Fitted with a 1:1 super‑caliber 3235 integrated movement with free‑sprung balance decoration, the movement delivers outstanding reliability. The entire watch is crafted from 904L stainless steel and paired with an AR‑factory manufactured steel bracelet. It features the market‑exclusive “domed dial” without dial feet. Versions with dial feet are produced at much lower cost. This is the only model on the market with perfectly matched date wheel fonts; side‑by‑side genuine‑vs‑replica font comparisons for each date number from 1 to 31 will follow. It is also the sole version that achieves identical luminous colour on both hands and hour markers. Luminous components are processed by third‑party manufacturers with Swiss‑sourced C1 + C3 luminous powder. Hour markers receive IP platinum‑plated finishing.
The ceramic green bezel is the exclusive Clean V4 green bezel, whose colour comes extremely close to the original. Clean‑produced ceramic components speak for themselves as symbols of high quality — beware counterfeit Clean bezels and know how to tell them apart. The luminous pearl is smooth and mellow instead of harshly white. The Clean ceramic bezel together with its luminous pearl is faithfully replicated. Though Clean offers only a limited range of models, nearly every one is a premium product. It resolves most common pain‑points found in other Submariner copies, built for ultimate performance: clean‑submariner.
To sum up: the Submariner models from VS Factory and Clean Factory are very evenly‑matched. I even suspect some of their case components come from the same supplier. There is no point obsessing over which factory is better. The most significant difference for the 41 mm Submariner lies in movements: VS uses a Dandong movement while Clean uses a Shanghai movement. Two years ago, Shanghai movements indeed had higher failure rates compared to Dandong movements from VS, but today their performance is largely comparable. Choose whichever factory you prefer. Do not get caught up in over‑hyped marketing copy; it serves little real purpose.
