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I know that they sell copies of the real thing. I know that the watches aren't going to be as good as the real thing. I know that you get what you pay for.

I wasn't under any misconceptions here. I ignored most of the bad reviews because I thought that maybe people were expecting a $10k watch for $100. I've gotten a couple Chinese watches from Ebay and other places that are really nice for the money. I thought I could get a couple here that looked cool.

I was wrong. I emailed them ahead of time and asked if the Chronograph functioned as a Chronograph should... that the seconds stopped and the counting wheels counted the minutes. I also asked if the moondial counted the phases of the moon and if the power reserve meter worked. They responded positively that everything all worked as it should.

We negotiated a special price, and I waited.

I got the watches. One was scratched on the back. There was no chronograph. The seconds didn't have a stop feature, they didn't count the minutes and hours. There was no moonphase function and the power reserve meter was fake and didn't work.

Pretty much the full monty. PLUS, I noticed that they charged my card a few dollars more than we agreed.

I contacted them an generously offered to keep one of the two watches AND pay for return shipping of the other in return for a credit for that watch. I sell clocks and watches myself and realize that it is a tough business. I feel that I was being overly generous with this offer as the mistake was definitely not mine.

They responded that I was mistaken and that I should not have expected these things to work, even though I showed them the email I had from before declaring the opposite. They want me to exchange for another watch AND pay for shipping both ways.

This place is definitely a bad egg. If you want nice, inexpensive mechanical watches try Pere de Temps (Chinese with US warranty) or Poljot International (Russian with German quality finishing) or watches4u (Chinese sold in the US) on Ebay.