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Hulk Submariner Homage Review: Hruodland vs Heimdallr

Post author By Bob
Post date November 14, 2023
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In the past, I made a comparison review about black Submariner homage watch between Cronos, San Martin and STEELDIVE, many readers love my reviews, some sent emails to me and hope I can continue to share such type of reviews, because a majority of them often buy products from China, absolutely including the watches, so, sometimes such type of buying guide reviews are very helpful to them. On my blog, except the big three companies, I mean Shanghai Watch, Beijing Watch and Sea-gull, most other Chinese brands are actually making homage watches, a lof of watch fans like homages, so in future, I will share reviews on other homage watches made in China. Today, I want to give an introduction on the green Submariner made by Hruodland and Heimdallr, I will show you the difference between them objectively.

Hruodland, a very strange watch name that is difficult to pronounce, this watch company is located in Changping Town of Dongguan City of China, I have discovered that a lot of Chinese homage watches reviewed here are coming from this town in Dongguan City, you guys must know this city, which was more famous 15 year ago than today because of its sexual services. And about Heimdallr, whose watches are also made in the same town as Hruodland, but they are two different companies, the exact address is different, Hruodland has some quality Rolex homages, while Heimadllr is more famous for manufacturing Seiko Diver’s homage watches. In this article, I posted some pictures to compare the hulk Submariner homage between the two brands.

Box and Accessories

Both come with a black box that is made with hard paper sheet, the Hruodland comes in a cube, the Heimadllr’s box is rectangular, Hruodland box seems to be better and it has a card and an instructions book inside, while Heimadllr does not offer a card and a user manual.

Case

Both watches have a case that is in similar size, the Hruodland has a case diameter of 40.7mm and case thickness of 12.4mm, while the Heimadllr watch is measured to be 40.9mm in case diameter and 13.5mm in case thickness, the Heimadllr is a little thicker, perhaps the higher rehaut increases the thickness of the Heimadllr watch, you can check the comparison photos of the inner bezel in the end of the article, the engraved rehaut of the Heimadllr is much higher.

Bezel

The bezel on both watches is made with real green ceramic, while we can see different bezel markers and the bezel pearl, the green color on the bezel also looks a little dark. On the bezel of the Heimdallr, we can notice the engraving depth, which is more obvious than that on the bezel of the Hruodland. The bezel markers are also thinner on the Heimdallr, but they look too white on the Hruodland, because Hruodland applies white lume material on each bezel marker. Two watches have a wrong bezel pearl if comparing them with genuine hulk Submariner, the lume pearl on the Heimdallr looks larger and a little yellow, the bezel pearl on the Hruodland is actually just a lume dot, which is totally in white. By the way, all these bezel markers on the Hruodland can emit a blue lume light in the darkness, while on the Heimdallr, only the bezel pearl is luminous.

Crystal

Both watches use sapphire crystal, which is highly scratch resistant and also has a good transparancy, the crystal on each watch stands a little high above, the date magnifier on both watches has been applied with anti-reflective coating.

Dial

I like the green color of the dial on both watches, not too green, which looks very close to the green color on genuine Submariner watch. The hour markers on the Heimdallr look a little larger than that of the Hruodland, each watch has a sunburst finish on the dial, I like the anchor logo on Hruodland’s dial, there is a word “SUBMERSIBLE” on the dial of the Hruodland. On the dial of the Heimdallr, it is printed “300M”, while it is “200M” on the Hruodland, well, I think both watches can not dive to that depth, the Heimdallr looks stronger and perhaps has a deeper water resistance. The inner bezel, both watches have engravings on the rehaut, while on the Heimdallr, the rehaut is higher and the engravings are more noticeable.

Bracelet

Put the two watches on the table, you will find the Heimdallr has a longer stainless steel bracelet, for people who have a large wrist, I think this Heimdallr is more suitable. The entire Heimdallr watch is also heavier, which is 165.4 grams, while the Hruodland is about 159.9 grams. Both watches have a similar clasp structure, I like the bracelet of the Hruodland more because the buckle has a more exquisite anchor logo.

Movement

At last, I want to talk about the movement. The Hruodland uses a PT5000, which is an automatic movement developed in China, this movement has a 28,800bph, 25 jewels and 38 hours power reserve. The Heimdallr is equipped with a NH35A automatic movement that is developed in Japan. NH35A beats 21,600 times per hour, it has 24 jewels and 41 hours of power reserve. Actually both movements are widely used by these homage watches made in China. By the way, Hruodland also offers a higher end Swiss SW200 movement option for this watch.

