How is this even legal?
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The Surveyor said:
Why would it be anything other than legal... it's not being sold as anything other than an Invicta or have I missed something?
^^ ThisYes it looks very similar to a bi-metal Sub at first glance, but probably doesn't share a single dimension in common and certainly doesn't say anything it shouldn't on the dial.
Du1point8 said:
Is that a copy of something? I've got one of them for when I'm afraid of losing the Seamaster but hadn't realised it was an homage...I may be on the verge of hating it!Save yourself some cash and get the sekonda version
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sekonda-Mens-Bracelet-Spor...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sekonda-Mens-Bracelet-Spor...
Disastrous said:
Du1point8 said:
Is that a copy of something? I've got one of them for when I'm afraid of losing the Seamaster but hadn't realised it was an homage...I may be on the verge of hating it!Rolex pepsi
seiko homage
close enough
Edited by Du1point8 on Tuesday 29th July 14:33
Du1point8 said:
I think you might be clutching at straws there. Seiko are just about the most complete watch maker ever, you're comparing an aviation watch with a divers watch, with an innovative movement, totally different case, quickset date etc.The divers watch is generally considered to be a tool watch, it has what it needs and in that it the function dictates the design.
Blancpain might have a better claim to originality, I'm not sure what of the current submariners design is copyrighted.IIRC Rolex get a bit hissy about crown guard similarities.
Edited by sneijder on Tuesday 29th July 18:06
I don't care at all if there are copies.
They are not diverting people who would otherwise be buying the real thing.
I buy a genuine watch for myself and only for myself. Like fake Ferraris,fake Louis Vuitton goods, they seem to me to be irrelevant to the real buyer. If you go to Cuba everybody's brother will offer you Cohibas, but the real thing is only in the state stores.
It was always thus. If I saw someone wearing a copy of my watch, no issue for me if I even noticed it was a fake. You have to look closely at good ones and I am certainly not going to grab a stranger's wrist for a closer look.
They are not diverting people who would otherwise be buying the real thing.
I buy a genuine watch for myself and only for myself. Like fake Ferraris,fake Louis Vuitton goods, they seem to me to be irrelevant to the real buyer. If you go to Cuba everybody's brother will offer you Cohibas, but the real thing is only in the state stores.
It was always thus. If I saw someone wearing a copy of my watch, no issue for me if I even noticed it was a fake. You have to look closely at good ones and I am certainly not going to grab a stranger's wrist for a closer look.
sneijder said:
The divers watch is generally considered to be a tool watch, it has what it needs and in that it the function dictates the design.
Blancpain might have a better claim to originality
Quite so. Blancpain first came out with what's now considered the classic diver style. Rolex was second. It's often been suggested that Rolex took many of its design cues from Blancpain. Although the Rolex Submariner isn't an identical copy of the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms, there are clearly design elements that Blancpain used first. This rather weakens the argument against Rolex homages, because Rolex's design might have taken cues from Blancpain.Blancpain might have a better claim to originality
Alternatively, perhaps function simply dictates dive watch design.
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