Del 4,514 Posted July 8, 2010 Just wondered what the difference is between the regular Asian movement and the gold version (apart from price!). Lawrence seems to do both in his Subs, one of which I quite fancy getting... Your advice would be appreciated. Cheers, Del Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KinCaidk 0 Posted July 8, 2010 Just wondered what the difference is between the regular Asian movement and the gold version (apart from price!). Lawrence seems to do both in his Subs, one of which I quite fancy getting...Your advice would be appreciated. Cheers, Del depends... are they both 21 jewels? You have some pics? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greg_r 83 Posted July 8, 2010 Do you have links so that we can take a look? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KBH 7 Posted July 8, 2010 My guess is the Eta or Eta clone is gold colored and the 21j is the silver. That's fairly normal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Del 4,514 Posted July 8, 2010 Sorry guys, should have put links in but was posting on my phone earlier - now back at a pc. Non-gold Sub LV Gold Sub LV Thanks, Del Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KinCaidk 0 Posted July 8, 2010 Same movement. Maybe the gold one is of slightly better quality. I think the price difference is that one has saphire crystal and one doesn't Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Del 4,514 Posted July 8, 2010 My guess is the Eta or Eta clone is gold colored and the 21j is the silver. That's fairly normal. Same movement. Maybe the gold one is of slightly better quality. I think the price difference is that one has saphire crystal and one doesn't Thanks guys - I suspected they were the same movement so reliability/performance should be the same. Good point about the sapphire crystal too . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KBH 7 Posted July 8, 2010 Interesting that he's using the exact same pictures for both of them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Del 4,514 Posted July 13, 2010 According to HoS, the gold version is the Japanese citizen movement whereas the non-gold is the normal Asian mainland movement. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnG 41 Posted July 13, 2010 There are sterile Rolexes on the Bay that are advertised as having "gold" movement and it is clearly a 21j, but I don't know the significance of "gold" other than that is the color of the movement. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KBH 7 Posted July 13, 2010 I like the idea of the Citizen movement although we all know that even our trusted dealers have been know to stretch the truth when it comes to movements. With that said, I'd still pay a little more for the "possibility" of the Japanese movement as well as the AR crystal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sconehead 5 Posted July 13, 2010 ...the gold 21j movement is supposed to be of better quality...doesn't fakey use these? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