Price

This Hruodland has a higher price than the Heimdallr because of the more expensive PT5000 movement, no need to upgrade it with a better SW200 movement, that will cost a lot of money.

Conclusion

Among Hruodland and Heimdallr, there is no need to tell which watch is closer to hulk Submariner, in my opinion, every watch has their own selling points, for example, perhaps a lot of people like the fully luminous bezel on the Hruodland, some people may like the engraved rehaut more on the Heimdallr, I can not tell you which watch is better, but in appearance, the Heimdallr has a closer outlook to hulk Submariner. You can decide by yourself, the Heimdallr is sold at $165 on their official site, while the Hruodland is sold at $259 on its site.

More pictures comparison between them.

Tags Ceramic, Heimdallr, Hruodland, NH35A, PT5000

FoxBox

Foxbox FB0029 Red Digital Watch Review

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Post date November 6, 2023
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Have you heard of Foxbox, I did a searching of “G style digital watches” on the internet and found this watch, it has a name “FOXBOX”, but I found this watch on the website of Lige, was being sold under brand Lige, so I guess Foxbox is just a sub-brand of Lige. I knew Lige watch two months ago when I still reviewed these Chinese homage watches, I learned from Reddit that Lige makes a good quality hulk Submariner homage watch, but when I visited their website, I found a very ridiculous thing, which is that Lige sells their watches to the customers in the Europe and United States at much cheaper prices, while their watches are sold to Chinese customers on Taobao and other platforms in China at more expensive prices, they are cheating Chinese customers, actually this is a very common Chinese brand that opened their office in Guangzhou of China, not a well-known watch.

Today, I will give you a short review about a digital watch from Lige, in future, I will definitely introduce more watches from them, including the hulk Submariner homage, let’s see how is this red digital watch first.

This Foxbox digital watch from Lige is the most tough one I have ever bought, absolutely except the G-Shock. It looks stronger and more robust than the other digital watches I reviewed before, it is really a nice G style digital watch. I chose the red one, the company also offers blue and black options for this watch. When I received the watch, I was really surprised by how strongly it is made, a different feeling it gives to me, more solid and you can feel by just touching the case. This watch also has a higher price than the other digital watches.

The watch comes in a soft pu leather box, there are other accessories like card, cloth and manual book. The entire watch is made with silicon, there are stainless steel screws to help fix the band to the case more stable, so even I pull the two straps very hardly in two opposite directions, they can still be connected on the case firmly. The crystal face is under a good protection because the silicon case is thick and hard, in the video of shock resistance test shown below, I am not afraid to knock the watch on the table with a big strength, much harder than knocking the other digital watches I bought before, the crystal face and LED screen on the dial are all ok after the test. Each button, including the crown, is being protected by the guards set around on the case.

The red dial has two sections on the top and bottom that display date and time separately. The two LED screens have back light when you press the light button set on the case, one button is at 10 o’clock, the other light button is at 6 o’clock. The week is displayed in an interesting way, do you know what day it is shown on the dial? Yes, it is Sunday, the “SU” has a different font color, which is black, while the other letters that represent Monday to Friday are in white at that time. The stainless steel hands on the center are also very convenient for you to read time from the dial.

The Foxbox FB0029 from Lige watch company is a very good digital watch, it is the most solid and strongly made digital watch I have ever gotten. Compared with Skmei, Sanda, Synoke and Smael, This Foxbox watch has the best quality, but its price is absolutely much higher. However, such type of G-Shock style digital watches are not the main products of Lige, I think the company just needs such watch to get more traffic to promote the other watches on their website. So, unfortunately Lige does not make too many G style digital watches, you can only see several options, not as many styles as other digital brands such as Skmei and Synoke.

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Synoke

Synoke 9619B Digital Watch Review

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Post date October 31, 2023
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Synoke is a Chinese brand that was created almost ten years ago, I found their office is in Guangzhou of China, not sure if they have a factory, but most of such watch brands in China like Synoke adopt OEM business mode. I introduced Skmei, Smael and Sanda watches on my blog before, I found there is a big difference between these watches and Synoke, which is most of the digital watches made by Synoke are for young students, they have a smaller size than the watches from Skmei, Smael and Sanda. Just three days ago, I got one Synoke watch and also made several tests on it, the result is I am very satisfied with the quality of Synoke.

