Do you know U-Boat? When I entered the watch field ten years ago, the first watch I was very impressed with its design is the U-Boat, I know this brand from a website that selling fake U-Boat watches at that time. U-Boat is an Italian brand that makes military watches for the Italian Navy, is that right? U-Boat watches were very popular before, but now few people talked it any more. Even in replica watch industry, there are few factories make high quality U-Boat replica watches. This Parnis is a great homage watch of U-Boat, now there are no websites selling Parnis U-Boat homage online, it seems like the sale of some Parnis homage watches is banned, I do not know why, if you want one, ask your friend in China to buy one for you.
I like this big watch, it is a left-handed model, but can still worn on your left hand if you like. The Parnis has a very close appearance to U-Boat, a big stainless steel round case is totally brushed, with a crown and buttons positioned on the left side of the case, the crown has an unique lock system, this is a special design for U-Boat. The case is 50mm in diameter and 16mm in thickness, if crown included, the size is 60mm, it is the biggest watch I have seen. The screw-down case back has a big brand name “PARNIS” being engraved, it is said to have 50m water resistance, perhaps. The case has a full brushing finish but it feels comfortable at the same time when I wear it on my hand. It is too big, I do not suggest people who have a small wrist size buy, if you have a large wrist about 19mm to 21mm, you can try this watch.
Under the mineral crystal, the black dial is beautiful, it has big orange hour markers in Arabic, the orange and yellow color usage enhances the dial readability, there is a small date window set under “PARNIS” at 9 o’clock, this window is small, but it is still very easy to read a correct date because of the white font in black background. By the way, the watch is powered by a Japanese quartz movement, but it has a working chronograph, when you push the button at 8 o’clock, the orange second-chronograph hand on the center will start to tick chronograph, press this button again, the hand will stop, when you press the button at 10 o’clock, the hand will be reset to zero. I am very happy with this watch, not only because of its beautiful and tough design, but also has a correct chrono function, even though I only paid less than $100. The working hand on the subdial at 12 o’clock is a display of small seconds, the small dial at 6 o’clock is a minute-chronograph counter, and I guess the small hand at 3 o’clock is permanently fixed, with no function. At night, the dial will show you a green lume on hour markers and hands.
The watch has a black genuine leather band, it features a brushed pin buckle with empty engraving, for such a huge watch, it will be better if the strap could be wider. By the way, Parnis also has a all black PVD version for this watch, I also love it and want to buy some day.
