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Parnis Day & Night Watch Review

Post author By Bob
Post date July 29, 2022
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Parnis is still my most favorite Chinese niche brand, also the homage watch I love most. Parnis has produced a lot of good quality homage watches for us, while the most classic one should be the Parnis Power Reserve, I think many of you guys have bought one several years ago, it is also the one that brought me into the world of homage. Parnis was founded in Guangzhou, this brand has made a big contribution to the development of homage watch industry in China, now many niche brands are copying the development route of Parnis. The Parnis watch we will talk today does not look that classic like the power reserve model, but its multiple functions indeed attract a lot attention.

I saw the words “moon phase” in the title when purchasing the watch, absolutely this is not a watch with real moon phase function. The small dial you see at 12 o’clock that features sun and stars images is not for moon phase, it is just a time show in 24-hour format with day and night display. I think a lot of you guys will love such type of watch with so many functions integrated into one, while sold at a very reasonable price. On the white dial, there are also week and date display, which are positioned at 9 o’clock and 3 o’clock separately. The case has a diameter of 43.5mm, plus the slim round bezel, the dial has a large space to show every element together in a less crowded way. Central hour hand and minute hand are lancet-shaped, together with the slender sweeping second hand, they are a perfect interpretation of the classic. The window opened at 6 o’clock with two ends fixed on the dial by blue screws is not showing you the tourbillon device, a fasle tourbillon, it is just displaying a golden balance wheel in front of your eyes.

It is very easy to adjust the week and date, there are two buttons up and under the crown. You can press the button at 2 o’clock to adjust week, and press the button at 4 o’clock to adjust date, well, there will be instructions in a manual book shipped with the watch.

The watch is made with 316L stainless steel, it has a black leather band, the weight of the entire watch is only 85 grams. Unfortunately the crystal is not sapphire, just mineral, that’s ok, after all the cost of the watch is less than 100 US Dollars. From the crystal back, we can see a golden movement inside, I do not like the golden color, I think a silver movement will look better on this watch with a see-through back, while Parnis can use a solid back if they choose a golden movement for this watch.

In my opinion, if you are looking for a casual watch to wear in the office and do not want to pay more than 100 US Dollars, then Parnis must be the best choice, they have two perfect models for you, one is with power reserve feature, the other is this watch with miltiple functions. Do not buy other homages at the same price point, they are not as good as Parnis.

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Parnis Date Casual Watch Review

Post author By Bob
Post date June 28, 2022
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Simpe and practical casual watch in suitable size always attracts me, Parnis has made a lot of such types of watches, their most popular one is the watch with power reserve, which is a homage of IWC Portuguese 7 Days, I also have this watch, it is my most favorite casual watch, IWC Portuguese is my dream watch, but too expensive. It is unnecessary to describe Parnis too much, many people know this brand, it is the first brand in China to create homages of many Swiss watches, at the beginning several years, Parnis was very popular, now, few people will mention this brand, but some watches they make are still very classic.

All watches appeared on my blog are made in China, among them, Parnis has occupied a big market share, many people heard Parnis in watch forums and perhaps it is the first Chinese watch they bought. Many of you guys do not have too much official knowledge about Parnis, but I am telling you Parnis should be your first choice if you do not want to pay more for Sea-gull, Shanghai watch or Beijing watch.

This Parnis watch is stainless steel made, with black dial and black leather strap, this is the most classic combination on a casual watch. The case is made with solid 316L stainless steel, its diameter is 40mm, for a casual watch that looks a bit sporty, this is a very suitable size, and the case is only 11mm in thickness. Please more focus on the case finish, the brushing on the bezel and polishing on case sides and lugs form a high contrast.

Black dial has small grids that look like the ones on Audemars Piguet Royal Oak’s dial. These checkers on the dial look nice, white printings of “PARNIS” is under the big number “12”. All hour markers, including the Arabic numbers of 6, 9 and 12, are applied with white luminous material, so are the hour hand and minute hand, they will emit a strong green lume light at night. There is a date window in square shape positioned at 3 o’clock, it features black font in white background. In a word, the dial not only has a simple but practical design, but is also highly readable.