The Synoke watch I bought has a model number 9619B, you can easily find it on Synoke official website. When I received it, I felt the watch is much smaller than I expected, because I did not check its dimension before purchasing, but after I made these tests, I changed my opinion, this is the exact tough sports watch I am looking for, I will gift it to my son.

The watch comes in a black iron box in hexagonal, Synoke 9619B also has green color option, I chose the full black one. I measured the case, from top to bottom, it is 44.8mm in height, from left to right, the watch is 39mm in width, and it is measured to be 13.7mm in thickness. The watch has a very light weight, which is only 34.4 grams.

The Synoke watch has a square case shape, actually many people will consider a round case if they are looking for a G style digital watches, but some square digital watches are very classic, my first G-Shock DW-5600 in square shape now still works very well. The case is plastic, I do not know the exact material, but it appears to be extremely flexible.

Under the acrylic face, you can read time, week, date on the LED screen on the dial, the dial is much more readable than the other three digital watches I bought before because the LED screen that displays current time is bigger. The indicator at the top left corner is interesting, it seems like an energy display of the watch, but just a decoration without specific function. You can see white letters on the edge that tell you the function of each button.

The digital watch is driven by a quartz battery imported from Japan, it has a very long service life, by the way, Synoke sent me a replacement battery for free in the box. At last, the watch is equipped with a black nylon band, while you can also choose the watch with a green nylon band on their website.

Here at last I want to show you four videos of the watch.

The first one is just a video to show you the entire watch.

In the second video, I am doing a shock resistance, knocking the table with the watch hardly, including the front of the watch, the face is not broken, and the watch still works accurate after the test.

The third video is a test of the water resistance.

The fourth video is interesting, I put the watch on the floor, standing on one foot on the front of the watch, and stomp hard on the watch, after that, I checked, the Synoke watch is still good.

Tags 9619, Synoke

Smael

Smael 8058 Black and Gold Digital Watch Review

Post author By Bob
Post date October 27, 2023
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Actually I knew this brand many years ago when I was finding watches for my clients in Zhanxi watch market, few people knew and bought Smael watches before. It is Aliexpress that makes Smael well known all over the world, now I found more than 600K fans have followed this brand, that’s crazy, because there were only one or two stores selling Smael watches in a building of Zhanxi Road, now Smael has becomes one of the best-selling digital watches on Aliexpress. The background of Smael is simple, the brand trademark is registered by a person whose name is Peng Jie, and the watches are being sold by his company that is located in Jia Tian Clock Building in Yuexiu District of Guangzhou. Many Chinese watches and fakes are in that building.

Today, I will show you a digital watch which I just bought from Smael, model number on their site is 8058, I chose the black and golden model, actually they offer a lot of other colors that are also very attractive.

During the introduction, I will make three tests on the watch, including toughness, shock resistance and water resistance, this watch has a very good performance in all tests. If you want to buy a G-Shock style digital watch at a much cheaper price, while strongly made at the same time, I think Smael is a perfect choice, besides, the Skmei I made tests before is also a very good watch.

The watch comes in a hexagonal iron box, which looks similar to the box G-Shock uses but a little bigger, the center has a see-through crystal window to let you see its inside, the box is very good, but Smael does not offer it for free, by the way, they did not send me the instruction book.

When I received the watch, I was very surprised that it has a very light weight, much lighter than the other two digital watches I have, I weighed, it is less than 67 grams. The watch has a thick case that is made with the same material as most other digital watches. I tested its toughness by pulling the straps hard, the band is connected strongly with the case. The watch also has a very good shock resistance because I knocked it on the table from all sides, it still worked accurate and the LED screen not broken. The case is thick and the dial is lying inside safely. The case is thicker than that of the Sanda 6030 I reviewed last time, but it is a little lighter.

The time on the dial is displayed in two formats, including the central hands mode and the digital display on the LED screen at 3 o’clock. The small screen above “6” shows the seconds, the round LED screen at 9 o’clock is telling you the week and current date. Well, without the help of the back light, it is a little hard to read the digits from the LED screen, you can press the light button. Or choose another model that has a different dial background color.

I also made a test on the watch’s water resistance, just put the watch in a bottle that is filled with water and then shake it, the result is no water enter into the watch. I found Skmei, Sanda and Smael all have no problem in water resistance. Smael claims this watch is 50m water resistant, perhaps I need a more professional equipment to do the test.

