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Rexford
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Mar 28, 2018
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I bought a black wavemaster. The applied indices are a little wonky on mine (the two at the twelve aren't perfectly parallel), the lume infill on the bezel didn't quite seem to fill the grooves as much as I would like...appears like there is a bit of showthrough due to the thin application...but those issues are only after close inspection....but watch guys tend to have close inspection. HOWEVER, the watch didn't work straight out of the box. It would hand wind but not manual wind. I had to pay to ship to their contracted service center for warranty work. Took more than a week to ship from my location, about 20 days after the shop received my watch, then the repair shop stated they wouldn't ship back to my U.S. FPO address. Sometime last week, they sent it to the phoibos warehouse and Phoibos said they would ship it to me (still haven't seen a tracking number or anything saying it is on its way to me). According to the watch repair shop, the tension spring came loose and was blocking the weighted rotor so it would not wind automatically...brand new out of the box.
So another $12 in shipping fees, and a month and a half after sending it away for repair...and I still don't have my watch. I might just be the unlucky one, though. Phoibos is working with me on all of it, but ehhhhhhhhh.
Watch was cool looking, though with the octopus...some call it the cthulhu...and that is why I bought it. Also, you probably aren't going to find the textured wave dial, applied indices, sapphire crystal, nice bracelet with screwed links, etc for this price (you can get a sharp Seiko SKX for about 150-180, though). Probably wouldn't buy from phoibos again after all of this. The watches get nothing but great reviews from the watch guys on youtube, but I am noticing a trend and think that most of those "average joes" looking guys are paid shills. Is ok...I wait for my watch and you can wait too if you want the Cthulhu.
Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn! Ph'nglui mglw'nfah Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!
Mar 28, 2018
Rexford
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Mar 28, 2018
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Rexfordbut I see you already got one...I still stand by my story but I hope it works well and you live the dream. I did see one of the youtube shills state that the reefmaster was built in a different factory and had much better QC than the Wavemaster. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6mt9FfEj4U&t=3s

Mar 28, 2018
jochan79
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Mar 28, 2018
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RexfordThat’s really unfortunate that you had a bad experience with your Wavemaster. I wonder if that’s why they switched to a Hong Kong based manufacturer? I recently returned a watch from Mercer Watch Co. that I purchased from Massdrop. It had a some kind of lint or black mark in the 1 o’Clock indice and threw the whole watch off. They were quick to refund my money which was great, but I really wanted to keep the watch.
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Mar 28, 2018
Rexford
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Mar 29, 2018
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jochan79I guess this is all part of the adventure of buying online. Phoibos would have easily taken a return, but only unused. I had already taken all of the stuff off it, resized the band and wore it. (the watch was ticking when I opened the box and I manually wound it and set it...so it didn't stop until the second day because it was barely windiner the spring in the way. Just enough to make me think it was working. Would they have still taken it back, maybe? But I tried to stick to the rules and it was "worn" by that point...I also didn't expect a few of the hurdles with warranty work)
I like the price and clean function of the Mercers, but there isn't enough to set them apart for me. We are all different. Phoibos had that damn octopus that I did not want to live without. It is the little things. Like little pieces of lint. Either way, may the Internet Gods smile on our future purchases! https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8c/d0/6e/8cd06e0ecbdf58faafac9ca89f81f58e.jpg
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Mar 29, 2018
jochan79
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Mar 29, 2018
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RexfordVery true! I see this as an adventure. I love the king octo on my watch and it’s my beater at this point. I’m already searching for my next purchase haha.
Mar 29, 2018
Rexford
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Apr 8, 2018
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jochan79and I am still waiting to get my watch back from Phoibos. The warranty work took twice as long as they state on their website (20 days from receipt instead of 5-10). The repair shop they use stated they could not send it to my military APO address. After some discussion, they sent it to Phoibos who have sat on it for over ten days now. Blamed Easter last monday...but that doesn't explain the rest of the week.
So they sent me a watch with a bad mainspring, I had to pay $12 to ship it to their service center...and it is coming up on two months since I sent it back. Not digging the company right now. Ordered the watch near the end of January from Phoibos and it will be mid to late April before I get to wear my watch...if it works. At least the service center told me what was wrong with it so I know it user error or my imagination.
And some could say that the mainspring coming loose is not a phoibos issue, but a random issue with the seiko movement provided to them. Either way, paying to return the watch and waiting this long is not good times. Oh, I feel the need to explain more because this is the internet. White Knights will defend the fair damsel phoibos and I get defensive. They have my money and have had my watch for a while now. What a silly time to be alive.
Good luck everyone!
Apr 8, 2018
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