Vakuy Rigas, have you heard of this watch brand before, it is a new homage watch created in China, I saw some watches made by them, most of them are homages of Rolex, Panerai and IWC, like Parnis, it is more like the sub-brand or a brother brand of Parnis. Today, I will share another watch review of Vakuy Rigas, it looks like Panerai, an old model made in the past, but I do not know which PAM it is, the crown has a lock system, which I only saw it on U-Boat before, the watch has a big case that is 44mm in diameter and 18mm in thickness, such big case exactly is in line with the style of Panerai, which is the most famous military watch in Italy. Both Parnis and Vakuy Rigas like to choose these vintage watches or models made in old times to create homage watches. So some people are interested in such type of homage watches just because they can not find these vintage models any more in the market.
The case is polished, and the bezel is brushed, actually I prefer all brushing finish on the watch, it would be more in line with the military watch style. I have checked the brushing finish on the bezel, it does not look that delicate on Pagani Design and Benyar, the Pagani Design has better finish on the case. The bezel is fixed and features metal studs, some studs in the holes are not exactly in the right position, the round hole at 12 o’clock is filled with white lume material, like the round hour markers on the dial.
The dial is unique, I have not seen such grid dial on Panerai watches for a long time, the dial also has an unsymmetrical design because the small-second sundial is set between 10:00 and 11:00, the second hand runs smoothly crossing the small dial, which has fine CD patterns. The small square window at 3 o’clock features white date font in the black background, the magnifier on the mineral crystal face just enlarges the date font to a proper size, not that large on the Submariner.
The watch is powered by a Sea-gull ST25 automatic movement, for such a price less than $80, it is worth to get this watch with such a low price. The watch is equipped with a black rubber strap, while I think a brown leather band made with calfskin will also fits the watch very well.
Buying advice:
This Vakuy Rigas watch perfectly represents the style of a vintage Panerai watch made in the old times. With a Sea-gull movement inside, the watch works stably and usually has very few issues in future use.