Hi and thanks for your reply. Look I might sound like many newbies looking to buy a Gen for the cost of a replica. My question was more like trying to understand the reliability of the movement because I never had in my hands a rep. so I guess this was the purpose of my question. Because I see different prices for a Daytona Panda with the same SA 4130 movement from different factories, I am curious to know why, if possible.
Because I reckon I am not an expert, I guess you are implying that is quite rare to find. Well in that case I will go with for a rep without mod and then think to next steps once I have it in my hands.
Now if you were in my shoes buying a Panda for the first time, what would you suggests to look at for as important aspects for a rep costing more than $800.
Playing the rep game, reliability is always a big concern, I get you. But one of the things you have to accept for fake watches is "not everything will go perfectly all the time.".
The SH4130 is one of the most reliable clone movements out there and is touted as the pinnacle of clone movements for replicas. It is very reliable and not much complaints about it. A full service by a watch maker will guarantee the watch will run for 3-5 years no issues. Replacing some of it with gen parts can make it run more stable as well, such as a mainspring. But my advice for this kind of stuff is don't service until the watch shows some issue.
But I cannot promise perfection. When you buy a rep, you accept some kind of risk that maybe your watch will arrived damage, or the movement you can get is a dud, it happens with all fake watches. I have over 25+ watches, about 6 of them are Daytonas, all with the SH4130. 5 of them work perfectly, 1 of them came with a stuttering chronograph that I had to get serviced to fix.
Another advice is to not run the chrono regularly, unless you service it. Even then I would run it sparingly.
