Tag Carrera Calibre 16, Asian 7750 v Asian 21j

[w00pz]

Hi I am kinda new to all this and on the verge of buying my first TH Calibre 16 rep. I know that in general the Asian 21j is of less quality but what does that actually mean? Is it only about the movement or is the casing also of worse quality?

The two watches:

Asian 7750 movement:
http://www.asian7750.com/cn/product_show.asp?big_pid=&ps_id=92&P_id=1808&ti=


Asian 21j movement:
http://www.timeshops.net/product.php?id_product=8034

What is the real difference I am seriusly lossing my head. Thanks in adnvance for any help!

Cheers!

Edit:
Added comparison pic

 

[onelove]

the 21j chronos faux and the 7750 works

 

[ehfour]

It also appears that all the sub-dial numbering is off on the 21J

 

[tflgee]

The 21J is a non-chrono movement. A good 21J is a fairly robust movement and should perform well for years. The problem is that the chronos will not function. One of them will act as a second hand and the other two will do nothing. As you can see the subdial markings are not correct. This is the case with nearly all 21J chrono reps. I have no ideal why they do this but they do.

Other differences you will usually get with the 7750 are sapphire crystal, sometimes a higher quality case and anti-reflective coating. I have this rep with the 21J and the non AR crystal, and I can tell ya that the AR is a must have. The dial is so busy that reflections on the non AR crystal makes it VERY hard to read. I would recommend the higher end rep of this particular watch. If you can't afford the higher end version pick another rep with a less busy dial. It really is VERY hard to read the dial on the cheap version.

 

[m.anto]

21J is more cheap, but the rep is not like the gen
7750 is realy like the gen,

i have one 7750 for 7 mothn and it works fine
is better to spend a lot of money in 7750, i think

excuse my english

el 21 j es mas barato, pero la rep no es como el gen
7750 es como el gen
yo tengo un 7750 por 7 meses y trabaja perfecto
es mejor gastar un poco mas de dinero en un 7750, creo yo
saludos

 

[w00pz]

Thank your very much for all your inpunt, it helped a lot! I decided that I am goin gto buy the high end rep with the 7750.

Cheers!