Month: January 2024

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Geya

The Best Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 15500 Homage – Geya Watch 78083

Geya Watch Box

I introduced a good homage of Audemars Piguet Royal Oak watch with skeleton dial on my blog before, it looks really good, the watch is made by Geya, which is a watch company located in Shenzhen of China, today, I will review another AP Royal Oak homage watch from Geya, after reading this article and checking the pictures, I think you and me will have the same opinion, that is Geya is making the best AP Royal Oak homage. I have seen a lot of homage watches made in China, but none of them have the same good finish as this Geya watch.

Geya Watch in Box
Geya Watch with Book

Does this watch look familiar to you? It looks like the Royal Oak 15500. When I received the watch, the package is very heavy, the watch is in a high-end black box that looks much better than the boxes of other watches I reviewed here, even better than the box offered by Sea-gull watch. Actually Geya sent several gifts along with the watch, the box has a clever design for the placing of the Geya manual book.

Geya Watch AP Homage
Geya Watch Audemars Piguet Homage

The case has a very close shape to AP Royal Oak but has a bigger size, I measured, the case diameter is more than 43mm, not including the crown, it it bigger than than AP 15500, the case thickness is about 11.7mm. The octagonal bezel has vertical brushing finish with polished screws, each screw on the bezel is fixed in right position, with slot being aligned perfectly, for example, please check the screws at 5 o’clock and 11 o’clock, you will know what I mean. The crown is screw-in and has a drawing “G” logo on the brushed face. The entire watch has a weight of 166 grams.

Geya AP 15500 Homage
Geya Crown
Geya SS Case
Geya Case Diameter
Geya Case Thickness
Geya AP Weight

About the checkered dial, besides this black, Geya also offers white and blue, they are all well made. Every tridimensional hour marker has stainless steel frame and has white luminous material filled in the center. The markers are finished perfectly without metal burr on the edge. The second hand on the center is sweeping the dial very smoothly, the date window is also a close imitation of the one on AP 15500. The brand name GEYA at 12 o’clock has a glossy finish. All things on the dial look good, but the dial is lack of some reflective effect that could be even found on some super clones of AP.

Geya Black Dial
Geya Movement
Geya Crystal Back

The stainless steel bracelet has the same construction as the AP 15500, the bracelet naturally extends from the case that is being connected through two pins, the bracelet is naturally narrowed down from top to the end, it seems to have merged into a whole piece with the case. On the opening of the clasp, there is G logo and brand name “GEYA” in drawing finish. The entire bracelet has vertical brushing finish that is in line with the finish on the case.

Geya SS Bracelet
Geya Clasp

The watch is equipped with an automatic movement, you can totally see the machine through the crystal back. I do not know where exactly the movement is made, maybe from Japan, this movement has a great power reserve, after being delivered, I put the package in still for about 36 hours, the watch still worked accurate after I opened the box. Besides the brand name engraving on the auto rotor, there is no other decoration on the movement plate.

Geya Dial Lume

Conclusion:

This is the most beautiful Audemars Piguet Royal Oak homage watch I have ever seen, it has superb case finish and bracelet finish, the movement is accurate and also has considerable power reserve as well as few issues. Considering its price that is less than $150, I think there are no other AP homages that can compete with this one at the same price lever. It is highly recommended.

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Ohsen

Ohsen Light Green Digital Watch Review

Ohsen Box
Ohsen Black Box
Ohsen Iron Box

Ohsen, I do not know too much about its background and I did not find any useful information about Ohsen on the internet, but the digital watches under Ohsen name are sold very well, some digital watches made by Ohsen are for students, they look good, like this one that has a light green color, I think many young students will like it, this watch also has a very cheap price, much cheaper than the digital watches I reviewed in the past, by the way, this light green Ohsen watch is totally a digital watch, there are no hands, only LED screen to show you the time and date information, so there is no crown on the case, actually I love this design, which looks very similar to the design of G-Shock DW5600.

Ohsen Watch in Box
Ohsen Digital Watch
Ohsen Light Green Watch

Like the G-Shock, the Ohsen watch comes with a black iron box, there is an instruction paper in the box, the case of the watch is made with one piece of forged resin, the case is measured to be 44.4mm from left to right, and 14.2mm in thickness, not too big and has a very classic square shape. The mineral crystal face is totally under protection of the rubber case, even I knock the watch hard on the table, the mineral crystal is still fine and not broken. These four black words “MODE”, “LIGHT”, “START” and “RESET” are not totally black, we can see white color in some places.

Ohsen Buttons
Ohsen Case Size
Ohsen Case Thickness
Ohsen Watch Weight

The dial shows you time, date and week, the beating grids above the digits on the dial is an interesting design, actually I am not sure if it has a special function, perhap no, just to add more fun. The rubber band is strongly connected to the case, but the black buckle is just made from plastic, not good. I prefer the stainless steel buckle on my G-Shock.

