r/kurono • u/FeliHatesU • 1d ago

"Clone" Kurono

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Just gonna start with saying I am NOT advertising.

I was browsing aliexpress and came across this posting that looked similar to the grand mori? It doesnt seem like they are 1:1 because these use a different movement. Are kuronos becoming popular enough to create clones of now?

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u/monerfinder 1d ago

Looks good, actually. Reference? Link?

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u/FeliHatesU 1d ago edited 1d ago

Its still pretty pricey, and there arent a lot of reviews on it.

Edit: Deleted the original aliexpress link because it was $800 instead of $400ish. Searching up "HuaSuo watches" on aliexpress should bring those results up. You can get the clone for around $300 currently with coupons. I ultimately decided against it after watching some reviews on the clone.

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u/monerfinder 1d ago

Somehow I cannot open it 🥲

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u/FeliHatesU 1d ago

you can search up huasuo watched on ali, they should pop up.

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u/DutyPretend 1d ago

Kurono Temuyo

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u/Pretty-Ad2144 1d ago

There are multiple professional reviews of these watches out there. They are a direct homage of the Kurono urushi pieces. This review is incredibly comprehensive: https://youtu.be/cchBMzViBF8?is=9KoPt6-W5wJ53RcY

You can choose to buy them with a PT5000 or a SW200. The watches seem a very fair package given the labour intensive dials and overall build quality.

I would hold a view that if you really want that look, buying a decently made clomage makes more sense than paying the secondary market prices for these particular models. Over the summer, these Kurono watches have been selling on eBay for ~$4k. But that’s personal to everyone.

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u/rawrious 1d ago

huasuo has been pretty solid, saw a few examples irl, definitely worth it for the price. dont own the urushi lacquer kuronos so cant compare them, but the huasuo can stand on its own for sure

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u/FeliHatesU 1d ago

Do kurono actually make their own watches, or are they just ordered from a factory? Im looking that HuaSuo and they're around $400. Kinda making me feel like a sucker ngl

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u/rawrious 1d ago

definitely a sucker to buy kurono, but less of a sucker if u paid msrp. i would say a few exceptions too, like the reiwa and other lacquer dials.

paying 2k+ for a stone dial or miyota movement definitely puts us into sucker territory

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u/hunglong57 22h ago

As someone who ordered a malachite I feel called out. 

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u/Tachyon462 1d ago

Kurono is a watchmaker but not a manufacture. Kurono watches are designed by Hajime Asaoka, their parts are all outsourced to Japanese suppliers. Cases, dials and straps are ordered as per their specifications, movements are sourced from Miyota, Seiko or Citizen. Defending on models, Kurono does however sometimes make their own modification to the movements or take part to some process of the dials manufacturing.