Since the first heavy Rolex Day-Date from GM Factory, there have been a lot of watch factories making replicas of heavy Rolex Day-Date in recent two years, the competition in this field is crazy, every watch factory also claims that their Day-Date is the best one in the market, and the prices are more and more expensive. As customers, we are very confused, it is really worth to spend a big money on a heavy Day-Date replica Rolex watch? Which watch maker we should choose from?
Today, I will choose the Day-Date from three watch makers including GM, THB and CY as examples, to do a basic review on each, and tell you which one to choose from.
First, it is GM V3 edition. GM is the first factory that made heavy Day-Date Rolex watch in the market, in 2022, GM factory published the first heavy Day-Date Rolex, now in the market, there are two versions in stock from GM, V3 and V5. The following two pictures showing you the V3 Day-Date from GM. I think this is the Day-Date you should choose. The reasons? Not expensive and finish is good. V3 usually has a weight of 175 grams to 178 grams, which is still different from the weight of genuine Rolex, even not closer, but they are not that expensive like THB and CY. About V5 edition, GM sells this watch under a new name “QF”, absolutely what they did this is to get more easy money, upon V3, they only added two extra links, so the V5 has a much longer bracelet, but price is higher. I do not think it is necessary to choose V5, because V3 already has a longer bracelet.
The following two pictures show you the Day-Date from THB factory. It has the bracelet that is the same length as that of GM V5, but THB Day-Date is about 195 grams, while GM V5 is about 186 grams. THB uses a super clone 3255 movement, which seems to become the main selling point, but I do not think there is a big difference between the GM 3255 and theirs.
Last, it is the Day-Date produced by CY. I totally not recommend this one, it is too expensive, I know THB already has a very high price, which is very close to that of Daytona, but the price of Day-Date made by CY is more expensive than THB, this is crazy. CY factory found a strange solution to gain weight, they make the links on the bracelet thicker, I measured the links, each is about 0.3mm thicker than the one on GM. This is not good.
My advice for beginner is just choosing the V3 Day-Date from GM, with clone ETA 2836 movement. It has a more reasonable price, GM has been in this industry for years, the finish is acceptable.