Ohsen Case Back
Ohsen Rubber Band

In a word, if you do not want to spend too much on a digital watch that has good shock resistance and water resistance, then this Ohsen will be a perfect choice, because of its bright color and simple design, I think many students will like it.

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Cronusart

Cronusart DiW Daytona Homage Review

Cronusart Daytona Homage Watch

Cronusart is a company located in Shenzhen of China, they produce both jewelries and watches, and I did not find the jewelry products they have made. The watches from Cronusart have one common feature, which is most are tonneau-shaped, absolutely they did not abandon the spirit of Chinese watches, which is homage. I have checked their official website, a lot of watches are homages of Richard Mille and Frank Muller. Some ladies models indeed attract my eyes by use of creative designs on the dial, I do not know if these creative dial designs are also copied from some Swiss models that I have never seen, anyway, I have an advice for the development of this brand, which is they can combine gems and continue to create novel designs on the dial, providing outstanding watches for ladies.

Cronusart Carbon Watch

This Cronusart watch I am going to review today is made with forged carbon material, the watch may look familiar to you because it has a similar appearance to Daytona, but Rolex did not make such a carbon Daytona before, but I know which watch it copies from. This Cronusart watch exactly copies the designs of the carbon DiW Daytona, it is a great homage of the DiW Daytona. You can do a search about “DiW” on google, it is a company that makes customized Swiss watches.

I chose the one with black and orange color, which looks more attractive to me just because of the orange color used on the watch. The case has a diameter of 40mm and is measured to be 12.6mm, the entire case is made with forged carbon, including the bezel, case back and dial, the entire watch has a very light weight.

Cronusart Crown

The use of orange color highlights the watch and enhances its stunning appearance. I did not expect a watch could also use carbon material on the dial, but this watch indeed has a forged carbon dial. Besides the brand logo at 12 o’clock, the orange small dials are not only in line with the orange color on the nylon band, but also enhance the readability of the black dial, they also tell you the operation mode of the watch.

This is a watch with working chronograph, seeing from its dial, the small second hand is running on the subdial at 6 o’clock, the slim and long hand on the center is not second hand, but works for seconds chronograph. The other two small dials at 3 o’clock and 9 o’clock have their own functions, one for minute chronograph, the other is for hour chronograph. By the way, the brand claims that this watch uses a 4130 movement made by Dandong movement factory, I only heard this movement in replica watch industry, perhaps this company sold fake watches in the past.

The band uses orange nylon on the outside, the inside that contacts your skin uses black leather, this design on the band not only maintains a cool appearance, but also guarantees a very soft and comfortable wearing experience. By the way, it is very easy to remove the band from the watch and replace a new band on.

Cronusart Carbon Back
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Olevs

Olevs Gold Black Digital Watch Review

Olevs Box
Olevs Watch in Box
Olevs Gold Black Watch

Olevs, which is also a Chinese brand founded in Huizhou of Guangdong, is kind of well-know in watch industry. The digital watches, like this one in golden and black tone, are not the mainstream products of Olevs. I have done very little research about this brand and only checked its website, the watches they make have similar styles to the watches made by Binger, but I think Binger watches have a higher quality. Both Olevs and Binger are like to use a design that opens a window to show the balance wheel on the dial, and many watches created by them are in golden tone and are like using diamonds to make them look more luxury, perhaps Chinese customers like this style more.

Olevs Black Digital Watch
Olevs LED Screen

The digital watch I just bought from Olevs has a great color combination, which is golden and black. I love all things on the watch except its tiny crown and very thin rubber band. By the way, Olevs makes their watches look luxury, but the box coming with the watch look poor quality, and there is only a watch inside, no other accessories.

Olevs Case Diameter
Olevs Case Thickness

The watch has a big size, its case is measured to be 51mm from left to right, the case thickness is 16.4mm, however, the entire watch is only 61.6 grams in weight. I like its case, which is one-piece forged, with resin surrounding the entire dial window to give a full protection of the crystal face. During the shock resistance I made on the watch, the case really protects the crystal very well. The four buttons, which are for light, mode and chrono operation, are hidden in the hole but very convenient to operate. The name of each button is engraved in gray color, which has a high legibility on the black case. The crown is very small in golden tone, I prefer a big rubber crown where you can find on other G-style sports watches.

Olevs Crown
Olevs Case
Olevs Weight

On the dial, there is LED screen in black to show you the week, date, hours, minutes and seconds. The central golden hour hand and minute hand are indicating the golden hour markers and golden minute ring. Black second hand is ticking around the dial. There is a big OLEVS logo in black on the golden background at 9 o’clock. When you push the light button at 10 o’clock, there will be light on the back of the LED screen, so you will be able to read time in the dark conditions. The light will last for seconds after releasing the button.

Olevs Case Back
Olevs Buckle

The black rubber band is much thinner than the one on the other digital watches I reviewed before, but it is nicely connected to the case, even though I pull the straps hard in opposite directions in the video, the band still stays firmly, not broken. The watch is powered by a quartz battery that is imported from Japan, which can last for years.