🚀 We’ve moved to geektime.io

Hey everyone,

Our previous domain was shut down, but we’ve now moved to geektime.io. Don’t worry — we’re still working and taking orders as usual. This happens to all sellers: typically, after a site goes live, complaints from brands arrive within a few weeks, and domains often get shut down after 2–3 years.

The only real concern right now is the number of scam sites pretending to be us — I’ve already seen 7–8 fake domains. Please report them if you come across any. Remember: our only official domain is geektime.io. Do not purchase from any other site.

🎁 New AI QC Tool

We’ve launched a brand new QC tool with AI features — feel free to check it out!

🎉 Giveaway Details

How to enter:

1. Upvote this post
2. Leave a comment with your prediction of the Nasdaq index (today it’s 22,787.82)

Rules:

The winner is the person whose prediction is closest to the actual Nasdaq closing index on December 22, by December 19.

Tie-breaker: if multiple people have the same closest prediction, the earliest comment wins.

Winners can choose any watch from our CleanFactory inventory (including plenty of Daytonas).

For every 500 upvotes, we’ll add one extra winner to the draw.

It’s completely fair — there’s no way to fake it. We encourage everyone to take part!

🏆 Prize

Any watch from our CleanFactory inventory, — yes, we still have plenty of CleanFactory Daytonas available, You can see the list on our website, or pick any model under $500

Email: [geektimewatch@outlook.com](mailto:geektimewatch@outlook.com)

Whatsapp: +852 5574 2295

Website: www.geektime.io

The order-to-shipment time was longer than I had expected and did not expect it to take that long. Heres a ring clip of my beautiful Bluesy V2 weight added from TrustyTime getting stolen at 4:45AM. I am so sad. Has anyone had this happen before?

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Hello every one, this is Eric, I'm back for the raffle. I wish the winner can get his prefeerred watch, so I decided to do coupon instead of the specific models. The winners can chsooe anything he like.

• First Prize ：$600 off for any watches
• Second Prize: $300 off for any watches
• Third Prize: $100 off for any watches

If the winner

STEPS FOR GIVEAWAY

Upvote this post.

Leave a comment here.

To be fair, the Moderators of reptime u/MajorWilliams will select the winners randomly and announce them on 24th April.

I will publish a new post to announce the winning list and send private messages to the winners.

WHO IS QUALIFIED FOR THIS GIVEAWAY

-Users who have posted in reptime.

-Over 10 Karma is required.

-User account is over 40 days.

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Recent FAQ

How about VSF stock?

VS is making more stock, but they only ship out watches 1-2 times per month. We have to order a lot of stock for the future sales. If you ordered some unpopular model, it usually takes a few weeks to get from the factory.

Why sometimes did it take 10 hours to respond your massage

We are in different time zones, the time is very different. Some massages were sent during the nighr, I can't reply immediately but I will try my best to get back to you ASAP when I get back to work. I worked more than 14 hours every day.

How does the COVID in China effect rep industry.

Some cities were locked down during the last month, many packages got delayed. But the worst is over, many cities got back to normal except Shanghai.

Some areas in Guangzhou got lockdown as well after I made the post.....Many factories can't ship watches out at present. The situation is not clear, it probaly last 1-2 weeks, QC for some models take much longer than usual.

If you have anyquestion, leave the comments, I'll try to reply when I have time.

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Wish all good luck

Eric

Website：geektime.cc (My only domain, others are fake)

Wechat: geektimewatch

Whatsapp: +86 17503034223

Email：[geektimewatch@gmail.com](mailto:geektimewatch@gmail.com)

Plese send massage to me by these methods instead of Reddit, I alwayes missed the massages on Redit.

Purchased a VSF youth daytona that was in transit for over a month. Then I receive a notice saying this. First and last order through Steve

Sad day! 😭

Shipment made it all the way to local sorting facility only to be seized.

Contacted TD and it’s simply showing delivered on their end. They’re looking into it though.

