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My fortune teller told me it's definitely going to be over a thousand
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Patek 5740 clone movement
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Is she white or more middle eastern? If it’s the 2nd then ok…let’s trust her.
Ask her for me also when mass production will be?
Let’s be honest. This is not even more complicated than the Daytona movement. It should cost similar when mass produced by multiple factories.
I just hope it makes it to mass adoption rather than an ACE $7k movement.
I just hope it makes it to mass adoption rather than an ACE $7k movement.
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Yikes, impressive but way too high a cost for most people. 2k for movement and watch would be the price I see reasonable.
Yep, I'd pay max. $5-7k (as I've done) for even a franken watch.
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That’s prob the just movement alone. WG case and bracelet will be over 150k rmb easy. Maybe more with current gold prices
I just feel extremely betrayed and disappointed. There’s gen perpetual watches under $8k. ACE is being totally greedy cloning this and charging $7k for a movement. Daytona movement is just as complicated and costs less.
I hope all the other factories take out their own version of this movement. ACE is just greedy at this point.
I hope all the other factories take out their own version of this movement. ACE is just greedy at this point.
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BIONONE
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Just do the math on a replication of such complicated mechanism at low volume...
Frederic Constante is not comparable to an illegal factory spending time and money on R&D trying to understand the initial thoughts of PP engineers, making everything work (assuming this clone works haha)
Back then when clone movements were a novelty, we talked about 1-1.5 Mio. $ for the development of a clone like the 4130 with fixed contracts of 5.000 Movements MOQ etc.
Then set this into perspective - something which was believed to be unfathomable - a PP Perpetual Calendar clone...
I'm optimistic that at higher volumes this pricing will be adjusted just like the new RM055 clone which was around 3K initially and is now found in a 700$ rep. Let's see.
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Betrayed... by a replica factory? Lol it's a illegal underground business....
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BIONONE
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Yes but the movement of the current V3 by BBR was also sold separately for around 3-5K before it got widely available.
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Do you remember how long it took for the prices to come down ? I just want to manage my expectations of how long of a wait it will be.
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See my post above. 18 months, end of 2026, then double that period for good measure. Enjoy collecting and wearing the excellent reps that are currently available in the meantime
BIONONE
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thisSee my post above. 18 months, end of 2026, then double that period for good measure. Enjoy collecting and wearing the excellent reps that are currently available in the meantime