just got my nomos ahoi atlantik Datum from trustytime today! That's about a week after I placed my order with him.
I approached half of the trusted dealers on this site but of the 4 that I enquired with, 3 said that they do not rep and one didn't reply.
In the end, I went with trusty time. I know, I know that he isn't a TD on this site for anti competitive behaviour, if I didn't understand wrongly. But I am buying a rep and rate it's quality more than his business practices.
After payment was made by PayPal, I got an email from Andrew telling me he got the payment and that QC pics will follow. And true to his word and communication, I got the pics in 4 days (though due to my excitement and anticipation, it was a Long wait). And once the pics was in, and I gave my Ok, I got the watch by EMS in 2 days.
I must say I am impressed with the quality (will try to include some photos later). Dial replication looks spot on, and I am happy that the movement allows a quick date set vs the genuine one. Beyond that, can't say much since I am no expert. Will have to wait for time to tell if it is durable.
The strap does look a little cheap, but I don't know if the original will look much better. In any case, I will be changing it to a black leather one.
The luminescence which I was concerned about slide to a review of a similar rep I read about turned out fine. Again, I am none the wiser about the exact Color code of the luminescence Nor have I seen many photos of the genuine one. But it looks good to me.
Case size as I measured is 40mm vs the diameter listed on his site as 38.5.
That sums up my review as a first time rep buyer. I am very pleased and only hope the rep will last for 5-10years (no I don't intend to hand watches down the generations)
I approached half of the trusted dealers on this site but of the 4 that I enquired with, 3 said that they do not rep and one didn't reply.
In the end, I went with trusty time. I know, I know that he isn't a TD on this site for anti competitive behaviour, if I didn't understand wrongly. But I am buying a rep and rate it's quality more than his business practices.
After payment was made by PayPal, I got an email from Andrew telling me he got the payment and that QC pics will follow. And true to his word and communication, I got the pics in 4 days (though due to my excitement and anticipation, it was a Long wait). And once the pics was in, and I gave my Ok, I got the watch by EMS in 2 days.
I must say I am impressed with the quality (will try to include some photos later). Dial replication looks spot on, and I am happy that the movement allows a quick date set vs the genuine one. Beyond that, can't say much since I am no expert. Will have to wait for time to tell if it is durable.
The strap does look a little cheap, but I don't know if the original will look much better. In any case, I will be changing it to a black leather one.
The luminescence which I was concerned about slide to a review of a similar rep I read about turned out fine. Again, I am none the wiser about the exact Color code of the luminescence Nor have I seen many photos of the genuine one. But it looks good to me.
Case size as I measured is 40mm vs the diameter listed on his site as 38.5.
That sums up my review as a first time rep buyer. I am very pleased and only hope the rep will last for 5-10years (no I don't intend to hand watches down the generations)
