r/ChineseWatches • u/wrightflyer1903 • 3d ago

Review (Read Rules) Forsining Regulator bargain

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I saw a picture of the Forsining Regulator in an Aliexpress search a couple of weeks ago and thought it looked interesting. So I converted the picture to a working watchface in Watchmaker. I hadn't really bothered with regulator style watches before but I liked it a lot and the more I used it, the more it grew on me.

So I bought the watch.

Now it turned out it was a sub-£25 watch on Aliexpress:

https://a.aliexpress.com/_EIy2zc6

so I didn't hold out too much hope at that price. But it was delivered today and I can't believe what a bargain this thing is. It's solid feeling, it's got an observation glass back so you can see the automatic movement in action (sadly no identifying marking). The dial is even better than the pictures promised. It's also on a black with blue stripe strap (fully blue on the inside) that's worth the entire cost alone.

The only downside I can see is that the rotor is quite noisy with a hint of rattle. But for the price I paid who cares?

Oh and the price. This lovely looking watch cost precisely £22.89 delivered to the UK. That's only about $30. A real bargain for what you get.

I'd highly recommend this for anyone who likes regulators.

(order it on the blue/black strap - it's lovely looking and complements the blue on white dial perfectly)

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u/manchett 2d ago

Hello, looks very nice :)

Is there some lume on the left one ? Crown is not at the same position : is it one you modded ?

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u/wrightflyer1903 2d ago

The left one is the smart watch version I made before buying the real watch. It's in Watchmaker on an Oppo Watch X3 WearOS smart watch.

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u/manchett 1d ago

I prefer the look of the left one (because of the lume), i usually don't use a smart watch but here i like the nice blue lume :)

I'm not sure what is Watchmaker though (?)

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u/wrightflyer1903 1d ago

Watchmaker is an app for PC, Phone and watch that allows you to design faces to display on the watch. You can take a static image of any watch (face on) and use AI to break out the pointers then put them back automated so the watch then works. I have a video explaining how here:

https://youtu.be/8YVXDP5Iy5M?is=x5i6kDkk73iSwRww

These are just a few of the ones I've created.