Parnis Watches?

[B16 NFW]

Looking for a bit of information on the watches. I've never heard of them before but have found a couple of sites that sell them and am quite keen.

Has anyone bought before ? Whats the quality like ? Best place to buy them ?

Help would be much a appreciated.

Neil.

[Ikemi]

Have a read through this thread: http://forums.watchuseek.com/showthread.php?t=2888...

They seem to be held in high regard, in that the quality of the watch is excellent for the price. There are a few websites that sell them, but you'll most likely find the best bargains via suppliers on eBay

[Adam B]

From that informative thread it sounds like some of their models are poor quality and some very good; I am not sure which ones you should avoid.

Does anyone have one of their Portuguese er... homages? What are these seagull 2542 movements like?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/43mm-Parnis-white-dial-P...

Really like the look of them, as long as they have Parnis clearly on them

[hebangsthedrums]

I have small wrists and am not sure on the sizing of Parnis - I have a Citizen BM8180-54E - I don't suppose anyone has something similar (38mm)as well as a parnis and could do a side by side?

[Dustyw536]

I bought a GMT lookalike parnis on ebay and whilst the quality of the case and bracelet is very good for the price, the movement inside seems to be, frankly, ste. Date wheel gets stuck a lot and it runs out of juice pretty quick (its an auto) but for the money I cant complain, looks nice, tells the right time most of the time, just got the wrong date most of the time!

[nikaiyo2]

For £100ish they are great watches, the case quality and finish is as good if not better than you would get on some watches costing 3-4 times the price.
They do appear to suffer from some QC issues, some watches appear to be superb others a right old bag of nails! I am not sure if there is a way round this, not sure if one seller is more likely to suply a decent watch over another, I suspect it is pure luck of the draw!
I would say if i get another one, I would prb buy it on ebay where the chinese sellers seem to be very keen to protect high feedback ratings....

[nikaiyo2]

Seagul auto movements are apparently better/ more reliable than the other ones.. HTH

[sparkyhx]

take a look at Tao International, some interesting looking ones and similar kind of price

http://store.taowatch.us/

[Adam B]

nikaiyo2 said:

Seagul auto movements are apparently better/ more reliable than the other ones.. HTH

It does thanks

Edited by Adam B on Saturday 25th February 13:35

[Puma]

I now its a while since this conversation took place but I have a Parnis which is a blatant copy of the U Boat 50mm and although its battery and not auto I am chuffed to buts with it. If anything its even better due to the 12 and 6 not being cut in half as the U Boat does. I got mine off e bay from Hong Kong for about £80 (with postage ) Great watch and big which now seems to be the craze.