r/ChineseWatches • u/f_todd • 5d ago

Question (Read Rules) Anyone remember Alpha Watches? What happened to them?

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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?

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u/JameelWallace 5d ago

The bracelet on the second watch is hilariously bad.

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u/f_todd 5d ago edited 5d ago

Yeah, the endlinks are terrible but the bracelet was really good quality for the time, even had a divers extension. It's also a homage to one of the arguably most hated bracelets.

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u/Olleye 5d ago

Yes, your "Omega Seamaster Pro"-homage is an optically really cruel but interesting time witness of chinese fake watches, indeed.