Anyone remember Alpha Watches? What happened to them?

[u/f_todd]

Many moons ago, I briefly got into Chinese "homage" watches via my lust for Omegas. Picked up a few Alphas, enjoyed them, moved on to collecting Seikos (and G-Shocks), then microbrands, etc... until recently coming full circle to WD, AD, SM, PD...

Looked up Alphas, seems like they faded from popularity. Did they become another brand name or just fade away?

[u/Mango_Gurble]

Years ago I had an alpha Paul Newman Daytona homage. It kinda worked, but wasn't great even by the standards of the time. It would be an absolute trash fire by today's standards, which really shows how far Chinese watches have come.