@Pinion Minion
That’s the one they discontinued isn’t it.
Hopefully someone isn’t stupid enough to pay that amount.
That’s the one they discontinued isn’t it.
Hopefully someone isn’t stupid enough to pay that amount.
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Omega Moonswatch reps - review of the cheap as chips new versions
- Thread starter NCRich
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These are the ones I bought. If you remove the movement you can take out the silver spacer ring. I also gave mine a very light rub with 2000grit wet and dry paper to kill the glossy finish and make them look more like the gen.
***Warning*** on one of them (the moon I think) the dial and hands were left behind in the case when the movement was removed! This required putting back together which was fun.
There's an argument to be had that these are better than the genuine moonswatch.
***Warning*** on one of them (the moon I think) the dial and hands were left behind in the case when the movement was removed! This required putting back together which was fun.
There's an argument to be had that these are better than the genuine moonswatch.
I just got the Moon, Jupiter, and Neptun in the mail, 3 watches in 2 boxes in a shipping box. FAST! Wondering, which battery number do I have to order to replace the crappy ones?
Neptune arrived today, I saw this thread before even being registered. For me is a really bad quality rep, feels so cheap plastic, blues between case and strap rings are different, malfunction of the watch itself and my chrono seconds hand arrived pointing at 2...
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That's too bad. One of mine I had to reset a hand on, but that was pretty minor. My rep really isn't any different feeling than the gen. They both feel cheap. I've had both in my hand. Sorry for your misfortune. Usually the people who are not happy with this rep haven't tried the gen.
You can reset the Chrono hand - pull the stem out to setting position then push the Chrono button- it will advance the hand to a new position
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These now selling less than $10?...+ free shipping?....almost a crime at that price if you don't buy one.
Don't you feel the difference between colours? On gen looks like it has same blue on case and on strap, on rep strap one is much lighter.
Also the bioceramic looks different on the eye to me on pics.
And what I feel really embarrassing is that quartz movement moving wrong...
Taking consideration gen swatch are sold for 50€ I think this chinese people could put some more effort on a movement that they sell at 30€.
With all of that, you don't have to be sorry, in fact, thanks for sharing the seller and your experience
I just pull out the hand and put in the correct place, but took me a while to aligne all xD
See post #10 for what you get when you order the less than 10 dollar ones....
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I think you mean see the difference in color. The bioceramic is a bit different look, but they feel about the same. Cheap. The gen Omega Swatch is more like 250 euros, not 50. And very hard to get with resellers asking twice that at least.Don't you feel the difference between colours? On gen looks like it has same blue on case and on strap, on rep strap one is much lighter.
Also the bioceramic looks different on the eye to me on pics.
And what I feel really embarrassing is that quartz movement moving wrong...
Taking consideration gen swatch are sold for 50€ I think this chinese people could put some more effort on a movement that they sell at 30€.
With all of that, you don't have to be sorry, in fact, thanks for sharing the seller and your experience
Mine were less than $20 a piece so the rep was less than a couple drinks at a bar. But hey, everyone likes different stuff. No one will ever confuse these with a Patek.
I have both ordered from AE and bought a couple M2M from AE/DH. There seems to be at least two levels of quality being sold. The watch on the left has a superior dial, but the bezel is this odd iridescent purple. The case is almost purple- but it actually feels like the bioceramic. The watch in the right has a great color- but the case feels like a toy- really cheap plastic. The bioceramic feeling one is almost twice as heavy as the plastic feeling one. The plastic feeling one seems to have a better movement and a better strap. The bioceramic one has a crystal - the plastic is domed plastic.
I am sure they are just cobbling these things together with a mishmash of parts
