Parnis is the first homage watch I bought, about ten years ago, I bought a Panerai homage from Parnis, now the watch has stopped, it is in the drawer. At the beginning, Parnis made homage watches of many Swiss brands, at that time, it was also the most prosperous period of the replica watch industry, nowadays, Parnis focus more on developing new models with their own designs, however, this brand is not as popular as it used to be, maybe some of the Panerai or IWC homages they produced in the past have copyright infringement issues. Whatever, on Parnis website, they release new models from time to time, and some really attract me.
This watch I am going to review is from Parnis Pirate series, I do not know when Parnis started to develop their product line under series name, but that’s good, it looks more official. The Parnis Pirate watch looks very unique, the black case with a golden skull on the dial, the watch is a perect timepiece for people who want to look cool.
The case of the Parnis Pirate is 43mm in diameter, it is measured to be 12mm thick. The case is made with 316L stainless steel, with a thick coating of black pvd to prevent fading. The case looks like the head of a cobra. Besides this black pvd version, Parnis also offers stainless steel option for this watch, there are nearly 10 different styles on their website.
The dial is a big skull head that is lifelike in golden color. There are big eyes and tooth of the skull you can see, the hour hand and minute hand have an unique design, which is sword-shaped, did the pirates of the Caribbean use such swords before? The central second hand is also bent. The entire skull head has a strong green lume light in dark conditions, including those triangle hour markers around it. I like the dial design, the watch looks so special, every time when I looking at my watch collection, I want to choose this watch to wear.
Through the crystal back, I saw a golden automatic movement inside, which is Miyota 8N24 imported from Japan, if you do not know much about Japanese movements, I suggest you buy a Chinese designer watch or a high-end replica watch to test, all Japanese movements have a big advantage, which is durable and have few repairing issues. The Miyota 8N24 this Parnis uses has 21 jewels, 42-hour power reserve and 21,600 vph, I have worn this watch for three weeks, it is still good, now it is about 3 minutes faster. Well, if you are going to choose a China brand designer watch, my first recommend is the one with a Japanese movement, you will have few or no movement issues in future.
