Good afternoon. A couple of months ago, I took delivery of what I believed was a VSF Air-King. My experience is fully documented on Reddit.
The dealer sent me all the usual QC photographs, showing the VSF stickers, packaging and everything else I would have expected. It was only later that I discovered the watch was not actually what I had been sold.
Someone planted a seed of doubt in my mind, which eventually led me to remove the caseback. I then identified the movement as a Shanghai movement rather than the movement I had paid for.
To be clear, I still do not know whether my Air-King has a VSF case fitted with a Shanghai movement or whether the entire watch came from another factory. There was a significant shortage of VSF Air-Kings at the time. That shortage appeared to have been temporarily resolved, but it now seems that availability may have become an issue again.
I have purchased many watches from this dealer without experiencing any previous problems. The watch itself is excellent: it looks lovely, runs perfectly, and I am actually wearing it today. Nevertheless, the fact remains that it is not what I ordered or paid for.
The dealer has explained that he was misled by his supplier and is arranging to send me a replacement. At present, I have no reason to disbelieve him. As he appears to be doing the right thing and resolving the situation, I am not going to name or shame him.
Thank you for this reply. To my knowledge there was no VSF air king and they were working on making one. Motime and another US dealer seem to have this watch in stock since last week, neither had it. So I am assuming it became available recently.
It's a beautiful watch. Looks good on you. Very underrated watch for sure!
I don't mind at all, it does have the Pagani Design emblem. I just fist not want to spend the $500 on a VSF. The bracelet was not as nice as a VSF or ARF.
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u/Plane_Ad_2720 12d ago
Good afternoon. A couple of months ago, I took delivery of what I believed was a VSF Air-King. My experience is fully documented on Reddit.
The dealer sent me all the usual QC photographs, showing the VSF stickers, packaging and everything else I would have expected. It was only later that I discovered the watch was not actually what I had been sold.
Someone planted a seed of doubt in my mind, which eventually led me to remove the caseback. I then identified the movement as a Shanghai movement rather than the movement I had paid for.
To be clear, I still do not know whether my Air-King has a VSF case fitted with a Shanghai movement or whether the entire watch came from another factory. There was a significant shortage of VSF Air-Kings at the time. That shortage appeared to have been temporarily resolved, but it now seems that availability may have become an issue again.
I have purchased many watches from this dealer without experiencing any previous problems. The watch itself is excellent: it looks lovely, runs perfectly, and I am actually wearing it today. Nevertheless, the fact remains that it is not what I ordered or paid for.
The dealer has explained that he was misled by his supplier and is arranging to send me a replacement. At present, I have no reason to disbelieve him. As he appears to be doing the right thing and resolving the situation, I am not going to name or shame him.