Homage thread-- Proceed at the peril of your sanity.

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skypilot

Discussion Starter · Jun 9, 2013

It's raining here, again, as usual, so it seems to be a good day to sit at the puter and create some hate, discontent and turmoil so our highly paid mods can earn their keep. :lol: Actually, I would prefer that the homage haters either stay away or hold in their vitreol but I've been here long enough to realize that someone won't be able to control himself. :crying:

First some caveats:
(1) I abhor fakes. When I found that I had a fake Montblanc I took it to the range and used it for target practice. Another good purpose for a gun.
(2) I've paid my dues to Rolex, I have 5 of them and my wife has one and we may get more.
(3) I've heard the cliches about slave labor.

TooDah, here it is !

I paid $13.59 for this including shipping from China. I've had it two days and it is keeping nearly perfect time and working very well in every respect. I was playing with the date when this picture was taken so that's why the date is off. I think it is fascinating that a watch this good can be made and shipped for that price.
Let the hate begin.

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skypilot

Discussion Starter · #41 · Jun 11, 2013

Thank you for posting the homages folks, you have emboldened me to post this.

The two on the upper left are my two Submariners, the rest are:
Invicta about $95
Alpha about $65
MQJ about $35
Soki about $15
The only one that doesn't work as well as the Subs is the MQJ which runs about 3 minutes per day slow. I actually prefer the crown on the Invicta to the Subs as far as finding the right place for the functions.

Presa Canary, I assure you that my only motive is fun or making work for the mods, the same thing I guess. I'm sorry I wasn't better able to explain my ownership of 5 Rolexes, I guess I lack the sophistication. I'm generally not as impressed by whom an article is made as much as I am by the article.
A city near me commissioned an internationally known "artist" to create a piece of "art" to put in front of their new civic center. On the big day of it's arrival the sophisticated crowd waxed eloquent about it's "depth of feeling" and " bold vision" etc. The great unwashed unsophisticated crowd quickly named it the cement porta potty and it became the object of so much scorn and derision the city moved it to a less prominent location. The unwashed didn't care who created it.

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Watchbreath

· #42 · Jun 11, 2013

Yep, those two took a lot of lipstick.

skypilot

Discussion Starter · #43 · Jun 11, 2013

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PremierCurrency

· #44 · Jun 11, 2013

Wait a second!!! All of those watches look like a certain brand that I know. I just can't put my finger on the brand name though...its at the tip of my tongue....

skypilot said:
Thank you for posting the homages folks, you have emboldened me to post this.

The two on the upper left are my two Submariners, the rest are:
Invicta about $95
Alpha about $65
MQJ about $35
Soki about $15
The only one that doesn't work as well as the Subs is the MQJ which runs about 3 minutes per day slow. I actually prefer the crown on the Invicta to the Subs as far as finding the right place for the functions.

Presa Canary, I assure you that my only motive is fun or making work for the mods, the same thing I guess. I'm sorry I wasn't better able to explain my ownership of 5 Rolexes, I guess I lack the sophistication. I'm generally not as impressed by whom an article is made as much as I am by the article.
A city near me commissioned an internationally known "artist" to create a piece of "art" to put in front of their new civic center. On the big day of it's arrival the sophisticated crowd waxed eloquent about it's "depth of feeling" and " bold vision" etc. The great unwashed unsophisticated crowd quickly named it the cement porta potty and it became the object of so much scorn and derision the city moved it to a less prominent location. The unwashed didn't care who created it.

SemperEadem2

· #45 · Jun 11, 2013

OK, I'm not even gonna comment on that pic of the two Subs and four...ahem...'homages'. I won't even go there.

I'll say the Tag Heuer is pretty sweet. At least Tag made the effort to alter the design to create something new. So, there's that.

Thanks for your opinions, all of you. I'm keeping an open mind, but I refuse to let my brains fall out. ;o)

Grumpyguy

· #46 · Jun 11, 2013

I wonder if the Invicta and other Chinese watches all roll off the same line? Though, I do have a similar Invicta, it does have the SW-200 movement in it.

I'm not big fan of Rolex's, but bought it mainly for the movement and price.

