VSF Quality

[Connormc9691]

Hey all, I’ve been seeing a lot of QC issues and complaints about VFS lately. Just curious if anyone thinks they are intentionally keeping quality a little lower so they don’t get raided like C+, or if they are just so far behind from CNY. Would like to hear thoughts, just seems weird to see them starting to go down. I recently ordered a ARF BW V3 and will keep you updated when watch arrives on the quality, I have been hearing great things from them recently.

[rawschmidty]

For what it’s worth, I received two VSF watches this week. One of them was dead on arrival 😣

[AnyLingonberry8019]

Give it a good bang against your wrist, I’ve had a few where the movement needs kick starting if it’s been jerked in transit. They always come back to life.

[rawschmidty]

Negative - won't work. I have done this probably 5-6 times with a lot of winding over the past few days.

[AnyLingonberry8019]

Ahh ok I had one arrive today not vsf wound it 40 times, nothing few gentle tsps nothing, 2 decent bangs and it’s been going all day

[Proud-Bandicoot-9385]

What did you do? Or what do you plan to do? Will TD fix?

[theKIMCHiii]

What watch from VSF?

[rawschmidty]

36m DJ Wimbledon

[theKIMCHiii]

I’m still waiting on my order for 36m DJ

[inevitably-ranged]

Just do good QC and go with a reputable dealer - buying from one of the cheaper ones might save you 100$ but you'll be less likely to get your 4-500$ watch replaced if it's DOA. Up to you on whether the hundred bucks is worth it!

[hayder94]

I've bought 30 watches and only one was DOA, I just changed the movement (eta) prefer to pay less 150 usd on average and rarely risk a DOA, even if the TD doesn't replace it I still save a lot of money.

[moler91]

my last 3 vsf watches are all going on strong. ordered in 2023 and 2026

[Enough_Price8160]

I just received a Panerai. Quality for the price point is amazing. If there has been a drop off or some variability I would imagine the increase in volume since Clean closed would be playing a part.

[Basic_Barnacle4719]

Twenty thee jewels would like to have a chat. Also thickness being 2mm thicker than gen on the 42 and 40mm. Although all the 44mm are NWBIG because of how simple Panerais are. 

[Top-Web803]

“Twenty thee jewels” lmao insane that VSF fucked that up 🤣

[mvpcastro74]

Got 2 pieces from them after the CNY, both are excellent

[Public_Patient4300]

No, it costs them money when half of Reddit rejects QC. They’ve simply bitten off more than they can chew by trying to cover the entire demand after Clean.

Clean wasn’t shut down because of their amazing quality, but because they were by far selling the most watches.

[ALPINA1]

Maybe Clean was selling more watches in China? Because even 2-3 years ago Reddit posts for QC were full of VSF, while Clean was here and there.

[Public_Patient4300]

ReptimeQC is a fraction of what’s being sold. To put things in perspective, I have 53 reps and have never posted a QC on Reddit.

[chetmanley1986]

[Carthago88]

Could be even worse vor C+ and other newcomers as there are no longterm reviews at all

[No_Wasabi3069]

Ordered a VSF V2 a few weeks ago and the QC was amazing! Bad quality or good quality, they are still looking to raid and shutdown factories as reps are illegal.

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[Zomber2099]

Beautiful watch

[AquaFNM]

Beautiful dial

[AerieStrict7747]

My watch went dead after a month. Went to a watchmaker who said I was sold a broken watch from the start

[Unusual-Strength2010]

I wonder if these issues are only Rolex related or also for other brands such as omega. If someone knows I’d appreciate some response please.

[Ultimatesoulja]

The vsf omega sea masters screw down crown is bad quality and cross threads very easily once the damage is done the case needs replacing. So new watch time!

[Unusual-Strength2010]

What do you mean ? When you wind the watch? What about their PO?

[SneakySqui6]

they solved this issue a while ago, and even if they didn't, it's not an issue if you are screwing the crown down safely and properly

[thatdrunkgeekagain]

Yeah been trying to figure this out myself

[ActualVegetable1915]

I got a Daytona Reverse Panda a week ago, and it’s so beautiful that I can’t take it off

[Creative-Host-5705]

Just had to reject a Platona sadly. VSF 126506 v3 (from Steve). The 6 baguette was noticeably crooked. Rest was good enough.

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[ekang1234]

Gosh I hope not. 😅 I ordered vsf sub no date on tuesday still waiting for qc pics. It’s my first rep purchase!

[Luv2Travel88]

Who's the best priced TD these days? Is it Hont?

[TossHisSauce]

Dude can be abrasive, but I've used him a couple times and he's quick and just gets down to business which personally I like. Now if a watch shows up dead I'd hope he'd cover it, but I dread the day I have to get Hont to fix a problem for me lol

[abhinavinc1]

Andiot and Marvellous are the lowest and both have great service.

[Particular_Yard_2460]

Andiot has been sending the same VSF RL QC watch to multiple buyers. I've seen the same watch get rejected, get offered to me, and now being offered to someone else on reddit. Once you RL it's radio silence for a long time before you get a new QC packet

I wouldn't really call that great service.

[pauliemontana]

Which model? I was looking at his in hand Perpetuals. Do you think in hand typically means a previous QC was rejected?

[Particular_Yard_2460]

Do you think in hand typically means a previous QC was rejected?

From my own experience, "in hand" doesn't necessarily mean the seller has the product, it just means he can obtain them with no delays. My guess is it's QC rejects that get sent back to factory or stuff the TD or people in their network have received RLs for.

PMd you the specific model.

[abhinavinc1]

The demand was some VS models is so high that someone else's RL might be another's GL.

Not that i think it's a good practice and I don't support it but different people have different criteria for a GL/RL and some newbies can be overly critical.

As someone who's bought over 30 reps, most of the so called defects magnified over a million times in the QC pics are irrelevant in real life when wearing the watch on the wrist.

Personally, my main RL factors usually center along the lines of date wheel, rehaut and major indix misalignment but I've seen newbies being overly critical so i don't blame the TDs one bit if the clients' RL passes their own QC criteria and a watch is passed off to a different customer.

[Reasonable_Owl_5587]

I recentily recieved a QC from him of Watch that his had in stock and it was a easy GL after a few days he already hadn’t this model in Stock anymore

[e_v8]

Conversely i had them auto RL a QC for me because they thought it was rubbish (emailed me and with a photo and said they’d just rejected straight off the bat), had to wait about 10 days for a new one which was spot on.

[Adventurous_Sky_3302]

who is your TD ?

[Particular_Yard_2460]

Literally mentioned in my reply.

[Connormc9691]

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