If you are in the luxury industry, you must know about imitation brand watches, but do you know further knowledge about them? Do you know where to buy replica watches in China?
High imitation watches are 3 levels in China market, They are five classes: original, replica, high imitation, fine imitation and simple imitation.
If you don’t know, read this article
The Meaning of High Imitation Watches
High imitation watches, that is, replica watches, copy watches, AAA watches, also counterfeit watches that imitate other people’s brands. Generally imitating more famous watch brands, such as Rolex, Omega, Cartier, Longines, Panerai, Vanguard, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Audemars Piguet, Glashütte, and other famous brand watches.
The History of High-Imitation Watches in China
The earliest appearance of high-imitation watches was in the 1990s in Guangdong, where the economy was more developed. Due to the influence of Hong Kong movies, Rolex gold watches were popular in Guangdong. Because of the high price of gold watches, Taiwanese businessmen started to do business of counterfeit Rolex gold watches.
Influenced by Taiwanese businessmen, Fujianese established the earliest high imitation watch industry chain in the Pearl River Delta region, with Guangzhou as the center point of imitation watch sales and Dongguan Shenzhen as the manufacturing point.
The Feature of High Imitation Watches
- Counterfeit others’ brands
- The style is basically the same as the genuine one
- Appearance and size are close to or the same as the genuine ones
- The movement is made of China movement or Japan or ETA movement as
The Quality Level of High Imitation Watches
High imitation watches can be divided into five classes: original, replica, high imitation, fine imitation and simple imitation.
Simple imitation watches:
the most low-grade imitation brand watches, many street peddling can be seen, especially Rolex Oyster Perpetual Submariner and Rolex Oyster Perpetual Datejust, the price is 100-200 yuan($15-30). These watches are just similar in appearance and have brand logos attached to them, and most of the purchasers are over 60 years old.
High imitation watches:
This Imitation watch market is called small factory goods, the texture and workmanship is not only more higher than simple imitation watches.
The difference between the appearance and size of the watch and the genuine one is not more than 95%, the material and workmanship process is simpler and less delicate than the replica, and there is still a certain gap with the genuine one, but there is no problem with daily wear and the quality is more reliable, most of them use Japanese Citizen movement or quartz movement, and the market price is 600-1200 yuan($90-$180).
Fine imitation watches:
Produced by a certain famous imitation watch factory, the quality is another grade higher than high imitation watches, and the price is also slightly more expensive, generally priced between 1000-1800 yuan($151-$273). The level of craftsmanship is similar to the mall counter watches, the quality is more stable, and most of them are paired with the Seagull movement or Shanghai movement to meet daily use.
Replica watches:
This level is the so-called big factory goods that we hear from salesmen every day. The appearance and craftsmanship of replica watches are similar to the genuine ones, and they can even replace spare parts with genuine ones.
The movement is generally the same type of Swiss movement as the genuine one. The Swiss movement mentioned here is actually a dismantled genuine movement, which is produced in accordance with the genuine movement parts and then assembled into a big factory Swiss movement, which has the same function as the genuine one and the timekeeping is similar to the genuine one.
The price of replica watches is generally between 2000-3800, different brands of watches, but due to differences in technology, the price difference is not large.
Original watches:
Based on replica watches, genuine movements are installed, which are the so-called fine second-hand watches in some second-hand markets. If you don’t care if the case is fake, it is highly recommended to buy it. The core essence of the watch is the movement, the movement is real, just change the case, and why care?
The original single watch price is divided into two kinds: a quartz movement, the public price of about 2,500 yuan($379), on behalf of the style Longines heart moon, Cartier tank, blue balloon, Omega Constellation.
A mechanical movement, the public price is between 4,000-7,000 yuan($610-$1060), representing the style Cartier Blue Balloon, Longines Masterpiece, Omega Seamaster, Panerai, Glashütte.
