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Omega 8500 super clone is here

BIONONE

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EYE CANDY from Andrew

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cheld

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The hour markers look lighter than gen in these pictures, but that could be due to harsh lighting or overexposed pictures. Lume shot would be nice too.
 

k4jun

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Indeed it is the candy:)
87963999 serial number on the case and on the movement. I knew V6F did that for the early AT reps, it's nice they decided to match the serial here too:)
 
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akira448

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It's not a true sandwich dial, Supposed to be etched and filled, Alas I"m just nit picking. The watch looks excellent.
 

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This one really looks the balls.. But I know for a fact that my watchsmith won't touch it with a 10 foot pole :-D I'll wait for the V2 or even V3 to see the stability of this movement. If I learned anything over here in these past couple of years, is not to be an early adopter ;)
 
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The Rod

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This one really looks the balls.. But I know for a fact that my watchsmith won't touch it with a 10 foot pole :-D I'll wait for the V2 or even V3 to see the stability of this movement. If I learned anything over here in these past couple of years, is not to be an early adopter ;)

I feel a bit more confident as this is an optical clone, not a functional clone, which means it will probably behave more like a Panerai p3000 than a Rolex SA/SH 3135.

Also I have the impressions that asian movements in general, be they clones of ETA/Miyotas or of inhouse designs, have become more stable in the last few years compared to when you guys begun with this hobby a few years ago, with factories improving their testing / QC and machining with better tolerances...
 

Rogers

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Oh man this super clone mvmt and the Spectre watch looks very very tempting! But the thing that holds me down is the stability and reliability of the mvmt.
I know whit the clone mvmt A3135 of RLX there were a lot of problems in the beginning. Better that the TD post some pics of the movement's health connected to a timegrapher.

Can someone arrange this?
 

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In that last pic from Andrew you can definitely see part of the co-axial wheel hidden under the balance wheel so I’m gonna hazard a guess and say it’s legitimately co-axial. I can’t think of a way they would have worked that in there to just be aesthetic
 

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Honestly I don't think it's a co-axial movement, just a two barrels automatic movement with indipendent hour hand made to resemble the 8500. No way they could replicate the co-axial. If this were a legit functional clone then I would really think twice about buying it as no one except Omega can and will service it...
 

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Honestly I don't think it's a co-axial movement, just a two barrels automatic movement with indipendent hour hand made to resemble the 8500. No way they could replicate the co-axial. If this were a legit functional clone then I would really think twice about buying it as no one except Omega can and will service it...

Yup


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