WISHDOIT Well I kind of wish I hadn’t! Buyer beware

As some of you will know, I bought a WISHDOIT Diver recently.
To catch the rest up, it arrived and I unscrewed the crown to adjust the watch for the first time, the crown fell off.
It would turn clockwise, but fall off if turned anti-clockwise. Clearly there was no thread lock connecting the stem and crown.
As I liked the watch and actually (after seeing this one) wanted a few of the variants, I thought I’d return it and re-order.

I uploaded the attached pictures and explanation: “The crown…

WISHDOIT Well I kind of wish I hadn’t! Buyer beware

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Alignment ‘issues’. How much is ‘too much’? Two bad experiences with Seestern (out of two)

I received a Seestern 600t yesterday and noticed a slight misalignment of the bezel and the hands.
I then sat and went through all my watches and although this is perhaps the most noticable, I do have a few that have minor misalignments of the hands.
Even in more mainstream brands.
What are your experiences and thoughts? While obviously annoying, would this be a deal breaker for you?

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Just some background, this is the second of these I’ve…

Alignment ‘issues’. How much is ‘too much’? Two bad experiences with Seestern (out of two)

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What are the ‘must have’ watches on Aliexpress 2025?

By that I mean, if you were telling someone about the platform and wanted to point them to a watch or two as absolutely unmissable….Which specific ones would it be?

Individual watches not whole brands. Also based on the usual prices not something thats a super bargain in whatever today’s sale is.

I’ll start it off with the Tandorio 62mas.

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I’d say…

What are the ‘must have’ watches on Aliexpress 2025?

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Share your PARNSRPE watches

I’ve been thinking of taking the plunge on a couple of these for some time now.
The name does kind of look like a row of left over letters in scrabble, that you can’t make a word out of…. But it’s certainly memorable.
That aside, some of their watches are very appealing (especially the retro divers!) but they get very little attention compared with other similarly priced brands online.

So, what have you got and what are your thoughts?

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What features/design elements/additions would you like to see appear on Aliexpress watches?

There are so many good watches on Aliexpress and the business there seem willing to listen to customers (sometimes).
So with that in mind what would you like to see in upcoming releases?

I’m really attracted to retro designs from the 60s/70s, so firstly I’d like to see some of my favourite retro elements seeing a revival.

1. Radiate/sunburst brushing on cases.
Not circular, but radiating outward.

2. separate battery covers for digital/quartz watches.
Remember when some watches had a…

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Полет-Элита Poljot Elita / Elite commemorative Presentation watch: Federal Guard Service (FSO) 2006 G8 Summit in Saint Petersburg

There is certainly a tradition of commemorative/presentation watches in Russia and the USSR.
I seem to have got lucky and picked up a ‘new’ (unused) Poljot Elite from 2006, complete in the original box with manual. The strap’s not ever been done up, it’s absolutely as new as a 15 year old watch can be.
I couldn’t even bring myself to do the strap up to take the below picture! lol
The caseback is laser etched:
ФЕДЕРАЛЬНАЯ
СЛУЖБА
ОХРАНЫ
РОССИЙСКОЙ
ФЕДЕРАЦИИ

Which in English reads…

Полет-Элита Poljot Elita / Elite commemorative Presentation watch: Federal Guard Service (FSO) 2006 G8 Summit in Saint Petersburg

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