Quality of High Imitation Watches
With most feedback of the customers, the quality of most movements or quartz high replica watches is not a problem, unless you choose a simple replica watch with a very low price. of course, no one will guarantee that there is no quality problem at all. As long as you buy a watch in the high imitation level, the quality and stability need not go worried, occasionally inaccurate time, hour hand fall, and gold plating off color, these are minor problems, and genuine watches will also appear. Avoid falling down during use and normal maintenance (once every three years), there is basically no problem in using the watch for several years and ten years.
The Price of High Imitation Watches
The price of high imitation watches are divided according to the grade, with different brands, different workmanship, and different movements, so the price will be very different. If you have money, buy better, if you have budget, buy middle level, anyway, it is all for check time, there is no difference.
Of course, we generally not recommend that you buy about 2500 yuan($380) replica watches in China, this level of high imitation watches is more cost-effective.
Are High Replica Watches Worth Buying?
High imitation watches are worth buying or not, the key depends on what you use.
For example, one of my customers bought a genuine gold Rolex Daytona, the price is around 300,000($50,000), and really not want to wear it, and then he bought a high copy same watch, the movement with the same Rolex CAL.4130 movement, the only difference is that the genuine is all gold. The replica watches are not.
The customer wears the high replica watch every day and no one says it is a fake when on important occasions, he wears the genuine Daytona.
There is another example, a customer is a young man who just started his career, because he works in a car 4S store, he needs a Longines watch, but he can not afford the genuine product, and then he bought a high imitation Longines watch, the price is 1800 yuan($273).
In these 2 examples mentioned, Different people, because of the funds or special needs, can only buy fine imitation watches, the value can only be measured by themselves.
Where to Buy High Imitation Replica Watches?
If you often use Facebook, you can find thousands of imitation watches by searching keywords.
Many Chinese suppliers and retailers in other countries are selling imitation watches, I heard from an insider story, many brand agencies will be placed in the store with some authentic and imitation watches, if you do not know, it is easy to be cheated, this is the same as luxury brand products. So, before you buy, Go to different agencies to see and compare, prevent being cheated.
So besides Facebook, what other places can you buy Chinese imitation brand watches?
That is Guangzhou Station West Watch City
If you visit China, and buy watches in Guangzhou. You should check this when buying:
First, check the appearance;
to confirm that there are no defects or other problems, ask for provide video of the products before shipping.
Second, Check the watch function;
Test of the watch hands, calendar jumping, and timing function.
Third, ask for check the watch movement;
Checks the movement by the watch calibration instrument and debug the daily error, to ensure that the mechanical watch is in the normal daily error range.
Fourth, Ask for the firm package
When the testing process is completed, required for the firm package to make sure the watches is safe.
Most of the watch will be protected by layers of bubble wrap and packed in a thick cardboard box to ensure that the watch reaches you safely during transportation.
Lastly, we would like to present to you the watch city of Station West at around 11-12 pm
How can I avoid buying a fake watch?
In fact, the simple way is to go to the distributor store, local store, or official website when choosing a replica watch, and check the style first, to see if there is a corresponding model and model number, which can avoid a high probability of getting into a pit.
Pensamento final:
Replica watches, is not a day exists, and not a day can be eliminated, there is a market there is demand, I myself sometimes buy some replica to wear, from the quality aspect, the quality of the watches are now much better than before, the defects are also less, also durable,
and compared to the price of genuine, people will generally choose to buy aaa watches. In terms of packaging, it has also been updated through many generations, and there are accessories with special accessories, such as manuals, warranty cards, glass wiping cloths, authorization certification, payment receipt, hangtags, and so on, You will surprised about that, whatever you want. There it has it. There are different prices and different qualities. And you can also choose to ship in the original packaging and do not want to ship in packaging. You can have everything.
I meet a lot of customers from India and the Middle East who ask me to help them find their watches. So What do you think about the replica watches market demand?
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Remark: for the above prices, The exchange rate between us dollars and to China Renminbi is $1=6.6RMB