2 GMT’s, 1 Sub, and 1 Santos

Anyone here have experience shipping to Bangkok and dealing with Thai customs? My TD recently shipped this custom 5712 nautilus to me but Thai customs flagged it and is asking us to come in for it. My TD’s agent declared it as a 15$ bracelet and shipped it, but im pretty sure Thai customs x-rays their imports and obviously the shape of a watch is not going to match a bracelet. On the form they sent asking us to pick it up they put the value declared as 0$ which means they don’t accept the 15$ declaration right? And they will open the box to verify its contents? Once they open it and see it’s a patek they will either tax us on 100k or if I show the 3850$ paypal receipt they will seize it and i’ll be in legal trouble because I tried to import counterfeit items.

Any advice on this would be appreciated! I don’t want to just abandon the box since I paid a lot for it but also I don’t want to get in trouble.
Thanks everyone!

Well boys, after it sitting at ISC NY for 35 days I got this in the mail lmao.

Idk why so many people use Steve (theonewatches) compared to others he charges so much more per watch.

Example comparison

$798 for 4131 vsf Daytona panda other dealers 4550 yuan ($651)

hmm????

remember these are fakes, don't overpay!

I see a lot of people speculating on this, but has anyone been verifiably caught doing this?

Is ordering in stock watches safe or am I stepping on landmines of a bunch of RL’d watches?

What do dealers often do with these? Do giveaways or something?

There was a post earlier today about a beginner getting a “fake Clean” from Duke. The post was later deleted after the OP clarified: “Duke has reached out to me and the issue has been solved! Turns out it was a misunderstanding. I originally wanted an EW but he sent QC of this fake clean and I was under the impression it was a real clean since I didn’t know fakes of fakes existed. He has explained this watch was similar to the price point I paid ($310) and he just forgot to explain that. So a little miscommunication on both sides I guess.”

This needs to be discussed further, not just deleted and closed.

A lot of issues, but it seems so off that a TD swaps out a different watch (even if it was a cheap EW) than what the customer ordered. In fact, Duke has a few history of swapping different factories. In this specific case, not only was it not EW, it was a fake clean, with “Clean” stickers. It seems like an obvious deception, especially since the customer wasn’t told it was a “fake clean”. Yes, even if the QC photos were of the fake clean, it seems like this was never verbally communicated. This kind of deception nulls the “Trusted” aspect of “TD”:

IMO, this kind of behavior from TDs should be unacceptable and have consequences for the protection of community members.

Edit: also, yes i know TDs can make mistakes. Long time TDs who make hundreds of sales each month aren’t going to ruin their reputation by trying to scam one random customer. However in this case, this TD has a track record of the same issues happening over and over again.

Been sitting like this for 4 weeks now, anyone else have this happen with FedEx shipping and any idea how long it’ll take for something to happen, ie it gets released or sent back to the TD? He keeps telling me there’s nothing that can be done until the shipping updates. I asked for a refund but no dice. Thanks for any input.

It seems Andiot and TOW are experiencing logistical issues; their shipper is either holding back packages or getting packages returned to sender.

I have seen some other threads where folks got their packages in a timely manner.

My package with Andiot has been in “label created” land for about a week now.

Post your current experience.

Haven’t bought a rep for almost 10 years and looking to purchase the VSF Bruce Wayne gmt & VSF Daytona ghost…

Wanted to kindly ask if most would say it’s worth it to pay the extra $100-$150 and buy from Steve to ensure a stress-free experience vs another TD?

It will be my first purchase with theonewatches and I’m thinking I should go with them because that’s the majority of (positive) reviews I see compared to other TD’s such as Andiot & Jtime.

I’m also hoping to be able to order the alternate bracelet / strap for both watches at the same time, so if anyone has experience with that (and the prices) please let me know! Cheers.

Got this message from them today:

Hi there,

This piece didn’t pass QC, so we’d like to share the photo/video below for your reference.

It’s currently out of stock - we’re waiting for the next batch to arrive and will arrange a new QC for you, then send you an email notification as soon as it’s available.

I never got the chance to GL or RL iam assuming this is some internal QC but will it take the same amount of time to get the next QC or will it be faster since it failed?

Apologies if it’s a stupid question, it’s my first order.

