Ha! Merkur that's actually my favorite Aliexpress brand and I always loved what they are doing with their military watches, affordable tourbillions and Chronos. They are not just following the Rolex homage route. Thanks for answering my questions.
Adding a comment to my post. I would be more than glad to send Grand Seiko USA an email asking them for help for your friend. Maybe making it a big fuzz someone in management will raise some awareness and answers.
Thanks! for this post I always love to learn about the Chinese watch community and what drives them.
#1 I always wonder because some of the homages are quite good. How many of the Chinese watch companies on Aliexpress work with Japanese brands and Swiss, and German brands making maybe a bracelet or a dial etc.
#2 What's their fan base and revenue like in their home turf compared to the world.? Do people there support local brands or they prefer foreign brands?
#3 Within Aliexpress brands how passionate are the owners and management about watch making and are they also collectors?
#4 Finally are all these brands independent with independent factories or all are just different brand names using the same factories?
#5 Probably a kinda heavy questions do factories also manufacture replica watches on the side?
Thanks! for answering some or all of my questions. Also what's your favorite Aliexpress brand that YOU recommend.
Personally I'm not surprise. Usually 1st Gen suck that's the problem of being an early adopter. Now that is very dumb of Seiko to let this slide. Me personally I would of literally pull shit from the vault and would of let my team relearn how to fix it. Who ever is in management doesn't not care about the company.
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