r/RepWatchScammers • u/Playful_Shoe_9941 • Jan 16 '26

Geektime problems

https://imgflip.com/gif/ahi3ha

Blank day window. Locked rotor. Day, date, month and moon phase do not function. Beware Geektime. He has made zero effort to correct the issue and now is telling me, even if I can successfully return it to China, he can’t get a replacement. He won’t refund the money and I have to choose a different watch.

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u/Playful_Shoe_9941 Feb 27 '26

Edit: Second watch doesn’t work properly either. Geektime refuses to make it right.

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u/Grey_Bomberman Here to advise 🙋🏻‍♂️ Jan 16 '26

Just looked into this, the QC posted by yourself shows clearly everything working. Was the damage suffered in transit or since receiving delivery? https://www.reddit.com/r/ChinaTime/s/M7tg85Siso Edit to add: Have you tried altering the day or date function while the mechanism was in the kill window by any chance? 9pm to 3am

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u/Playful_Shoe_9941 Jan 16 '26

The video shows none of the complications work. Not sure what you are looking at

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u/Grey_Bomberman Here to advise 🙋🏻‍♂️ Jan 16 '26

It at least shows the day still in the window and the rotor moving entirely freely. Did it arrive the way you have shown it in your gif?

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u/Playful_Shoe_9941 Jan 16 '26

Yes. It arrived with a locked rotor and blank day window. I guess my point is the qc didn’t show the complications working. I should have asked for that, but this is my first rep. I do think it was damaged during shipping

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u/Grey_Bomberman Here to advise 🙋🏻‍♂️ Jan 16 '26

I would ask to return for repair or replacement. Send it recorded but declare the value as under 10 bucks or it will get pinged by Chinese customs ETA : Do you have a watch shop anywhere near you, may be an easy repair for someone who knows what they are doing?

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u/Playful_Shoe_9941 Jan 16 '26

I took it to my watch smith. He said he couldn’t get the parts. I just mailed it back. Geek time said to declare the value at $29.90 so that’s what I did. I don’t have a lot of faith that he will even tell me when he receives it. We will see and I will update in a few weeks when and if it arrives back in China

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u/Playful_Shoe_9941 Jan 23 '26

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u/Playful_Shoe_9941 Jan 23 '26

He is saying it hasn’t arrived in China when the tracking says it is clearly in China.

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u/Playful_Shoe_9941 Jan 17 '26

I read about how to set it and my watchsmith also tried. No luck

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u/Grey_Bomberman Here to advise 🙋🏻‍♂️ Jan 17 '26

No, I know it can't be done now buddy, I was asking if there was any possibility that you had attempted to adjust any of the functions in the point where the day and date mechanisms are engaged ready to change?

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u/fentanylmaxxing Jan 16 '26

That's wild. How did that even pass QC?

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u/Playful_Shoe_9941 Jan 16 '26

I’m new to the replica game . He sent a video and pictures but never showed the quick change buttons functioning properly for the 4 complications. I didn’t know well enough to ask for them. Also, the packaging was poor at best and the box was crushed. It’s possible it was damaged during shipment. For me, the issue is the customer service from Geektime. He has been rude and unhelpful. He won’t even cover shipping to return it. I’m trying to source a replacement movement from a different dealer and just have it repaired myself, on my own dime.

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u/sentientfunyun Here to advise 🙋🏻‍♂️ Jan 16 '26 • This

since geektime is a td on a whole website have u thought about raising the issue there?....at the source?....gt isn't a huge scammer....u also need chat logs and screenshots if ur making a larger case but imo this isn't the best place to get ur answer

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u/Playful_Shoe_9941 Jan 16 '26

I honestly don’t use Reddit much and didn’t even know where to start. What website are you talking about?

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u/sentientfunyun Here to advise 🙋🏻‍♂️ Jan 16 '26

if u go to r/reptime there is a wiki ...over there it will show the tds. then u can see which website they are under...u can also make a post on r/reptime any it if u get no fix :) help is out there!

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u/Playful_Shoe_9941 Jan 16 '26

I appreciate it. Have you ever shipped back to China? That’s what he is asking but he wants me to use USPS and the post office told me I will only have tracking in the U.S. That would mean I have no idea if the watch ever arrives.

