Month: January 2026

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IWC

APS Factory Replica IWC Top Gun Ceramic Blue

It is close to the traditional Chinese New Year holiday, now many factories have stopped publishing new models, APS is one of the few watch factories that is still developing new models, but I think this is the last new watch from them before the holiday. Another thing need to state here is that these factories will go on holiday several days later, and they won’t be back til March 3rd. So, if you still want to order watches from them, please be quick, perhaps they will be on holiday seven days later. By the way, almost all factories have stopped accepting watch repairing at this moment, if you need to send your watches back to the factory for repairing, please wait til the end of the holiday.

This new IWC Top Gun has a blue color, actually APS factory has published the similar models in black and white color. This blue one is exactly made with blue ceramic, the watch has a reference IW389404.

Replica IWC IW389404

The case is made with real blue ceramic, which is single-fired. The case has the same size and finish as the genuine watch, let’s measure it. The case diameter is 41.9mm and case thickness is 15.4mm. Check pictures below. The case is totally in matte finish.

IW389404 Case Diameter
IW389404 Case Thickness

The dial is blue. Very close blue color to the case, but the blue color on the case looks a bit darker. The dial is also matte finished that looks slightly grainy, this texture is also the same as that of the genuine. White hour markers are overprinted, they look a bit raised from the dial, just like that on the genuine dial. The circled patterns on the small dials are also very refined.

IW389404 Dial

When you reset the chronograph, the central second-chronograph hand immediately back to zero and sit exactly in the middle of the 12 marker, its tip just aligns with the apex of the triangle.

The crown, pushers and buckle are all in titanium.

This replica IWC watch is equipped with a clone 69385 movement, which has already used in several IWC Pilot chronograph replica watches by APS Factory, such as the IW378006 I reviewed before. This is the best chronograph movement used in replica IWC Pilot chrono watches.

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IWC

APS Factory Replica IWC Portuguese Chrono with Super Clone 69355 Movement

Last time, I introduced one IWC Pilot’s chrono watch made by APS Factory, it is the first replica of IWC Pilot’s chrono watch with a super clone movement in the market, it is equipped with a super clone 69385 movement. Please check that review at https://www.wristwatchspot.com/2025/10/10/aps-factory-replica-iwc-pilots-watch-chronograph-iw378006-green/. At that time, I thought next time APS will make improvement on the movement of Portuguese Chrono watches, because both the Pilot’s chrono and Portuguese chrono have some similarity in function and dial layout, which is the small dial at 6 o’clock is for display of small seconds. Just in this week, APS finally released three Portuguese chrono models with the new movement, currently white dial, green dial and champagne dial available.

The following one has a white dial and golden markers, this watch was published by several watch factories before, the most popular versions are coming from ZF and AZ. Many customers have always been complaining the stability of the movement, which is an Asian 7750, they think it is not too stable, so this is the main reason why APS made the upgrade on the movement this time. In my opinion, I do not think it is necessary to make this improvement, after all, this watch is not hot among IWC fans, and there was already an upgrade made in the past, whose movement was changed from SH7750 to DD7750 and the stability was greatly improved. Now on this new clone 69355 movement which APS factory brings to us, I also suggest you do not use its chronograph function too often.

This clone 69355 is good, but it is not a perfect clone movement. Check the engravings on the movement plates and auto rotor, they are very shallow, not like they are engraved, more like being printed. The letterings are also much thinner than those on the genuine IWC Calibre. It seems like APS always has this issue when they publish a new movement, the 925 movement they publish for the Jaeger LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin also has this issue.

By the way, this IWC Portuguese chrono replica watch is equipped with a black leather band that is made with calfskin leather, whose surface has embossed aligator prints. Compared with the genuine aligator leather band, it looks more glossy, while the luster of an alligator leather strap is more natural. Absolutely you can get a genuine aligator leather band and replace on, it is not expensive.

Replica IWC Portuguese Chrono White
Replica IWC Portuguese Chrono Gold Markers
Replica IWC Portuguese Chrono Blue Hands
IWC Portuguese Chrono White Dial
IWC Portuguese Chrono Crown
IWC Portuguese Chrono Case
IWC Portuguese Chrono 69355
IWC Portuguese Chrono Buckle
Categories
Rolex

RC Factory Replica Rolex Day-Date 228238 Black Rock Sugar

Rolex Day-Date replica was one of the best sellers in 2025, and it will still be a hot model which every factory will complete on in 2026. With the entry of VS Factory, the competition of Rolex Day-Date will be much higher in 2026. Many factories here are producing the Day-Date Rolex replicas, you may have a question, which factory makes the best? Like I said before, if you do not have enough budget, I recommend GM Factory, if you have some money, then directly buy from RC Factory.

RC does not have a long history, it just made replicas from 2025, they have made Day-Date and two Submariner, absolutely the hottest products from them are Day-Date, and it is usually difficult to order their Day-Date, need to wait for a long time. This yellow gold Day-Date I shown below is a new model from VS, but it has been made by RC for a while. This Day-Date looks very luxury and has a nick name ‘black rock sugar’.

