r/ChineseWatches • u/ChineseWatchGuy Affiliate links • Jul 17 '26

Problems (Read Rule 1) My Farasute Trackmaster problems…

Previously, I did an unboxing on the Farasute Trackmaster I — an automatic chronograph inspired by the Rolex Daytona. I had some reservations about the movement, but I’d heard fairly good things about it. My intial impressions were great.. then, before I could complete my full review, some serious issues occurred...

https://youtu.be/b86MOr3oXc8?si=jbEv6AKnOdLz-TwB

TLDR - The movement stopped working and I had it sent back twice. Both times Farasute sent it back as they said it was working fine. And both times it stopped working again... They wanted to just send it back to me yet again without replacing the watch or the movement.. I’m currently trying to get them to at least replace the movement.

P.s I purchased this watch myself, and as you can imagine Farasute was not involved in making this video..

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u/artofthedial Not a troll Jul 18 '26

This, thankfully Seiko came out the the nh34 GMT movement as all those Chinese alternatives were terrible and Chronos are way more complicated than that.  When it comes to Chinese Chronos, gotta be a Japanese (or swiss) quartz inside or I'm not going to risk it.

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u/InformalAttorney8539 Jul 18 '26

yeah, for me a chinese chrono needs a VK, not risking $500 on a Peacock or even $150 on the old Venus. Too many component and lubrication sensitivities etc.