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Sanda

Sanda Dual Time 6030 Review(including tests of toughness, shock resistance and water resistance)

Post author By Bob
Post date October 16, 2023
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Like the Skmei I introduced several weeks ago, Sanda is also one of the best-selling digital sports watches, I did some searches on the internet and found very few dates about this watch, I mean the background of this brand. I saw this watch brand is registered by somebody, no need to mention his name here, and Sanda watches are being sold by a lot of watch companies, this marketing model of Sanda is different from that of Skmei. In September, I bought one Skmei watch and did several tests on it, the result is good, Skmei watch showed a good performance in the tests of toughness, shock resistance and water resistance. Today, I will give a brief review on a Sanda watch and do the same tests on it, let’s see what will happen.

The Sanda watch came with a black box made with hard paper, not like Skmei, it does not have a black iron box, on the black paper box, there is also no brand logo. The box of Sanda looks very simple and ugly, I do not like it.

Now you see the watch, it is big, both the width and height of the watch are over 50mm, the thickness of the watch is over 18mm, I weighed the watch, it has a weight of 70.8 grams, very light for such a big watch. From its dial displays, the watch has several functions, time, date, week, you can gain current time from its central hour hand and minute hand, also the small dial at 9 o’clock also displays time. The watch also has a chrono function, you can start, stop and reset it by pressing the buttons at 2 o’clock and 4 o’clock. There are two buttons which you can press to open the light behind the LED screen. There is a paper written with instructions on how to adjust time, date and week on the watch.

Please check the first video, which shows the outlook and all features of the watch.

The second video is a test of the toughness and shock resistance of the watch. please watch the full video. A the beginning, I pulled the straps hard with a great strength, nothing happened and everything looks good, the band is solidly connected on the case. Then I hit it hard on the desk, from each side, after I knocked the front side on the desk, I found the LED screens have issues, which are not broken but can not read the full digits. And then I pulled the straps again with a great strength, one strap that has the buckle on were torn off, it is because the screws have been loose when I knocked the desk with the watch, at last, I installed the strap back and tighten the screws.

The third video is a test of water resistance. I put the watch in a bottle that is filled with water, I shaked the bottle hard, and the result is the water did not enter into the watch. Perhaps I need to buy a more professional equipment to test the watch’s water resistance, but for this Sanda watch, it is absolutely no problem for you to wear it when swimming in the pool or the ocean.

After making the three tests, my opinion is the quality of this Sanda watch is not as good as that of the Skmei 1988 Dual Time I introduced before. Because I used the same method to test the shock resistance, which is knocking the table with the watch, the LED screen of the Skmei still shows everything correctly after the test, while this Sanda could not show the full digits then. The band does not have quality issue, but before wearing it out after receiving the watch, I suggest you check if the screws that help to fix the straps are loose.

Tags 6030, Dual Time, Sanda

Yelang

Yelang V1021 H3 Tritium Luminous Watch Review

Post author By Bob
Post date September 29, 2023
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This is the best-selling watch on Yelang’s official website, it is a military-watch with quartz movement, few people know Yelang because it is a very young brand created in China, especially their website, which was just launched on Aliexpress in March in 2023. However, in a short period, Yelang has obtained a lot fans, compared with most homage watches I reveiwed on my blog, Yelang watches are not cheap but are sold very well on aliexpress, it seems like the military-style watches that have a strong case design are more popular. Today, I want to show you a good quality Yelang watch which I just received, it has a reference of V1021, this is a big military watch and come with one extra rubber band.

The watch comes in a box that looks a little yellow, on the front, you can see Yelang lettering and brand logo, on one side of the paper box, we can see letters of “H3 Tritium luminous watch”, which indicate the lume system used on the watch. Open the box, we can see the watch laying inside and a brief introduction about the brand on the box. The box is ok and can give enough protection for the watch, but it seems like no Chinese watches are willing to use a wooden box, if I create a watch brand in future, I will consider a more high-end wooden box.

The watch is made with solid 316L stainless steel , it is heavy and has a weight of more than 172 grams. The case is strongly made with a diameter of 42mm, its thickness is measured to be 11.5mm, not sure why it is said to be 14.6mm on the website of Yelang. Such type of case just meets current large watch trend and is not too thick, which is more comfortable for everyday wearing. We can see the streamlined polishing finish on the edge of the case, which forms a high contrast with the brushed finish on the case. The beveled round bezel stands a little high above the case base and has a brushing like the case. Well, every part on the case looks large, including the big case, fat bezel and big onion-shaped crown, these are actually essential elements for a military-style watch.

