Month: August 2015

IWC

Replica IWC Big Pilot Turbine Markus Buhler IW5003

Post author By Karren
Post date August 8, 2015
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You will be amazed by this watch when see it first in replica watch field. If you are a big fan of IWC, you should have started to focus on IWC collection since 2008, and read watch magazines, even to know more about the most creative designer under IWC SA, then you must have the same feeling with me, the watch IW5003 is very precious, only it is a replica, it is worth buying. Nowaday, you can not find so detailed specifications about this replica in other places, this is the first review about the turbine watch, if you focused on this watch before or interested in it, this post will let you learn a lot.

Before introducing the background and details of this replica IWC Markus Buhler, I will post some information of the genuine watch.

The movement won the first prize in IFHH de I’Horlogerie, the watch was collected by Musee de I’Horlogerie et de I’Emaillerie and it is the only watch that was named after designer in IWC history.

You will know its historic status after seeing the above information. Yes, IW5003 is a great milestone in IWC watchmaking history. Its main designer is Markus Buhler, the team is called “Buhler Project”, in the end of 2008, they produced 12 pieces of Big Pilot Markus Buhler Special Edition watches, the first watch was collected by Markus Buhler, the twelfth was permanently collected by Musee de I’Horlogerie et de I’Emaillerie, the left watches were sold to the public.

Next I will introduce the replica. The following is all components of IW5003.

There are really few introduction about the watch, you can not even find the specification of the genuine watch. Here comes the detail of the replica IWC.

The pictures above describe the outside details of the replica, besides the limited edition number and crown, there are no other places having engraving.

Super Lume dial and hands, the lume is painted according to the lume color of past Big Pilot replicas. To be honest, no one knows what the gen lume look like.

The movement uses Asian 6497 manual winding movement, which has turbine ornament on gear, the movement plate also has beautiful sunray patterns, it is the most beautiful Asian 6497 movement you have ever seen.

Tags Asian 6497, Big Pilot, IW5003, IWC, Markus Buhler, Turbine

IWC

IWC Mark XVII IW326501 Replica Watch Review

Post author By Karren
Post date August 6, 2015
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About the replica IWC Mark XVII, there have been many reviews about it, especially the steel bracelet version. This one is the leather strap model that has one big improvement in recent days, so it is the most beautiful replica IWC Mark 17. This post will introduce the watch from case, crystal, dial, case, clasp and movement.

Case & Crystal

The case uses good craftmanship and the crystal has been improved on the basis of past model. The inner blue anti-reflective coating is more obvious, so the crystal can turn obvious blue at a certain angle. Becase the AR coating is painted inside of the crystal, so you do not need to worry its scratch. This can not be seen on previous replica IWC.

Dial & Hands

Compared with previous Mark XVII replicas, the dial has no big improvement. The triangle mark besides the date window is in a lighter red color, other details like date font and printing position, they all inherit the previous models.

Case Back

The engraving of this latest replica IWC Mark XVII watch uses the most advanced laser engraving technology, the clarity and detail of the engraving are perfect. Like the gen, the movement has an additional soft-iron that is antimagnetic, it is polished and very beautiful.

Strap & Clasp

The most beautiful clasp I have ever seen on all Mark XVII replica watches. The strap uses good quality alligator leather material.

Movement

The replica watch is equipped with ETA 2892-A2 movement, you can find detailed specification about this movement, besides this Mark XVII replica, there are many other brand replicas using this movement, such as Cartier Ballon Blue, Bell Ross, and so on.

Tags IW326501, IWC, Mark XVII

Hublot

Hublot Big Bang Carbon Fibre(J12 and V6)Replica VS Gen

Post author By Karren
Post date August 5, 2015
7 Comments on Hublot Big Bang Carbon Fibre(J12 and V6)Replica VS Gen

Hublot, a now fresh name in replica watch industry, however a lot of friends seem to be not familiar with it, today, let us walk close to the best-seling collection of Hublot – Big Bang series.