Through the crystal back, I saw there are engraving information about the movement, which is a Miyota automatic movement from Japan. This is nice, because I trust the quality of Japanese movements, they are more stable. I have had the watch for three weeks, now it is about 30 seconds faster each day, for me, such inaccuracy is acceptable. There are eight models available in different dial styles on Parnis website.

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Parnis Pilot Watch Review

Post author By Bob
Post date June 27, 2022
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Parnis Pilot Watch with Brown Leather Strap

Parnis is one of my most favorite homage watch brands, in the initial stage of development, Parnis completely copied designs of other Swiss brands, they made many homages at that time, now, they changed direction and began to use their own designs on the watches. It is Parnis that lets me know homage watch, many people talked this brand before in a lot of forums, now, Parnis seems to be not as popular as some new niche brands like STEELDIVE and San Martin. Anyway, as one of the earliest Chinese brands in homage watch field, the quality of Parnis has been recognized already, I have bought several Parnis watches, I love them all.

Today, the watch I am going to review is a pilot watch from Parnis, I have several pilot watches now, this Parnis pilot watch is very similar to the one I bought from Heimdallr before, but this one has a 24-hour display on the dial. The watch has a black case and brown leather strap, which seems to be a very regular match for a pilot watch.

The case is 44mm in diameter, it is about 12mm in thickness, which is more acceptable to me than those casual watches up to 13mm. The case is made with solid 316L stainless steel and has black pvd coating, the middle case with extended lugs that are naturally curved, the line of each lug is smoothly polished, it feels good by hands, no scratch feeling. Like the case back, the crown is also screwed-in, to ensure a good water resistance.

The dial is black, it is a classic pilot watch’s dial style, with a big triangle mark at 12 o’clock, I saw many pilot watch has this feature. Although there is a small round 24-hour indicator at 9 o’clock, the entire dial still has a symmetric beauty. The inside circle with 1-12 digits is showing hours, the outer numbers from 5 to 60 are minute markers. By the way, those numeral minute markers are applied with superlume material, so are hour hand and minute hand, they will emit a strong green lume light in dark conditions.

From the crystal back, we can see the watch is powered by a Japanese Miyota movement, the specific movement model Parnis claims is a Miyota 8217 automatic. I always trust the quality of Japanese movement, its stability is better than most mechanical movements made in China. In most Parnis watches, the engine is Japanese Miyota movement, so I think this is the main reason why many people still buy from this homage watch brand. Parnis offers three models options for this watch.

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Parnis Pirate Skull Watch Review

Post author By Bob
Post date June 1, 2022
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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.

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Parnis Commander 47mm Military Watch Review

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Post date May 16, 2022
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Parnis Watch with Extra Black Leather Strap

The Commander is a series of Parnis, we know Parnis is one of the earliest watch brands in China that make homage watches, but the Commander is not homage watch and it has their own design features, look at this Parnis Commander watch, it is a very big military watch, I like its style.

The black case, not ceramic made, is made with 316L stainless steel and has pvd black coating, the case has a diameter of 47mm and is measured to be about 14mm in thickness. The entire case, including the bezel, is black and has brushing finish, two crown guards are also very big protecting the crown that features a letter “P”. The crown is big and has flutes, so it is very easy for you to rotate to adjust time and date.

The watch has a big dial with large numeral hour markers at 3, 6, 9 and 12. The black dial has a simple design but its readability is enhanced by the big hour markers and white minutes scales. The markers of 3, 6, 9 and 12 are applied with brown luminous material, so are the hands, they will emit a strong green lume light in dark conditions. Because the lume is so strong, it can illuminate the entire dial. White printings “PARNIS” is in the central circle, the words “21 Jewels” and “Automatic”, I do not like its font, which seems not to match the tough style which this Parnis Commander military watch wants to present.