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skypilot

Discussion Starter · #47 · Jun 11, 2013

I wouldn't be surprised to learn that the MQJ and the Sokis came off of the same assembly line, I haven't opened them to look at the movements. The Alpha seems to be a little better built and the Invicta has a Miyota movement and is a cut above the others.

Watch Me

· #48 · Jun 11, 2013

I've had the exact same thought many times. Well, not about the space heater in particular, but in general. It seems that many, many vintage watches of different brands looked very similar to one another, yet I don't think I've ever heard (or seen?) vintage pieces made by respected brands even called homages. To me, an homage is something that pays tribute to another thing.

CometHunter said:
This sort of copycat thing happens every day with cars, appliances, home accessories, tools, clothes, etc. We never give it a second thought! Sometimes, when we're doing price comparisons, we even hope for it. Last November I needed a new space heater, but the model I wanted was too expensive. If I could have found the exact same thing, from a different company at a lower price, I would have felt like I'd won the Lottery.

......Yet we'll get so bent out of shape when this sort of thing happens with watches. :blink:

muttley

· #49 · Jun 11, 2013

diver88 said:
someday I'll find one of these..look up cool in the dictionary and there will be a pic of this watch no doubt.

absolutely the only Tag I've ever lusted for...the zenith of Tag's divers IMO. (can you tell I likes it?)

I'm intrigued that these models were assembled by Zodiac. Goes to show in the 'early' days these brands were a lot looser on who did what as long as they could get a sale. This was all taking place when mechanical watches were all but dead thanks to the quartz revolution.
I guess you'd be looking for the 'grail' 1000m non-spirotechnique Tag, or do you prefer the 2824-2 based 200m version like mine? They're all pretty old school cool :thumbup1:

diver88

· #50 · Jun 11, 2013

muttley said:
I'm intrigued that these models were assembled by Zodiac. Goes to show in the 'early' days these brands were a lot looser on who did what as long as they could get a sale. This was all taking place when mechanical watches were all but dead thanks to the quartz revolution.
I guess you'd be looking for the 'grail' 1000m non-spirotechnique Tag, or do you prefer the 2824-2 based 200m version like mine? They're all pretty old school cool :thumbup1:

the 200m is actually the one I always liked, the 1000 would be fine too.

ulackfocus

· #51 · Jun 12, 2013

superhoro said:
It may be rice wine to you but its Soki to me (old Laugh-In joke)

Dude, you win this thread. :thumbup: Man, I hate it when somebody beats me to a great pun!

superhoro said:
What watch is being paid homage to?:confused1:

SemperEadem2 said:
If you mean the OP, it's a blend of the GMT Master II (the Pepsi part) and the Submariner (the markings on the bezel).

The Sub-gee-n-er. Or the GMTiner. Maybe the Pepsubner.

Hmmmm, none of them are that funny.

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CometHunter

· #52 · Jun 12, 2013

Watch Me said:
It seems that many, many vintage watches of different brands looked very similar to one another, yet I don't think I've ever heard (or seen?) vintage pieces made by respected brands even called homages. To me, an homage is something that pays tribute to another thing.

In our own personal archives we have what could be one of the very first examples of wrist watch copycatting! Remember this classic post?

http://www.watchtalkforums.info/forums/beginners-watch-forum/43070.htm

with one of Stan's Elgins for comparison
http://www.watchtalkforums.info/forums/american-vintage-watch-forum/67505.htm

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skypilot

Discussion Starter · #53 · Jun 13, 2013

OK, this thread seems to have run it's course and everyone is to be commended for their adult behavior. but, one more thing. I'm not sure anyone noticed, though SemperEadem came close, that the watch does not have R---x hands ?

CometHunter

· #54 · Jun 14, 2013

My apologies. I thought it was so obvious that it wasn't worth mentioning.

SemperEadem2

· #55 · Jun 15, 2013

skypilot said:
OK, this thread seems to have run it's course and everyone is to be commended for their adult behavior. but, one more thing. I'm not sure anyone noticed, though SemperEadem came close, that the watch does not have R---x hands ?

I didn't notice, but thanks for bringing it up. Yeah, that Loki is an acceptable homage in any case. ;o)

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