Hublot has always not been an ordinary brand, it has an independent design style and uses many high-tech materials, each watch coming from Hublot will feature bold color style. So its fans are also a group of people with unique personality, they have their own way of thinking and not following the crowd.

Model: 301.CI.1770.RX
Diameter: 44mm
Case: Ceramic
Dial: Carbon Fibre
Movement: HUB4100(42-hour power reserve)

Now comes the replicas from two famous replica watch factories, the left is J12 and the right is from V6.

The two replica watch factories replicate many brands, some of them are the same, like Cartier Ballon Bleu, Santos and Hublot Big Bang. However when it comes to popularity and amount of sales, V6 is better. I think the quality of their watches is almost on the same level, however V6 makes better in subtle details.

Two replicas are real ceramic watches, you can feel their texture and weight on hand. For people who have never seen replica watches before, it is hard for them to spot as fakes. The appearance of movement is very beautiful, V6 has been modified to be closer to gen, but J12 movement is also acceptable. The chronograph feeling of 7750 is slightly jerky, not as smooth as ST19 movement, especially when pressing the button firstly. The band is a little harder on two replicas, but not sticky and will not be covered with dust. The rubber band does not have a little hint of fragrance like the genuine, certainly the replicas can do this originally, even a lot of cheap fakes. But the rubber bands with fragrance are too soft and sticky. The replica strap has vertical stripes.

The following pictures are the replica Hublot from J12 factory.

Weight and size

The first picture below is J12, the second one is V6.

Two replicas use the same material, because V6 modified the movement plates, so it is 3g heavier than J12, J12 weighs 148g and V6 is 151g.

The Hublot replica from J12 is measured 45mm in case diameter, and 15.1mm thick.

The V6 version is 44.3mm in case diameter and 15.1mm thick.

Dial

For complicated watches, the dial details are hard to be replicated, they are difficult to be made close to gen because there are too many factors.

Below, the first picture is J12 version, the second one is V6 and the third image is genuine dial.

The biggest difference lies in J12, V6 and gen. The carbon fibre pattern on gen dial is 45 drgrees inclined, J12’s is horizontal and V6 is like gen. This detail is the largest difference between the two replicas versions.

Below is the comparison of subdials position, there are no difference between the replica and gen.

Dial font color

The font on J12 dial is pure white, V6 and gen use silver white. So V6 does better on this detail.

Hour markers

The position of hour markers and appearance are the same with gen, lume material is evenly coated.

Hands

The length of hour and minute hands on two replicas are the same as gen.

Date font

It seems the J12 has a little thicker date font.

Case

The patterns on the bezel side of both replicas can not be made the same as gen, but J12 replica is more similar.

Caseback engraving

Notice the BIG BANG font, the size is the same, but J12 is wider and V6 is deeper.

Movement

J12 uses 7750 movement, whose movement plates have not been modified. V6 also uses 7750 movement but to make sure it looks closer to gen, the factory modified the movement plates. The appearance of auto rotor on two replicas is good. By the way, the movement polishing has a large gap with the gen watch.

Tags Big Bang, Carbon Fibre, Hublot, J12, V6

Cartier

42mm Cartier Ballon Bleu Replica V6 vs J12

Post author By Karren
Post date August 4, 2015
15 Comments on 42mm Cartier Ballon Bleu Replica V6 vs J12

Cartier Ballon Bleu has always been in hot discussion in replica watch industry, recently V6 factory published their Ballon Bleu replica V2 edition, what about the quality, please let us check it.

First, it comes the specifications of genuine large Ballon Bleu de Cartier watch: 42mm in case diameter, it is equipped with Caliber 049 automatic movement, stainless steel case, fluted crown with a synthetic spinel cabochon, silver guilloche dial, rome hour markers, sword-shaped blue steel hands, sapphire crystal, steel bracelet, date window is positioned at 3. The watch is 30 meters water resistant.

Next the two replica we are going to compare are Ballon Bleu replicas from V6 and J12.

