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Racer-X wrote:Croton Aquamatic / Citizen EcoZilla

And to think, even with the design theft: Croton doesn't issue anything even remotely of that semi-nebulous quality these days. 2018 marked the year when Croton turned into Winner and Jaragar.

These probably belong here. From this post - Affordable Alternatives to Expensive Watches

https://watchlords.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=378804

All that and not a single Invicta? Not even an 8926 Submariner homage?

Great post!

Bulova Accutron II Alpha and Akribos XXIV

Citizen BN0150 and Phoibos Ocean Master

This is one of my favorite threads ever!

This is an awesome thread; my wish list runneth over now.

I found this video; seems pretty good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt3TgAEv2mY
"Affordable alternatives to Luxury Watches"

Holy shit. I mean, Stuhrling Original just never quits, do they. At left, some $450 quartz watch they're selling on Amazon; at right, the still relatively new Tag Heuer Autavia. Rarely is a ripoff so blatant.

^^^Sadly, a way overpriced homage. Fuck Sturdling OrIGinal

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Eterna 1000 meter diver

I just came across these, I don’t know if other dials like this are out there.

^^^Hebrew?

biglove wrote: ↑

February 3rd 2020, 6:21pm

^^^Hebrew?

Ah, probably a lot out there then. I don’t recall seeing them before, but I’m also not interested.

svaglic wrote: ↑

February 3rd 2020, 6:48pm

biglove wrote: ↑

February 3rd 2020, 6:21pm

^^^Hebrew?

Ah, probably a lot out there then. I don’t recall seeing them before, but I’m also not interested.

Maybe not Hebrew? Maybe Arabian Arabic?

I am neither Jewish nor Arabian but I am sure is one of the two.

A-hem! (Though I'm sure it's a far better build than the line it's emulating.)



This, of course, is being sold at Amazon, where this is the come-on in the description (cut and past verbatim):

PERFECT GIFT

To Myself--Love mysely more and more everyday
To Father-Remenber your love forever
To Lover--Love you until the end of this world
To Friend--Long life our friendship

You think it's Swiss?

^^^ Can pick this brand up on Ali for $30. Am guessing the Amazon price is double or triple?

Looks like a relatively thin version of the Invicta monstrosity it is inspired by. Wonder if that's really flame fusion and molecular level Swiss gold playing?

biglove wrote: ↑

February 4th 2020, 12:52pm

^^^ Can pick this brand up on Ali for $30. Am guessing the Amazon price is double or triple?

Looks like a relatively thin version of the Invicta monstrosity it is inspired by. Wonder if that's really flame fusion and molecular level Swiss gold playing?

Pretty sure it's only going for like 25 smackers or thereabouts.

Invicta 31277 / Seiko Samurai







Invicta 9401 / Rolex Explorer II

Wow, I can't believe Seiko and Rolex have started copying Invicta watches.

Have they no shame?

The Bagelsport Nautilus: A Respectable Homage, Or A Cheap Copycat?


The homage market, by virtue of functioning as a magnifying glass for the trends of the real watch market, is completely dominated by Rolex. Sure, if you wander deep enough into the pits of the internet then you will inevitably find a cheap version of any watch you want. The bread and butter of any aspiring “watchmaker“ lacking in creativity who is trying to cut out the middleman is to make yet another Submariner homage.

What if you, however, do not care for a Submariner or in fact care for Rolex at all? Maybe, what you want to rock on your wrist has to trump a Rolex in every way. In that case you will at some point inevitably stumble upon the beauty that is the Patek Philippe Nautilus. Having found out the price as well as the waiting list involved in getting one, however, suddenly a homage seems to make a lot of sense. That is the point where we end up meeting the Bagelsport Nautilus homage.

https://watchandbullion.com/bagelsport-nautilus/

koimaster wrote: ↑

August 3rd 2021, 10:56pm

Is that in actual 18k?