From the crystal back, you can see the movement and read some information about it, the movement comes from Japan and is a Miyota automatic movement, I can not believe it will use a Miyota movement because the watch’s price is very reasonable, few Chinese watches at this price level will choose a Japanese Miyota movement, which is more stable but has a higher cost. The installation of a Miyota movement in this Parnis makes the watch have fewer issues in future.

The brown leather band looks old, just like the ASSO leather band used on some Panerai watches. I like the band, the back side that contacts your skin uses leather material that is sofer to wear, the band features a pvd blackened pin buckle. At last, Parnis also offers stainless steel bracelet option for this watch.

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Parnis Power Reserve – the ancestor of homage watch in China

Post author By Bob
Post date April 18, 2022
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It is the first Chinese brand watch I bought, I love its quality, cheap price and real power reserve.

Parnis is the first Chinese watch I bought, I know more about Parnis than other Chinese brand watches like our famous Sea-gull, Shanghai and Beijing. In my memory, the development of Parnis has passed two stages, at the first stage, Parnis mainly copied the design of Rolex, IWC and Panerai, it was a completely homage brand watch made in China, they did not have their own design at that time, by the way, when people talking about Parnis in most watch forums, they only know it is a homage brand coming from Hong Kong. At the second stage, Parnis made some changes and no longer produce homage watches of some brands like Panerai, now you can not find Parnis Panerai homage watches from their online stores, Parnis also developed the watch lines in recent years and added their own designs in these models, that’s a really good thing, at the same time, we also unveiled the mystery of this brand, Parnis is not a Hong Kong brand, it is also not a Swiss brand like they officialy claimed, Parnis is a Chinese watch brand founded in Guangzhou, China.

I am not sure if Parnis is a successful watch brand, but it has sold out a lot of watches in the past years, now the development path of Parnis is being copied by some Chinese watch brands.

This Parnis Power Reserve is a homage watch of IWC Portuguese, I love its design, it looks elegant, perhaps it is the homage watch I love most, certainly the brand must have a name that is good to hear, Parnis is such a brand. The watch I received is silver with white dial and brown leather strap, I like its case design and dial layout, and the watch works very accurate.

The case is made with 316L stainless steel, the case, lugs and round bezel are polished in glossy finish, the case is measured to be 43mm in diameter, not including the crown, it is about 14.5mm thick, because of being equipped with a leather band, the watch is only 93 grams in weight, which has a lightweight wearing feeling.

Parnis Power Reserve Brown Leather Crown

I like the dial, it shows the elegance of such dress watch to the maximum. IWC Portuguese Power Reserve is one of my dream watches, the Parnis Power Reserve fully presents the design essence of Portuguese Power Reserve’s dial. First, the dial has a very nice layout, fan-shaped date display and power reserve display are symmetrically positioned on each half part of the dial, on the upper right, the power reserve display features a small blue hand that is indicating the remaining energy, while on the top left, it is the date display. By the way, the date can be adjusted by pushing the button at 8 o’clock on the case. Every hand you see on the white dial has a blue color, which is the same color as those Arabic numeral hour markers. The window opened at 6 o’clock allows you to see the working balance wheel, which has two ends fixed by blue screws on the dial. The power reserve you see on the dial is real, that’s a big selling point of this Parnis watch, you know, many other Chinese homage watches also have power reserve feature, but not working.

From the crystal back, I see the automatic movement in this watch, the auto rotor and movement plates have beautiful decoration like “fish scales”, the movement actually is a Sea-gull ST2505, which is 38 jeweled and has a 42-hour power reserve, its beat frequency is 21,600 times per hour. The ST2505 really has a beautiful decoration and works very stable. I saw many other Chinese watches whose prices are close to this Parnis or even slightly higher, but their movements’ decoration and stability are not as good as this Parnis watch’s.

At last, I choose a brown leather strap for the watch, also you can find more combinations of dial and strap color on their store. At Parnis official store, there are many models in different series, including Pilot, Pirate, Royal, Commander, Thunder and Navigation.

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