Yelang offers other dial colors for this watch, but I like the blue one most. The most outstanding place on the dial is it uses a different lume system named H3 Tritium. On the dial, we can clearly see the H3 Tritium tube set on each hour marker, no need to absorb light, these markers will emit a strong lume light in the dark conditions. The central hour hand and minute hand are also set with two lume tubes. Please check the dial lume picture below, the blue lume light emitting from the hour markers and hands is strong, and will be more long lasting. By the way, I do not like the logo on the dial, the head of the wolf is ok, but the wings look weird, I think a feral wolf is more suitable to be used as a logo for this watch if Yelang decides to be a military-themed watch brand in future.

The watch is powered by a quartz movement, Yelang claims it is Swiss 715LI-HH6 quartz, never heard of it, not sure how long will it last, maybe two or three years. The stainless steel band looks good on the watch, with the press button, you can easily open the clasp. This watch also comes with one extra black rubber band, but there is no Yelang logo on the buckle of the rubber band.

My advice:

This Yelang is one of the few military-style watches that use H3 Tritium lume system, if you want to try a new wearing experience, then this Yelang watch is very suitable for military watch fans. Robust designed case, strong dial lume and 100m water resistance, I think some will be crazy about it.

Tags Quartz, V1021, Yelang

Sea-gull

New Sea-gull Moon Phase 6170 – a homage watch of the Rolex Cellini?

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Post date September 24, 2023
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It has been a long time for me not to introduce a new model from Sea-gull watch company, Sea-gull has always been the first choice for many people who are looking for the best Chinese watches. On my blog, the most watches I introduced are Sea-gull watches, the most watches readers asked all about are also Sea-gull watches, so it seems like many people are interested in this Chinese brand, I also own several Sea-gull watches, including dress models and some diver’s models, today, I am going to review another Sea-gull watch which I just received, it is a new watch Sea-gull just published. It is a good watch, but I do not think it is an outstanding homage.

The box of the big three watch companies, including Sea-gull, Shanghai and Beijing, always better and looks more official than that of other watches. This Sea-gull has a blue box that is hard, its inside has layered structure that allows you to put the watch and manual separately, the watch can be put in a place steady. Look at the Sea-gull, which watch it reminds you? Yes, when I first saw this new model on the website of Sea-gull, I remembered one Rolex Cellini watch with a moon phase indicator. I am very sure that Sea-gull refers the design of the Cellini watch on this new model. However, I do not like it very much.

First, I need to say this is a very high quality watch. But there are two parts I do not like, the stainless steel case and black leather band. The bezel and crown are in rose gold, I do not know why Sea-gull did not use rose gold on the case, it will look better if the entire case has a rose gold tone. Actually the black leather band is not a big issue, but a brown leather band will be a better fit for this watch if it has a full rose gold case. By the way, this Sea-gull watch is sold at nearly $470, I think they should use a full rose gold case under this price level.

The watch is sold at a high price because it has a real moon phase function, check the indicator at 6 o’clock on the dial, it shows the phases of the moon in the northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere. On the white dial, there is a fork in blued steel that is pointing at current date on the outermost. The moon phase can be adjusted through the button on the case at 8 o’clock. The date can be adjusted through the button on the case at 4 o’clock. The crown, which has a satin-finished “S” logo, can be adjusted for winding and time adjustment. The hour hand, minute hand and those bar-shaped hour markers are all well cut and have perfect chamfer polishing.

The movement displayed through the crystal back is a ST2108 developed by Sea-gull, it has 28 jewels, 28800BPH and 42 hours power reserve. From the movement pictures shown below, we can see a beautiful decoration on the movement plates and auto rotor. It says the watch is 50m water resistant on the stainless steel rim of the case back.

The band is ok, not made with alligator leather, but calfskin leather, with embossed crocodile prints on the surface. There is a “SEA-GULL” engraving in satin on the buckle.

My advice:

If you are not a loyal fan of Sea-gull or just considering Sea-gull as your first Chinese watch, do not buy this moon phase watch because it is too expensive. There are a lot of other Sea-gull watches in casual style you can buy, they are very good, please see my reviews under Sea-gull category. If you are addicted to moon phase watches, then this watch can appear in your purchasing list.

