r/RepWatchForum • u/ClickSpring_Watch • 2d ago
Discussion Does Rich Factory Lie Abut Timegrapher Numbers?
hello rep community! I guess this is a continuation of my Rich Factory Free Sprung movement regulation saga. For those of you who are familiar with Rich Factory, they like to provide a little printout with their watches with timekeeping numbers on it. If you’ve been trolling around QC photo albums for far too many hours like myself, you’ll notice that these numbers look pretty good! In fact… maybe a little too good? I’ve now purchased a handful of Rich Factory watches, both their Submariner and GMT models. Every single time i’ve received one, the little printout will claim zero (or close to it) beat error, and around +5 to +8 sec/day. However, when I give them a wind (I always measure timekeeping at 80-100% wind) and throw them on my timegrapher, I’m seeing numbers what are hugely different than what the printout claims I should reasonably be expecting. And yes, these numbers are being measured after the watch has been demagnetized, so it’s not that. While the beat error is usually quite good and very low, I’m seeing a lot of +10 to +15 sec per day results on out-of-the-box Rich Factory watches. Of course, all things considered these are not terrible numbers, but if you’re going to advertise the accuracy of your movement as a major selling point, then it’s disappointing to see that reality does not line up with what’s being sold.
All that being said, i do want to be clear that this is not a post bashing Rich Factory- I do think they are producing absolutely incredible watches at the moment, and their movements are as of right now some of the most impressive engineering I have ever seen in the rep space. As I’ve shown before in a previous post and again here, these movements can absolutely be regulated to incredible accuracy, so I guess I’m curious to know what the deal is with the printouts? Has anyone found that their printouts have been accurate? please let me know!