Review - Duboule 1620
Given our penchant for EBay brands, here’s a nice review of a “$4,000″ fly-back date sold for… $76.
If you are skitish or offended by the crazy retail sales price, go get another watch. But if you can pick one up for less than $100 I think you may be surprised. I’m sure there are lemons, and there are plenty of horror stories, but hey, if you are buying a watch that purports to be of greater value than your paying you may want to think about why that’s possible. In Duboules case, they are Chinese made, imported and auction sold, and cheaper than many reportedly better made watches out there.
Duboule 1620 Broughshane automatic flyback date review [Mimezamac]
April 30th, 2006 at 12:22 pm
i purchased one of these duboule watches from ebay and it broke after 6 months. beware
June 4th, 2006 at 12:00 am
I purchased one from ebay. People ask to see it all the time. Runs like a charm.
July 19th, 2006 at 7:42 pm
Had mine for over a year now, get lots of positive comments, most think it is a much higher value than what I paid, wear it everyday in all conditions and still looks new (ie. unscratched/marked)and runs absolutely fine. Very happy considering what I bought it for and what else you get for that kind of money; battery powered and average looking.
July 21st, 2006 at 9:17 pm
Got one. So far so good!
October 20th, 2006 at 4:22 pm
Got one runs good and I get lots of comment on how people like the watch.
December 15th, 2006 at 1:13 pm
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Dean
March 1st, 2007 at 6:38 am
I got one of these 3 months ago for $70, and love it. I live in Japan, and to check it out, I walked into the most expensive watch retailer in town. Places like that routinely ignored me before.
This time, one of the senior salesmen was all over me, I was ogling $20,000 Zenith diver’s watch (good to 1000 meters), and he insisted I try it on. After a moment he commented that my Duboule was a nice watch. I scoffed, and said it’s a cheap watch. He thought I was being modest, and didn’t believe me.
I am sure if I was wearing a Fossil watch or some other cheap thing, I never would have been able to wear that Zenith. Not without insisting.
March 7th, 2007 at 8:25 pm
Bought this watch off of ebay. I think whoever makes these cheap watches just made up their own website to try and sell them. I have seen one and WOW El Cheapo Deluxeo. Very thick because of the inexpensive parts, heavy to. Look at an Omega or a similar watch that as the same functions and will be much thinner and lighter. Also the push button day and date change….cough cheap cough. These may cost 6 bucks to make. if you more than 20 you are getting ripped off by some guy who sells these $3000. on EBAY. NOT IN ANY STORES ANYWHERE just ebay. Stinks of scam artist to me. Go buy a real watch not these pieces of crap
March 20th, 2007 at 5:20 am
i bought the duboule helshan off ebay over a year ago and it’s an amazing watch. still works like a charm after some severe bangings, haha. I get 10 times more compliments with this watch then i ever got with my armani watch that i paid like 3-4 times more for. All in all i know they arent worth what the website says, but they are deffinitly worth the money.
March 29th, 2007 at 2:16 pm
everything that is said about this manufacturer is true. MSRP is fake. websites are bogus. made in china. cheap price. the only problem is: it’s a quality watch! the only time i have to adjust it is for daylight savings. i now have a dumfries after my myshkin got stolen by some lucky bastard. i owned these for a year and a year and a half, respectively. i got one for my dad a year ago - he loves it. neither one of us has ever had any problems with these three watches. i wear mine every day and it’s been beat up: dropped, snagged on corners, hit with objects, etc. still looks great, keeps time like the NIST. one of my company’s owners lavishly complimented me on it. the girl i’m seeing commented on it the day i met her. so, what do YOU look for in a watch? style? quality timekeeping? is brandname as important as those two factors? not to me.
October 2nd, 2007 at 3:38 pm
They freakin got me! I payed a little bit over $100 dollars for it, and it turns out that I got jacked!!!!
Anyways, beware of the items that are sold on ebay or property room. Seriously!
October 12th, 2007 at 11:48 pm
cool
January 27th, 2008 at 11:27 am
Don’t let the thickness or weight fool you. I just tried on a Cartier Roadster…very thick, very heavy, so that won’t tell you much about the quality. If you like the watch and it works, then there is nothing to complain about…unless you paid the MSRP! They are probably worth $40-$80 just like the other SCAM brands: Bernoulli, SUG, and Wohler.
February 8th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
I just purchased a Duboule watch on Ubid. Oops! But where else can you buy a 28 jewel automatic movement for under $350?
The only complaint I have about my purchase is the country of origin is purported to be Switzerland. If this is the case, and I’m not satisfied with the watch, I will look into taking legal action.
Ubid claims they investigate all of the seller’s claims. I sure hope they did.
The claimed MSRP of this watch is $5995. That, of course, is BS.
Wish me luck. (maybe my credit card won’t go thru, LOL)
April 18th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
I BOUGHT ONE OF THE DUBOULE MODEL 1620 SUSSEX IN BL/SIL FOR $43. I WOULD HAVE BEEN FURIOUS IF I HAD PAID $6400 MSRP OR THE $3345 BIN. BUT AT THIS PRICE IS IS WONDERFUL, NICE LOOKING ,SOLIDLY BUILT AND EXCEPT FOR THE PRESTIGE OF MY ROLEX, IS EVERYBIT AS GOOD.
April 19th, 2008 at 12:10 am
Damn Son! I dun paid the bin $2200 and now i finds this site. I thought I was straight up gettin a Swissy but I ends up with some chink junk. Yall don’t know how many rocks I had to sling to get that kinda cash!