MarkingTime wrote:I strongly suspect that if one were to hold one of these pseudo Tridents to a CW, the quality gap would be immediately apparent to most people and any suggestion of a close comparison would seem silly.
Alpha watches are another good example of a manufacturer making homage/rip-offs and they look good from afar, but far from good on close inspection. We could also make the comparison regarding price of the Alpha Explorer vs Rolex at 50 times the cost.
The differences would again be obvious to all, but many would argue that perhaps not 50x the cost worth of differences and as for rip offs, is it the Alpha for being a printed name away from a fake or the overpriced Rolex?
I had a rolex explorer 1 rep with an eta clone movement sapphire crystal etc kept perfect time , the bracelet and clasp was actually better than the chrisward one i bought , that doesn’t mean im not happy with the cw one but it goes to show you cant knock other watches until you’ve owed them
when you mention homages , rip offs , reps or whatever you want to call them is doesn’t always mean you’re getting a bad watch for your money , thats why im open minded about watches i’ll give anything a go if the price is right
After all i think all watch manufacturers have copied each others designs for years just with slight differences
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