My Lige 6801 "Smurf" arrived yesterday. Initial thoughts. Looks beautiful. Sunburst dial is very classy. Fully operational. Cyclops is correctly aligned. A ridiculous amount of watch for £20. Pretty much the same quality (IMO)/looks almost identical to my Steeldive SD1953 for 30% of the price. In comparison to the Steeldive. Hardlex not Sapphire (Assumed. Not tested). 90 click vs 120 click bezel. Bezel action is lighter but has zero back play. Butterfly clasp bracelet vs double pusher with safety. Mingzhu DG4813 (?) vs NH35A. 28,800 bph vs 21,600. Exhibition case back vs solid. 100m water resistance vs 300m (theoretical in both cases, I suspect..). Lumed pip rather than complete bezel. Not sure if I like the Butterfly Clasp. It works OK but is a bit more fiddly to put on. I shall persevere for now but have a replacement bracelet if needed. 3 links removed from bracelet for a perfect fit. Crown action is smooth. Bit wary of over winding this 'el cheapo' Chinese movement. Only one odd QC issue - and it's manufacturing, rather than assembly. Bezel either aligns perfectly at 12 but not at 3, 6 & 9 or vice versa. I'll use 12. Less obvious to my OCD.. Tiny bit of lateral movement can be felt in bezel but not seen. So, my £20 watch experiment is underway. I'm thinking of starting a sweepstake on how long it will be before the movement implodes... 😁 Timegrapher shows +12s/day and Zero Beat Rate Error. I can live with that but may use this as a testbed for home regulation. Overall: Well worth the money. Time will tell (no pun) regarding longevity
Have you measured against a atomic watch, how accurate the movement is??? after 24hrs? I ordered also the watch, because of the amazing 28800bph. cant wait to get it.
I've measured it against my phone which syncs with a server that syncs to an atomic clock 😆 and it's about 5 seconds slow a day. Hope you are enjoying yours, what a great value
My Lige 6801 "Smurf" arrived yesterday. Initial thoughts. Looks beautiful. Sunburst dial is very classy. Fully operational. Cyclops is correctly aligned. A ridiculous amount of watch for £20. Pretty much the same quality (IMO)/looks almost identical to my Steeldive SD1953 for 30% of the price.
In comparison to the Steeldive. Hardlex not Sapphire (Assumed. Not tested). 90 click vs 120 click bezel. Bezel action is lighter but has zero back play. Butterfly clasp bracelet vs double pusher with safety. Mingzhu DG4813 (?) vs NH35A. 28,800 bph vs 21,600. Exhibition case back vs solid. 100m water resistance vs 300m (theoretical in both cases, I suspect..). Lumed pip rather than complete bezel.
Not sure if I like the Butterfly Clasp. It works OK but is a bit more fiddly to put on. I shall persevere for now but have a replacement bracelet if needed. 3 links removed from bracelet for a perfect fit. Crown action is smooth. Bit wary of over winding this 'el cheapo' Chinese movement.
Only one odd QC issue - and it's manufacturing, rather than assembly. Bezel either aligns perfectly at 12 but not at 3, 6 & 9 or vice versa. I'll use 12. Less obvious to my OCD.. Tiny bit of lateral movement can be felt in bezel but not seen.
So, my £20 watch experiment is underway. I'm thinking of starting a sweepstake on how long it will be before the movement implodes... 😁
Timegrapher shows +12s/day and Zero Beat Rate Error. I can live with that but may use this as a testbed for home regulation.
Overall: Well worth the money. Time will tell (no pun) regarding longevity
Thanks for the review. I am looking forward to the one on Pagani. Best of luck on your channel.
Good review, how is the watch now after two years? I ordered the hulk just for the 28800bph smooth sweep...🙂
Nice review im selling the 2023 upgrade
Have you measured against a atomic watch, how accurate the movement is??? after 24hrs? I ordered also the watch, because of the amazing 28800bph. cant wait to get it.
I've measured it against my phone which syncs with a server that syncs to an atomic clock 😆 and it's about 5 seconds slow a day. Hope you are enjoying yours, what a great value