Tags Cellini, Moon Phase, Rolex, Rose Gold, Sea-gull, ST2108

Pagani Design Vakuy Rigas

Which One is The Best Daytona Paul Newman Homage Watch? Pagani Design or Vakuy Rigas?

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Post date September 16, 2023
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The two watches I will introduce today were actually reviewed before on my blog, one is Pagani Design(https://www.bobswatchstore.com/2022/07/18/pagani-design-daytona-paul-newman-quartz-homage-review/), the other is Vakuy Rigas(https://www.bobswatchstore.com/2023/05/02/vakuy-rigas-daytona-paul-newman-homage-review/), like I said before, both are great homages of the Daytona Paul Newman, however, I did not compare them in hand, today, it is exactly a comparison review between them, after reading this article, you will know which one is the best homage of Daytona Paul Newman watch.

Before I review the two watches, I want to give a brief introduction of Vakuy Rigas first, indeed I reviewed several Vakuy Rigas watches on my blog before, but a lot of people do not know the background of this brand, I doubted its relationship with Parnis and thought that both are created by the same company, I was not sure about this before, but after receiving this Vakuy Rigas Paul Newman homage watch, I am very sure that Parnis and Vakuy Rigas are run by the same company the shipper has the same address and contact phone number. By the way, the box of this Vakuy Rigas watch is the same as the one of the Parnis Pepsi GMT I reviewed two weeks ago. Check the box and accessories coming with this Vakuy Rigas below:

No need to post the pictures of the box and accessories of Pagani Design here again, you can find in the article of review on the Pepsi GMT homage at https://www.bobswatchstore.com/2023/08/27/pepsi-gmt-homage-review-pagani-design-vs-parnis/.

Case:

Both watches have the same finish on the case, brushing on the front and polishing on two sides. While the Pagani Design has a larger than case than the Vakuy Rigas, check the pictures below, the case of the Pagani Design is measured to be 39.8mm in diameter, almost 40mm, but the case of the Vakuy Rigas is only 38mm in diameter. About case thickness, if including case back and crystal, the Pagani Design is 13mm, while the Vakuy Rigas is up to 15.4mm in thickness. Why the Vakuy Rigas is much thicker if it has a smaller case? Because the crystal and movement of the Vakuy Rigas watch add the thickness. I have already checked the crystal on the Vakuy Rigas, it is very thick and too high above the bezel. And the mechanical chronograph movement inside also increases the thickness of the entire watch.

Both watches have brand logo on the crown, each chrono pusher has screw to lock, seeing from the pictures, the screw on the chrono pusher of the Pagani Design watch is in unlock status.

Pagani Design Daytona Paul Newman Quartz

Pagani Design Paul Newman Case Diameter — The case diameter of the Pagani

Pagani Design Paul Newman Case Thickness — The case thickness of the Pagani.

Vakuy Rigas Daytona Paul Newman Automatic

Vakuy Rigas Daytona Paul Newman White Dial

Vakuy Rigas Daytona Paul Newman Case Diameter — The case thickness of the Vakuy.

Vakuy Rigas Daytona Paul Newman Case Thickness — The case thickenss of the Vakuy.

Conclusion:

When I hold the two watches in hand and you will see the Pagani Design is larger. Pagani Design also looks more fashionable, it is a watch that has a more modern case design and modern finish on the bracelet, while with a panda white dial with a little vintage flavor.

The case size and design of the Vakuy Rigas are closer to that of genuine Rolex Daytona Paul Newman, it has a strong vintage flavor emitting from its case, dial and bracelet.

Crystal:

Pagani Design claims that they use a sapphire crystal on the watch, I did not test. This Vakuy Rigas uses a Acrylic face, we can also call it Plexi Plastic Crystal. As far as I know, the old Daytona Paul Newman impossible to use a sapphire crystal, the plexi plastic crystal on the Vakuy Rigas enhances the vintage flavor of the entire watch.

Dial:

Both watches have a cream white dial, the color is correct. The white match-head markers on the small dials are also correct. I have taken a very close look at the dial on both watches, and I found that the small dials on the Vakuy Rigas have more refined CD patterns. The lume markers next to each stainless steel hour marker, Vakuy Rigas makes them correct, in round shape and correct cyan color. Pagani Design makes them in square shape, and they also look too orange. By the way, the dial lume on both watches is weak even after absorbing enough light under the sun. The central second-chronograph hand on the Vakuy Rigas has a white tip, which is the same as genuine Daytona Paul Newman.

Pagani Design Paul Newman Dial Lume — Dial lume on the Pagani.

