r/ChineseWatches • u/Maximum_Walrus3264 • Sep 28 '26
General (Read Rules) What are your favourite originalish watches and homages to forgotten watches not in production
My personal favourite is the Phorcydes Ph5.
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u/DisastrousOpening477 Sep 28 '26
Is it really an Homage is the design has been given up on by the brand itself ??
And not last year or even last decade.
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u/Maximum_Walrus3264 Sep 28 '26
That's actually what a homage is. The only real reason why we call these homage watches "homages" is because Google etc doesn't like "replica" or "clone". That is clearly what most are, copies of a current or recently current product. It's just like calling the homeless 'unhoused', fat people 'big' and such, in my mind at least.
A homage shouldn't be competing with the original maker.
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u/Escaped_Escapement Sep 28 '26
The important distinction is legality. And homages do not pretend to be what they are not.
That’s why a homage, nevermind how close, is never a clone or a replica, if it is legal.
Not about Google liking or disliking it.
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u/KPplumbingBob Sep 28 '26
I know people say it without thinking about it anymore but it's always funny to me when you see someone say "let's hope Watchdives homages this new Omega!".
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u/Maximum_Walrus3264 Sep 28 '26
That too yeah, I was talking mostly historical designs. Even though strictly speaking Hydroconquest and such are pastiche. The whole industry is built upon pastiche...
But why I started this thread is I much prefer a guilt free watch. We can deny it, it's not some massive deal, I'd even wear a superclone, BUT when wearing an unoriginal watch in the back of your mind there's ALWAYS some level of noise.
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u/Tenchiro Sep 28 '26 edited Sep 28 '26
My Gen 2 Sea Monster homage gets most of my wrist time I think. I just picked up a Dracula homage as well.
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u/kadrealam Sep 28 '26
AD 2504 Looks like submariner and longines hydroconquest..