What watch do you wear?

leghog said:
I have a problem with "homage" watches. For me, they are one rung on the ladder above counterfeits.
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I understand - many people do. For my own part, they fit in a grey area. Neither I nor Getat are trying to pass it off as a Panerai (no branding, etc.) - and I'm not stealing a purchase from Panerai (I am not in a position to spend that much on a watch - but when I am, I will buy the real deal). So I feel like there is little damage, unlike with a an actual counterfeit. Borrowed designs are a function of the fashion and product industry. But certainly they are controversial - an ethical grey area, if not a legal one. Might be a discussion worth having, in its own thread.
 
liamstrain said:
Getat homage of the Panerai MM. It's a beast. Very different kind of experience than my more, err... dainty, vintage watches.

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What is the quality on this Parnis? I have been looking at their California-dial watches.
 
Peruna1998 said:
What is the quality on this Parnis? I have been looking at their California-dial watches.
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Mine is made by Getat Watch, not Parnis - but it is very high quality. At least on a par with my Seiko 5 watches in build quality, and if you get the Seagull variant of the movement, it is plenty reliable.
 
Peruna1998 said:
What is the quality on this Parnis? I have been looking at their California-dial watches.
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From watchuseek.com Chinese Mechanical watch forum http://forums.watchuseek.com/f72/buying-parnis-read-first-798342.html

Firstly, let's get something straight; Parnis is not a true brand, even if it's now been trademarked by a guy in Guangzhou. It's a group of cantonese factories and competing dealers making similar watches, at a similar cost, using similar recipes. To talk of a Parnis is a bit like talking (forgive the parallel) talking about cakes. I love a black forest gateau, and often order it after a hearty restaurant meal. Sometimes it's great, sometimes not so great. On one occasion (in Munich, funnily enough) it was utter crap.

Same concept, same or similar recipe, different cooks in different restaurants, sounds the same, but the product differs dramatically. Parnis is not a brand; it's a class of watches, mainly made in the Guangzhou area of China, where there's a nest of different factories with the wherewithal to make almost any watch you care to imagine, simply by assembling freely available parts.
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I own no (as in 0) Chinese watches, but I've bought things from eBay and internet merchants in Hong Kong and Guangzhou, and this sounds plausible to me. Two things I can tell you from personal experience:

  1. Where I live, "Black Forest gâteau" is called Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte and we have the name but not the thing.
  2. Do not order anything from China just before or during Chinese "Golden Week," and there are two of them: following Chinese Lunar New Year (February 19 this year) and National Day (October 1).
 
coolhand68 said:
Great looking Seiko collection you've got there. I especially like the one in the top photo on that black leather strap. I used to own a very similar Seiko.
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Seiko is by far my favorite watch manufacturer. They have a ton of great watches if you can get beyond the ten tons of ugly watches they also make.
That particular one was a $20.00 Craigslist score. The listing said "broken, does not tick". I kinda felt bad for taking it off the guy for that price as he had no clue that chronographs don't usually have a moving seconds hand when in "time" mode. He also thought the pushers were broken as he couldn't press them. But they are screw down pushers for water resistance.The minute I got it back to my car I got it working perfectly. The strap is an aftermarket Banda Swiss Bund Strap.
 
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Lume shot of a Timex Ti (Bottom), Citizen Eco-Drive Ti, Citizen Eco-Drive day/date with German NATO strap, and a Tissot Powermatic 80 day/date.



Illumination shot of my two Suuntos, a Core All Black and an Ambit2 Sapphire (lol bright screen)



Tissot at a greasy spoon on the coast

 
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