Chronometer War

I heard that THB is going to release the 24 hour Le Mans Daytona, or is the watch already out? I couldn't find this watch of THB on the internet, maybe we need to wait a few more days. In fact, this watch company had already produced this replica Daytona last year and was sold under the name “APS”, now APS is selling this watch at a special price. I explained that both APS and THB are the same watch company; So why did they decide to produce another one? Because the last model they produced did not sell very well and the 4132 movement now has a true 24-hour chronograph, the previous model released by APS still used a 12-hour chronograph. But the most important reason is that THB can sell this Daytona for a much higher price and make more money. After this watch is released, I think THB will highlight the sunburst workmanship on the dial as a sales argument for this Daytona, because Clean's newly released Le Mans Daytona does not have a distinct sunburst workmanship; THB thought this would be a great opportunity. Will THB sell this Daytona for a higher price than the Clean? There's definitely a war going on between them, just not as heated as the war going on in the weighted Day-Date Rolex arena. The photos below are the dial details of the Le Mans Daytona produced by Clean. So what does the original watch's dial look like? Does it have a really strong sunburst effect?

The battle rages on at weighted Rolex. Sometimes such a war is good for us watch enthusiasts, sometimes it is not. For example, in the case of the weighted Rolex Day-Date, GM was the first factory to initially produce the weighted Day-Date, then Q Factory produced a Day-Date that weighed closer to the original, THB Factory joined the race and made a Day-Date that weighed almost the same as the original, then CBD produced a Day-Date that weighed exactly the same as the original. Is it really a big improvement to go from a similar initial weight to ultimately the same weight? I don't think this is entirely true. THB Factory added a lot of rings to the bracelet to increase the weight, while CBD increased the thickness of each ring to increase the weight; However, most customers generally do not need such a long bracelet, which is a waste of money because THB puts a high price on the Day-Date. Bracelet too thick in CBD Day-Date; This is not an improvement, it is just a manufacturing compromise made to save weight, and the wearing comfort is not good either. The same thing happened at Q Factory's Le Mans Daytona; this factory has two versions for this Daytona, regular weight and heavy version, the only difference between them is that the heavy version just has a longer bracelet, but Q Factory sells it at a much higher price than the regular weight version; Isn't this a scam that buyers should beware of?

Case and Body Workmanship

There are various problems in the market with the gold Day-Date and gold Daytona, which most factories produce with increased weight, such as the case peeling off and the embossing not being good; Watch manufacturers should take this seriously and not use exaggerated claims just to gain customers and orders in their wars and put the costs on us, the customers.