 SLC dial. Here's my quandary: Manbushijie has one that is 47mm with a Plexiglas crystal, Asian Unitas 6497 movt., and an upgraded leather strap for 188 USD. Davidsen can make me one with vintage lume, Plexiglas crystal, Asian Unitas 6497 movt., and also 47mm in size. Total cost with Western Union fees is 273 USD. So for 85 USD less I can get the watch from manbush. So, my question is...for people that have ordered from both or have seen watches from both...what is the difference between the two, or is there no discernible difference? For example, is the vintage lume from Davidsen better than what will be on the manbush., and if so by how much? Is the quality of the case from Davidsen better...is QC better....? :confused: I'm sort of stuck at this point on which to get and why the Davidsen 85 USD more. As for looking at pics. on their sites, they both look very similar.

Thanks for reading this and for any help you can provide!

Best,

Flat Cap
 

Flat Cap

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Everyone just ignore what I wrote above. I think I was dealing with a scammer who goes by hontwatch and Davidsen. Here is a link to the site and why I was confused
He was using the name Davidsen on his site and replying with [email protected], which comes up as the name of David Clarkson in my Gmail account. I am going to contact Davidsen through this site. What a mess. Sorry about the confusion.

EDIT: Click on word confused to get to the page that says Davidsen.
 

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Everyone just ignore what I wrote above. I think I was dealing with a scammer who goes by hontwatch and Davidsen. Here is a link to the site and why I was confused
He was using the name Davidsen on his site and replying with [email protected], which comes up as the name of David Clarkson in my Gmail account. I am going to contact Davidsen through this site. What a mess. Sorry about the confusion.

EDIT: Click on word confused to get to the page that says Davidsen.

That's a known scammer who has been using Hont's name for a while. Hont is a trusted dealer here, as well as Davidsen, but they are two different persons and Davidsen products can be bought only from him.