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What you can acutally get from Aliexpress with a bit of research (no live links)

DreadPirateRobert

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Got these Spectre photos from an Ali seller and wanted to share

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It sells for about 50 $, what do you think?

I think it leaves a lot to be desired, but its not the worst i've seen. Lots of issues on this guy though.
 

gsxin

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Please elaborate and educate all of us...

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I think all the needles have the wrong size and wrong lumen color, no logo on the crown, the inscriptions on the back are not for the Spectre 300 (all wrong), the rotor should read 8400 instead of 8501, the NATO is different, no ceramic bezel and I can't tell if those hour markings are sunken like in the GEN
 

DreadPirateRobert

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I think all the needles have the wrong size and wrong lumen color, no logo on the crown, the inscriptions on the back are not for the Spectre 300 (all wrong), the rotor should read 8400 instead of 8501, the NATO is different, no ceramic bezel and I can't tell if those hour markings are sunken like in the GEN

And the Gen second hand is white, the numbers on the bezel insert are a different font, the bezel has a better coin edge. Im sure we can make a super list with all of the flaws.
 

SuperLory

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Some trusted Dealers are also selling these low priced reps, so i still dont know whats the advantage of getting them from AE with uncertain success.

Maybe someone could tell me?

FOR ME, I REPEAT FOR ME, on AE I don't have extra costs such as WU commissions or shipping, so yes a TD may have a very cheap watch to which I have to add another $50 all in all.
And with my ccard and other services online i get between 3 to 10% cashback on anything i buy on AE.

Potentially. But with TD you know what your getting and there is a QC process with the watch you are getting sent.

For me sub $100 I'd look at Ali, if I'm spending over that, then I'd prefer to spend a bit more and buy quality from a TD.

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That's my same conclusion. My limit is $110/120 for aforementioned reasons but I think I spent so much once only
 

C Master

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Got these Spectre photos from an Ali seller and wanted to share


It sells for about 50 $, what do you think?
For $50 it is not bad but those hands alone would be noticeable as a cheap version. At least some things are right a big one is they do actually try to imitate the sandwich dial. A lot of the watch does look like it is made up from various watch parts not specific to the Spectre. I have a similar Ali with a similar bezel insert, it looks good but does not look right somehow. The gen has a Zr02 liquid metal finish, it really pops out at you. V6f did a good imitation of it. I have to agree with [MENTION=116962]gsxin[/MENTION] and @DreadPirateRoberts comments.
 

Duck

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This guy sells the cartier I got... A lot cheaper too...

Says ladies though...

Sport Stainless Steel New Luxury Quartz America Golden Red Leather Band Womens Watches Sport Watch Sapphire Quality Ladies Dial
http://s.aliexpress.com/eMBZZZ3M
(from AliExpress Android)

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The dial on this watch doesn't look nearly as good as yours! Seems way off to my feeble eye.
 

SuperLory

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I could be wrong but when it's like that they count on the fact you may not know the existence of intime or other TD and their quote would be much higher than a TD. Same applies to that Noob/Cindy mentioned here. Asked her for some prices and she shot 380/420$...
 

szbalogh

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You have thrown away 80 bucks with that watch mate :/

For anyone interested in learning some basics how to use a watch bezels side rule this is a nice how to...

http://www.ablogtowatch.com/how-to-use-a-watch-bezel-slide-rule/

If you arent flying jet airplanes you can still use it to determine restaurant tips, speed and time, gasoline consumption, and even fahrenheit to celsius.

and a Navitimer manual...

http://www.chronomaddox.com/breitling/Instructions/navitimer/navitimer_instructions.html
 

mygse

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I don't get what you mean?
I was talking about subdials.
And what are you talking about?
 

MisterGu

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Here are a few pics of the bullhead I ordered.
Also, I screwed up on my original post. The top sub dial does work, its the lower dial thats odd. Shouldn't the lower dial be the small seconds continuously running? anyway here it is
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That looks pretty good. I'd be happy if that's what I end up receiving. Gonna see if I can figure out how to freeze the subdials.


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