Functions:

Both watches have hours, minutes, seconds, chronograph functions, while the Pagani Design also has a 24-hour display. Because the movement is different, the Pagani Design is powered by a quartz, while the Vakuy Rigas is equipped with a mechanical chronograph movement, the display of the small dials is not the same, their functions are also not the same. The Pagani Design first, you can see the step-by-step moving small second hand on the subdial at 6 o’clock, the 9:00 subdial is a 60-minute chronograph counter, the 3:00 subdial is for 24-hour display. Then let’s see the dial of the Vakuy Rigas, the display of the small dials is the same as that on genuine Rolex Daytona Paul Newman. A smoothly moving small second hand is on the subdial at 9 o’clock, the other two subdials are 30-minute chronograph counter and 12-hour chronograph counter. Both watches have a real chronograph function, you can start, stop and reset the chronograph by pushing the two buttons on the case.

After checking the details and functions displayed on the dial, I must say the Vakuy Rigas is much closer to genuine Daytona Paul Newman.

Bracelet:

Both watches are made with solid stainless steel. The bracelet of the Pagani Design looks more modern because it uses two different finishes, polishing on the middle links and brushing on two sides. The bracelet of the Vakuy Rigas is entirely brushed, just like the bracelet on real Daytona Paul Newman. Well, for a vintage watch, I prefer the bracelet of the Vakuy Rigas.

The case back of the two watches is also different, on the Pagani Design, there is a racing car pattern, while the case back is empty on the Vakuy Rigas.

Pagani Design Paul Newman Engraving on Case Back

Vakuy Rigas Daytona Paul Newman Empty Case Back

Movement:

The Pagani Design is powered by a quartz movement. The Vakuy Rigas watch is driven by a Chinese chronograph movement, which is automatic, I can feel the swinging auto rotor inside when I shake the watch slightly, not a manual winding, it is an automatic movement, I am very sure. On the website of Vakuy, they say it is a Dandong 7750 from China.

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Buying advice:

Both watches have an acceptable quality, especially the Pagani Design, it is unbelievable that the watch is sold at less than $80 but has such a good quality, with a quartz movement, it is also very convenient for the user. If you do not have enough budget, this Pagani Design, which has been added with several modern elements, will be a good choice. However, if you are looking for a very good homage of the Rolex Daytona Paul Newman watch with very strong vintage flavors, then this Vakuy Rigas will be the best one, it looks very close in every detail, as far as I know, there are few homages of Daytona Paul Newman, Vakuy Rigas should be the best one in the market.

Tags 7750, Daytona, Pagani Design, Paul Newman, Quartz, Vakuy Rigas

Sugess

Sugess Day-Date Ice Blue Homage Watch Review

Post author By Bob
Post date September 10, 2023
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About Sugess, have you heard this brand? If having checked their watches on aliexpress, you will know they are totally a homage watch brand that was founded in Shenzhen of China. Many watches they are making have the exact models in Swiss watches. I only introduced one Sugess watch before on my blog, but their watches are really sold very well on aliexpress even with a bit high price, I decide to bring reviews on more Sugess watches in future, today, the Sugess watch I am going to share with you looks like a Day-Date model made by Rolex, with an ice blue dial, the watch looks nice, many people like the ice blue Day-Date from Rolex, and this Sugess watch is a great homage of the Day-Date.

The watch comes with a hard plastic box, just like the box of STEELDIVE and Parnis I introduced in reviews before. Inside the black box, there is a watch, a manual book, a screwdriver and a warranty card inside. On the card, the purchasing date, model number and other information are empty. The watch is under a good protection inside the box, we can see from the pictures.

The Sugess is made with 316L stainless steel, its case is measured to be 40.3mm in diameter and 12.2mm in thickness, the entire watch weighs about 123.9 grams, the screw-in crown has a satin-finished “S” logo on the mirror-polished face. The bezel is fluted and fits the middle case head perfectly, the gap between them is not noticeable. The case is finished very well, especially on the edge or corner, which is polished and very comfortable when wearing.

I love the dial, first a lot of people like its ice blue color, second, the finish of the dial is superb. The Sugess logo at 12 o’clock and Rome hour markers are tri-dimensional. All stainless steel hour markers are polished and forms a high-contrast with the sunburst finish of the dial, every marker is well finished and I did not find the burr on the edge. Having checked the black font in the day and date window, it has a very close size to that of Rolex Day-Date watch. By the way, I found there are “SUGESS” engravings on the inner bezel, on other Chinese watches I reviewed before, I did not find this feature. The sunburst finish on the dial looks ok, but not as good as the super clone that is sold at more than 600 USD. Any way, the dial finish of this Sugess is much better than the other watches I bought from China. This is also one of the reasons why this Sugess can be sold at $239.