The gold tone on this watch looks great, it does not look too bright yellow gold, for example, the yellow gold tone on the Day-Date made by THB Factory looks too yellow, this RC Day-Date has a closer gold tone to the genuine watch. Besides the golden tone, this Day-Date from RC also has many other advantages, for example, the whole watch can be wrapped with gold coating, not like other factories such as CBD an THB, their Day-Date could not be wrapped with gold coating, or you will see obvious cracks on the bracelet.

Another place I like on this Day-Date is that it has very good engraving on the clasp, especially the dog head mark, which is deeply engraved and looks very clear, I also have compared its clasp with the one on the latest QF Day-Date, and found RC Day-Date’s clasp is much better.

This Day-Date also has two shortcomings, first, if you check the hands with a magnifier, you can see some burrs on the edge, and almost all factories have this issue on their watches, except Clean, whose watches have the best hand finishes, but this factory has been closed. Second, the hour markers do not use diamonds, they use zircon, but no other factories use real diamonds or moissanites on the Day-Date.

Replica Rolex Day-Date 228238 Yellow Gold
Replica Rolex Day-Date Black Rock Sugar
Rolex Day-Date Rock Sugar Black Dial
Rolex Day-Date Rock Sugar Case
Rolex Day-Date Rock Sugar Crown
Rolex Day-Date Rock Sugar Case Back
Rolex Day-Date Rock Sugar Bracelet
Rolex Day-Date Rock Sugar Movement
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Audemars Piguet

APS Factory AP 15500 Free-Sprung 4302

Happy New Year!

Last week in our market, VS Factory announced their release of the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 15500 replica watch, with two models, blue and grey. They said their 15500 is the best, which is far better than the one made by APS and other factories. You may also have read reviews and watched videos about the VSF 15500 published by some dealers, which claimed the VSF 15500 is the best and has a free-sprung movement, this is not true, the 15500 replica Audemars Piguet watch from VS Factory is not the best one. As I’ve always said, if a replica watch is made by several factories, the one from any of these factories could not be the best, because each has their own advantages when be compared with the others. Taking this Royal Oak 15500 as an example, some dealers saying VS Factory has the best finish on the grids of the dial, but I have compared it between VS and APS, I do not find the difference on the dial grids, on the contrary, APS has a much better central axis of the hands.

VS also claims that they use the same links on the bracelet as the genuine watch, which is 23 links, APS Factory’s bracelet has 24 links, why do I think the longer bracelet of APS is better? Because more people have a big wrist size. The end link of the bracelet on VS is indeed more flexible and allow for a wider range of motion.

The movement from VS is made by a famous movement manufacturer in China, it is a movement with regulator that is hidden, while APS Factory has two movement options for the AP 15500, regular version and the one with free-sprung balance. It is not the first time for AP 15500 replica watch to use a clone 4302 with free-sprung balance, before APS, another factory named DDF already developed such a movement, but they did not add weights on the balance wheel. So, currently in the market, APS is the only factory that uses a super clone 4302 movement with real free-sprung balance on the AP 15500.

Replica Audemars Piguet 15500 Free Sprung Black
Audemars Piguet 15500 Free Sprung Case
Audemars Piguet 15500 Free Sprung Clasp
Audemars Piguet 15500 Free Sprung Movement
Audemars Piguet 15500 Free Sprung Wrist Shot
Replica Audemars Piguet 15500 Free Sprung White
Replica Audemars Piguet 15500 Free Sprung Blue
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Rolex

VS Factory Replica Rolex GMT-Master Weighted

For the best replica Rolex GMT-Master II watches, they were made by Clean Factory in the past, one reason is that Clean had the best DD3285 movement, the other is that Clean really had better finishes on the dial than other factories, but this factory has been closed for months, some people are still looking for their products, and some dealers are claiming that they still have Clean watches, please do not be scammed by them, there are no Clean watches in the market, these dealers may put Clean Factory’s sticker on the watches from other factories to deceive the customers.

After the closure of Clean, some factories got the DD3285 movement, including VS and AR, VS is not the first factory to make the weighted GMT-Master II, before them, AR and Gold two factories already have made, and the one made by AR is also highly recommended, it should be the biggest challenge to VS in future, because Victory Factory will not have a fast development in a short period.

This time, VS published two GMT-Master II with increased weight, one is 126711CHNR with oyster bracelet, the other is 126713GRNR with jubilee bracelet. I measured the weight of each watch, it is heavier than the regular version, but still not the same as the genuine watch. For the two tone rose gold GMT model from VS, it is 176.5 grams, this watch from AR has a weight of 180 grams, almost the same, but there are differences in other details, I will do a comparison between them if there is a chance in future.

These two GMT-Master II watches are not too popular in the market, the best-selling ones are the Batman, Batgirl and Pepsi, but these two have the same high quality as the three best sellers. In my opinion, the GMT-Master II is not as good as Datejust and Daytona in the market, VS Factory should focus on improving this model, not rush to publish the increased weight version of the GMT-Master.

Replica Rolex GMT-Master II 126711CHNR
Replica Rolex GMT-Master II 126713GRNR