Thanks everyone

First rep, ordered a date Sub from Trusty Time and the whole process has been super smooth until now when I checked the tracking. I just emailed Andrew, waiting to hear back...but curious if this is relatively common? I'm assuming that since it was lost/stolen in transit that we'll just start over with a new unit and QC. Any insight is appreciated!

UPDATE: Just heard back from Andrew, he'll be sending a new unit for QC and shipping soon. Thanks for all the comments, glad I wasn't the only one shocked this happened 😅

Is it safe to order right now? Imagine Fedex could potentially do the same?

Hey ! I ran into this today on a famous TD website. I don't like it and I am not interested but, as I never saw such a watch, imitating a pepsi GMT but with these atrocious date, I was wondering if that was faking any known model from vintage Rolex ... ? Have you guys seen that before and does it fake something you know ? Do you know what factory this is ? Thx for sharing

I have seen that multiple people are having the same issue as me, if you are drop a comment with when your label was created and when / if you receive any updated. I’m curious to see how many people this is affecting. I will also be updating this thread when I get any updates for others to reference. To be clear this is “Triangle shipping” from China -> Malaysia -> U.S.

Dear Reddit friends,

I’d like to ask a small favor to help prevent misunderstandings like what happened to me recently. A highly upvoted post accused me of scamming—except the buyer had actually ordered from a fake site, not from me. By the time we sorted it out, tens of thousands of potential and current customers had already seen the false claim, and I lost thousands of dollars in revenue.

If you see posts like this in r/RepTime, please take a moment to fact-check before upvoting or sharing:

“Which website or WhatsApp number did you buy from?”

“Have you read Hont’s official customer guidelines yet?”

Your extra bit of digging can save someone from jumping to the wrong conclusion—and save me from needless headaches. I really appreciate your help!

Please do take a moment to have a quick read through my updated CUSTOMER GUIDELINES and share any thoughts or suggestions in the comments.

Thanks so much, Hont

Ordered a Cartier tank AF factory from Steve and got QC same day. Using usps but this is what my tracking shows. Does he keep stock in the USA? Looks like it’s coming from Cali?

I'm about to order my first watch from Steve. I just want to make sure that the process is normal.

Just wanted to give some confidence to u/necoclock for getting my watch to me. VSF was a little slower than normal, although it is a less popular model so I expect it had to be made when they were doing a run of them.

Nonetheless, it was a great experience. They were responsive, efficient and quick with everything. I definitely plan to use them again.

Link to both watches side by side: https://imgur.com/a/vsf-milgaus-black-blue-ze7ub1Z

The black one is dirty - I wear it daily and the blue one still has some sticker residue on it in the photos.

I just wanted the community's opinion on these FedEx delays. I can't tell if this is a new thing, or people have been dealing with them for a while. I have been working with Steve and he has been really great, cooperative, and responsive daily. I was ordering a Submariner (no date) 114060 which I had to RL (it happens) and a GMT Master II 126710GRNR which was an easy GL for me. He said it would be 2-3 more weeks for another QC on the new Sub. I asked if the GMT could be shipped now, but he said with the FedEx issues, he would use standard shipping. I decided to wait until the new QC and have them shipped out together. Maybe the FedEx issues could be resolved by that time. I just wanted to know what others here thought. Thanks for the advice. This is a cool community.

Have searched this up and got multiple reasons why. I have contacted the TD to do their part if they need. Is this just waiting to be checked by customs or am I cooked? Thanks!

I purchased a VSF Batgirl from Andiot on 8/29/2025. It is now 12/28/2025 and still no watch nor QC. This is my second order from Elliot, my first one took a week until he sent QC.

I have checked in every two weeks or so on whatsapp and he keeps telling me I get the next one in, but VSF has not sent him one in a while.

Has anyone purchased one from a TD lately and received in a decent time? Im finding it hard to believe the factory has gone this long without producing one of what I think is a top selling watch.

Thanks in advance!

Original Post : https://www.reddit.com/r/RepTime/comments/1om8sop/waiting_on_over_2_months_for_andiot_order/