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Someone made an homage/copy of the vintage Ma'anshan Shiba worldtimer watch!

Found on Taobao - search: 世界时间手表

The last photo is the original vintage watch.

Beijing 北京 time on this watch (the big red star) is 10:20:31
Wellington 惠灵顿 time (thick red arrow for GMT) is 2:20:31
The thin red arrow is Tokyo.

The homage:







The black on the caseback is a reflection.



And here's the original...



And my original post on the Ma'anshan Shiba:

viewtopic.php?f=63&t=20221&p=196951

The Taobao price is 450 RMB (here, if you can see Taobao: https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1 ... 37demn4IKL) or about $90CDN or $67USD. I asked for EMS shipping, so it was more expensive than slow post--still not that quick (23 days) and my total came to about $148CDN/$112USD.

The original is very hard to find these days, and I think it's nicer watch--but this isn't a bad second choice, given the price--and as far as worldtimer watches go, I think this is pretty cool.

The biggest visual difference is the homage puts the "cities wheel" (the central disc as an hour hand) over the minutes/hours ring, not under, which is why I like the original better. But functionally, it's just as useful.

I like world timers. They give me a goddamn erection. I like this one too, even though I can't read it.

Interesting complication. Kind of makes sense, but only after your explanation. Why the notch in the caseback? Some kind of special wrench to open it?

I like this very much, and prefer the roman numerals to the original Arabic.
Great find Ron.

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Those watches are cool as hell!

I prefer the inset center dial on the original, but for the price---

Mark1 wrote: ↑

February 2nd 2023, 11:49pm

Interesting complication. Kind of makes sense, but only after your explanation. Why the notch in the caseback? Some kind of special wrench to open it?

The black on the caseback is a reflection. It's a typical Chinese decagon/10 side caseback. And, yep, using the central disc in place of the hour hand is a pretty slick idea, really.

codguy wrote: ↑

February 3rd 2023, 5:46am

Those watches are cool as hell!
I prefer the inset center dial on the original, but for the price---

That's my thinking, too. "For the price" because I can see why putting the wheel underneath would be more difficult. But *any* functioning non-digital world timer for that price is a decent deal.

conjurer wrote: ↑

February 2nd 2023, 11:16pm

I like world timers. They give me a goddamn erection.

Always happy to help :-) Say hi to the missus.

You know you’ve arrived when tribute models start popping up. And it’s understandable for this piece, quite attractive

That is a damn fine looking wartch for $67. I’d buy one if I thought there was a way in Hades I could ever read it.

DoctorIvey wrote: ↑

February 3rd 2023, 2:53pm

That is a damn fine looking wartch for $67. I’d buy one if I thought there was a way in Hades I could ever read it.

I think you'd be OK as long as you could learn to recognize just the time zones where you stay.

Over the years, I've learned to read a small but fun amount of Chinese, just through repetition.

I still remember the day I was in Shijiazhuang with my brother Ma Rong and I read a street sign that had no English.

I just read it, realized what it said...and then realized I'd just read it like normal. I almost jumped for joy!!

Don't get too impressed, though. I still can't read most stuff.