Weight and size

As a replica, I think the most important things are its texture and quality. The two Cartier Ballon Bleu replica watches all have good texture and quality, the crystal is also clearly transparent.

V6 version is 41.9mm in case diameter, 13.2mm in thickness. Genuine watch is 42.1mm and 12mm thick.

J12 Ballon Bleu replica is measured to be 42.1mm, and 13.5mm thick.

The size of both watch are very similar to gen.

V6 Cartier watch weighs about 147g, the case is 61g and bracelet is 86g.

The Ballon Bleu replica from J12 weighs about 150g, including 62g case and 88g bracelet.

Both replicas have similar weight, they should have same case construction.

Dial color

The left watch is V6, the right one is J12. It is hard to see the dial color difference. However, J12 is more yellowish in dial color than V6.

Crown sapphire

On the picture below, the first one is V6, the second one is J12 and gen is at the bottom.

Genuine crown sapphire is deep blue, however the J12 Ballon Bleu is too transparent and blue color is light. So the sapphire color of V6 Ballon Bleu is closer to gen.

Hands

The top is V6 and J12 is at the bottom. All baked blued steel hands are in high quality, V6 has deeper blue hands.

Date window

The first is V6, second is J12 and third picture is gen. The date window frame should have layered structure, so J12 version is correct in this while V6 is not. The background of date font on V6 Ballon Bleu replica watch is in silver, which is the same as gen.

CARTIER lettering at 7

J12 is correct, the CARTIER lettering on V6 is a little outside. Besides, V6 is thicker.

Here comes more lettering comparison pictures.

Crystal. The left watch is V6, right one is J12.

Caseback engraving

The left case back is from V6, J12 is on the right. Correct case back engraving is deep, J12 Ballon Bleu replica is more correct.

The following comes with the things inside the case.

Both case backs are satin finished, J12 does it more smoothly.

J12

Movement details

J12 has neat engravings on the inner case metal, the satin finishing has more quality texture.

Bracelet

Can not find any difference, except the deeper clasp engraving on J12.

Hour markers

It seems that all Rome hour markers on V6 are thinner than gen.

Conclusion

V6 indeed does better in details such as crown sapphire, date window shape, date font, etc. Actually, the 42mm Ballon Bleu from V6 is also more expensive, in my opinion, two replicas have their own advantages, both have superior texture and quality.

Tags Ballon Bleu, Cartier, J12, V6

IWC

Replica IWC Aquatimer Watch Orange Black Review

Post author By Karren
Post date August 3, 2015
3 Comments on Replica IWC Aquatimer Watch Orange Black Review

Before publishing the replicas of AP Diver, Submersible and others, the IWC Aquatimer replica is the earliest and best-selling diving watch replica watch on the internet. Today, there are still a lot of buyers are in pursuit of this orange black Aquatimer replica because of tis special shape and ocean-style diving bezel. The replica IWC watch has two colors combination, orange and black, every detail in black and orange color is clearly readable and highly recognizable, black bezel features orange diving scales, the bezel has white printing markers. The dial in black background also has orange small second hand and central minute hand, whether the case, dial detail and rubber band with buckle, they all look superb. The case uses two different craftmanship, polishing and brushing, look at the lugs, they are brushed, the most obvious polished parts are crown and chronograph buttons, those flutes on the bezel are also polished, very shiny.

The dial is very close to genuine, the replica IWC Aquatimer watch has the most solid dial detail, the hands are sword-shaped, central second-chronograph hand is slender with triangle tip, the center os minute hand is in orange color that echoes with the orange diving scales on bezel. The replica IWC watch features every thing in a reasonable way, the layout is perfect and all look fine to me. This is what a superb replica watch should look like. The black rubber strap has unique grid decoration, coupled with tang buckle, which is brushed, the rubber strap used by this IWC replica watch adopts the genuine natural rubber material, it feels soft and very easy to wear and take off. By the way, the movement inside the watch is an Asian 7750, it has a less inaccuracy and better stability.

Tags Aquatimer, IWC

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