The bracelet is president style like Day-Date and you can see two obvious finish including polishing on the middle and brushing on the two sides. The clasp can be opened through the “S” buckle, and in the video below, you will hear a crisp clicking sound when open or close the buckle.

The watch is driven by a ST2146 automatic movement from Sea-gull. The movement beats 28,800 times per hour, it has 28 jewels and about 40 hours of power reserve, I found specification of this movement on the internet, not sure if they are correct. Any way, the company shipped the watch out the day before yesterday, the watch still worked very accurate when I received it yesterday.

Conclusion:

The Sugess watch is a bit expensive just because of its better dial finish and Sea-gull movement inside. It is a classic stainless steel watch with date and week functions with good case and dial finish. If you are looking for a perfect homage watch of a Day-Date that is much better than the replicas around 200 USD, then this Sugess is a perfect choice. Besides the ice blue dial, Sugess also offers black, blue and green colors for the watch.

Tags Day-Date, Sea-gull, ST2146, Sugess

Skmei

Skmei 1988 Dual Time Digital Watch Review

Post author By Bob
Post date September 5, 2023
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I did not introduce digital watches on my blog before, just one week ago, I did some searches on aliexpress and found those digital watches made in China are being sold very well, they are popular. I have one G-Shock watch which I bought several years ago, it is a basic model and I love to wear every day, especially in the summer, very convenient to wear than the other watches in my collection. In the past, I never thought I will buy these digital watches, they are toys and look like being specially made for the students and young people, however, actually you can see many people wearing them in the street and gym. There are no watches that fit sports clothes better than these digital watches. So, I will introduce some digital watches from time to time on my blog, to tell you the quality of them, to help you find good quality ones.

Skmei is a famous brand in this field, their watches are very popular on the internet, it is one of the best-selling digital watch brands, although not as famous as Casio G-shock, Skmei still has their biggest advantage, which is price. As far as I know, Skmei is founded in Zhaoqing of Guangdong Province in China. Zhaoqing is a very beautiful place in Guangdong, I went there before, some canyons are really natural oxygen bars, I think I will settle there when getting old. Now comes to the watch, you can see the following pictures I took.

The Skmei watch arrived in a good condition, it is under double protection, the outside is a paper box, while the watch is put inside a black iron box, so it is very safe and I like this package. There are a warranty card and a user manual coming with the watch, but I did not see purchase date and model number on the card, these information are empty. As far as I know from their page, the reference should be 1988, which can also be found on the watch.

The watch uses two colors, green and black, they also offers a lot of other colors. The case is made with ABS, this material has many advantages, such as corrosion and heat resistant, highly stretchy and also has a certain hardness, the green band is made with TPU that has a very strong ductility, look at one of the videos I show below, I did a test on the band.

The case of the watch is measured to be 51.2mm in height and 45.4mm in width, it is only 13.8mm in thickness, the entire watch has a weight of 47.8 grams. The green band is perfectly integrated with the case and looks very nice on the watch. The length of the band can guarantee it fits the wrist size from 175mm to 240mm. I do not know the movement inside, it is absolutely a quartz battery, but I do not know where it is made from, the battery in my G-Shock has worked for almost 5 years.

The functions of the watch include hours, minutes, seconds, week, month, date, alarm and dual time. These functions can be easily adjusted through the four buttons on the case. I think there is no need to talk how to adjust these functions in this article, there are instructions on the user manual, I did not read them, it is very easy.

The first video is a show of the watch.

The second video shows the toughness of the watch, I hit the table hard with the watch from all sides, including the two case sides and the front, after several repeated strong knocks, the black frame on the front fell down. This does not mean that the quality is bad, because I used too much strength, you can hear the loud knocking sound in the video. The band is strong, its construction connected with the case is also very strong, I pull the straps hard with both hands, it not broke.

The third video is a waterproof test. Put the watch in a glass bottle filled with water, then shake the glass bottle with a great strength. The result is water does not get into the watch. I do not have a professional equipment to test the water resistance, I think I will need one in future.

Tags 1988, Dual Time, Quartz, Skmei

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