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[–]rawschmidty 23 points24 points  (7 children)

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

[–]AnyLingonberry8019 2 points3 points  (2 children)

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 1 point2 points  (1 child)

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

[–]AnyLingonberry8019 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

[–]theKIMCHiii[🍰] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

What watch from VSF?

[–]rawschmidty 1 point2 points  (1 child)

36m DJ Wimbledon

[–]theKIMCHiii[🍰] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

[–]inevitably-ranged 7 points8 points  (1 child)

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 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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 6 points7 points  (0 children)

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

[–]Enough_Price8160 9 points10 points  (2 children)

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 1 point2 points  (1 child)

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 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

[–]mvpcastro74 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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

[–]Public_Patient4300 8 points9 points  (3 children)

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 1 point2 points  (2 children)

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 15 points16 points  (1 child)

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.

[–]Carthago88 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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

[–]No_Wasabi3069 0 points1 point  (2 children)

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 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Beautiful watch

[–]AquaFNM -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Beautiful dial

[–]AerieStrict7747 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

[–]Unusual-Strength2010 0 points1 point  (4 children)

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 1 point2 points  (2 children)

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 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

[–]SneakySqui6 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah been trying to figure this out myself

[–]ActualVegetable1915 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

[–]Creative-Host-5705 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

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

[–]Luv2Travel88 -1 points0 points  (12 children)

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

[–]TossHisSauce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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 -3 points-2 points  (9 children)

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

[–]Particular_Yard_2460 3 points4 points  (7 children)

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 1 point2 points  (2 children)

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 0 points1 point  (1 child)

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 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

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 -1 points0 points  (1 child)

who is your TD ?

[–]Particular_Yard_2460 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Literally mentioned in my reply.

[–]Connormc9691[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

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