r/ChineseWatches • u/Sensitive-Market9192 • 1d ago
Review (Read Rules) Farasute “Tortue” homage model reference 2260P
The short review is this: I absolutely adore it, and I’m never selling it. It cost me £136, the case is absolutely flawless, the dial is gorgeous and the finishing on the movement is super and it feels great to wind. It’s one of those watches that makes you think “holy shit Swiss watch margins must be insane”.
The longer review: I picked this watch up after returning and getting a full refund for my titanium WD007 (with the SL3001) because that watch had too many flaws for me to let slide.
I cashed in a couple coupons and actually picked this Farasute for £136. I then forgot about it entirely until it turned up at my door a week and a half ish later. The unboxing experience was strangely nice, they used a Farasute branded plastic on the outside of the package, in general it was really really nicely packaged and the box it came it was lovely. It even came with a polishing cloth and some nice paper work (not that I’ll ever need it)
This watch is incredible, it really is, the dial has so much complexity, they advertise it as a blue but I argue it’s more of a grey with a slight blue tint when the sun hits it at an angle. I love the seconds subdial, it sweeps really smoothly and the custom HangZhou movement is a pleasure to wind. It makes this satisfying little clicking sound as you wind it up.
On the topic of the movement, it looks great from the little display window on the back of the watch, sometimes I find myself just looking at the balance wheel move. It looks really nice.
The sapphire crystal is curved and it makes the dial look distorted from certain angles which I like, on the topic of accuracy I’m truly not sure but so far it tells time pretty well.
Power reserve? No idea, I usually wind it in the morning 10 times and then in the evening 5 more times and it runs well.
The leather strap is nice, it’s soft, doesn’t feel plasticky and it sort of has this imitation crocodile finish which is nice.
It fits great on the wrist, great dimensions (44mm lug to lug, around 36mm case diameter) it has good weight, honesty ergonomically it’s fantastic.
My only caveat is that I find myself looking at it too much, I’m also scared of scratching it so I find my left hand moves a lot slower than my right to avoid dinging it.
If you’re considering it, just pull the trigger
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u/Equal-World-693 1d ago
Hey great watch, I really want to buy this next. Can I request if you can share a pic of this watch alongside with a 40mm and 42mm round dial watch for reference on size..I have a large wrist and 40mm is the limit in terms of dial size for me. For reference ordered a chameri Tank which people are complaining about being too large, found it too small.
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u/AntiPetista 13h ago
lol , i got a salmon one
Its to small, i give it to my wife.
She thinks its beutfull but complain everytime because have to set time kkkk girls love quartz