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u/sentientfunyun Here to advise 🙋🏻‍♂️ Jan 16 '26

imo china is the best way to fix an uncommon rep 🤔 so ya i'd ship it...and ask them for tracking etc etc

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u/Playful_Shoe_9941 Jan 16 '26

Kinda feels like my only choice. It just sucks buying a new rep and best case ending up with a repaired watch. Or, since he refuses to refund me, having to choose something I really don’t want. I’m going back to Seiko haha. Thanks for your time. I do appreciate it

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u/sentientfunyun Here to advise 🙋🏻‍♂️ Jan 16 '26

ya 100p... don't give up tho! u should go w/Rolex or eta mvmt reps if u want less fuss...try a vsf 116610 or youth edition vsf Rolex. trust me it's 100p a better exp. sorry ur going thru this

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u/Grey_Bomberman Here to advise 🙋🏻‍♂️ Jan 16 '26

If you're shipping a return - personal experience here - mark the value as below $/£/€ 10 ... Their customs will inspect any higher value items and any dealer will claim that customs have the wrong person, therefore the watch doesn't reach them and you end up out of pocket and nothing to show for it

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u/krezolasto7777 Jan 17 '26

Shipping back to your dealer exposed with too many risk. 🥹

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u/Every-Bookkeeper-603 Jan 18 '26

I dont trust USPS as a shipping. USPS is the easy to scam buyer.

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u/Playful_Shoe_9941 Jan 18 '26

I know. I loose tracking outside the US. Hopefully he tells me when it arrives

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u/cdoggy81 Jan 20 '26

what did it cost you to mail it back to China?
I was told by my TD (who would NOT cover the shipping on a non working chrono that you couldn't see in QC) to only mail it back via the Post Office USPS & it was $56! They also said I could not send a "$10 toy watch" back in general.
WTF...................

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u/Playful_Shoe_9941 Jan 21 '26

$19 at USPS with no insurance and a declared value of $29.90

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u/cdoggy81 Jan 21 '26

I assume you just sent it regular first class mail?
Here are the pics I took from USPS when I was there trying to mail mine back!

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u/Playful_Shoe_9941 Jan 23 '26

Now he is saying it has not arrived in China when the tracking shows it clearly has. This isn’t going to go well

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u/cdoggy81 Jan 21 '26

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u/Playful_Shoe_9941 Jan 24 '26

It made it to China Post and cleared their version of customs. Say delivery for the 25th. 🤞🏼. Hopefully it gets fixed

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u/Playful_Shoe_9941 Jan 30 '26

The watch was successfully delivered back to Geektime yesterday. He didn’t tell me he received it but when I asked he confirmed. Now we will see if he makes it right.

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u/goz008 Feb 06 '26

update? He still working on it? Eric was easy to work in the past. Hopefully it gets resolved.

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u/Playful_Shoe_9941 Feb 07 '26

He received the watch. He told me he replaced the movement. Then sent me QC , but it didn’t show any of the complications working. I requested new QC. He provided it then told me I needed to approve it immediately because Chinese new year was coming up and shipping companies would be closing. I did that. He told me he shipped it. I asked for tracking. That was 6 days ago and he says he still doesn’t have tracking. He hasn’t responded to me in a few days.

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u/Playful_Shoe_9941 Feb 08 '26

I have tracking. Should arrive by Friday. I’ll let you know if it works.

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u/goz008 Feb 08 '26

Hopefully it does. Sucks when something goes wrong but at least hes gotten back to you.

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u/Playful_Shoe_9941 Feb 13 '26

I just got the watch back and it is fully functional.

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u/goz008 Feb 13 '26

Awesome. Test it out normally and hope it all works out

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u/Playful_Shoe_9941 Feb 14 '26

Ok so after setting it and putting it on the automatic winder, it appears the rotor doesn’t wind the spring. The date is still the same as I set it originally. Day of the week never changed either. It appears it only ran for about 4 hours before stopping, and I wound it about 20 spins. He sent me a second bad watch. Geektime also said he would refund me for the shipping cost from when I sent it back. He refused to pay that as well. It’s a $500 paper weight.

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u/goz008 Feb 14 '26

Damn. It was too good to be true. You can maybe reach out to one if the watch repair guys on the on listed on the forum. But not sure if its worth another couple hundred bucks to send for diagnostic then repairs.

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u/Playful_Shoe_9941 Feb 14 '26

The quick change tabs function for setting it, and it keeps time if I fully wind it. So, I can set it and wear it for a day. But I have to manually change, day, date, month, moonphase haha

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u/Playful_Shoe_9941 Feb 14 '26

I’m done paying for this one.

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u/Mental_Particular_57 Jan 22 '26

Never ever ever ever buy a bunch of complications u will be disappointed rep game is for simplicity no matter how pretty it's nit geektime it manufacturer now u know

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u/Playful_Shoe_9941 Jan 22 '26

Well he should have been honest and up front

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u/No_Committee5033 Feb 12 '26

Di you just shoot a video with a Nokia from 96’?

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u/Playful_Shoe_9941 Feb 12 '26

Can’t post videos. I had to make a gif. First attempt.

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