I've got a bit of a conundrum. I am interested in getting an automatic watch. I'm not rolling in money and even if I were - I'm a confirmed penny pincher/tightwad/cheapskate. I would be perfectly happy with an Orient Bambino or a Seiko 5 etc. but I've fallen in love with this IWC Portugieser. There is just no way could I justify walking around with that much $ on my wrist and I'd never dare leave the house
My brain says that this would serve me just as well at a fraction of the cost - but my heart doesn't agree
I know there are crappy knockoff watches ... but there are a few forums where geeks specialize in finding the closest possible replica watches and putting better (but still knockoff) movements and sapphire crystals etc. Some of these knockoffs can be $800-1200 so they aren't exactly cheap but they are so close they are nearly impossible to detect unless you actually take them apart.
Anyone have any experience with the really well done replica watches? Want to talk some sense into me and tell me I'd be happier with a legit Orient or Seiko rather than a fake IWC?
My brain says that this would serve me just as well at a fraction of the cost - but my heart doesn't agree
I know there are crappy knockoff watches ... but there are a few forums where geeks specialize in finding the closest possible replica watches and putting better (but still knockoff) movements and sapphire crystals etc. Some of these knockoffs can be $800-1200 so they aren't exactly cheap but they are so close they are nearly impossible to detect unless you actually take them apart.
Anyone have any experience with the really well done replica watches? Want to talk some sense into me and tell me I'd be happier with a legit Orient or Seiko rather than a fake IWC?