Text/Tom Chen, TOPNFactory Watch Manager
The hot tea aroma, the smell of engine oil and ambition condense in my small store on Guangzhou Zhanxi Road. In 2007, "Eternal Moment" was just a cement box with a glass counter, and the shelves were groaning under the pressure of ambition and Rolex replica parts. My mentor, Master Cheng - the taciturn senior craftsman from Chaozhou, whose fingers are always stained with lubricating oil and cigarettes never leave his hand - always squints in the morning mist to examine the newly assembled Submariner replica watch. "Ah Tom," he said in a hoarse voice accompanied by the muffled sound of his knuckles hitting the watch glass, "The devil is not only hidden in the details, he is the details themselves. If you miss one, the crown will lose its luster." This teaching is not only about watchmaking, but also the law of survival in the precise and rigorous ecosystem of replica timepieces.
The melting pot of Zhanxi Road (2007-2010): Master Cheng and Chaoshan craftsmen
Master Cheng is a walking encyclopedia of replica watches. He not only assembles watches, but also dissects their souls. Under his rough training, I understood the sacred hierarchy of replica watches:
Low-end products：obvious fakes. Misplaced hour markers, cheap bracelets, quartz hearts disguised as mechanical movements. Sold to tourists seeking cheap trophies.
Mid-end products：the illusion of "Swiss copies". The weight is acceptable, equipped with basic automatic movements (mostly Japanese Miyota), and sapphire crystal glass is becoming standard. It barely passes in dim light, but the night light is fleeting and the bezel is sluggish like sand.
Mid-end products: the illusion of "Swiss copies". The weight is acceptable, equipped with basic automatic movements (mostly Japanese Miyota), and sapphire crystal glass is becoming standard. It barely passes in dim light, but the night light is fleeting and the bezel is sluggish like sand.
