On the 18th of March the AliExpress sales starts, I have my eye on a Panarai homage/clone :-) but I am curious is anybody has any experience with the brands Baltany or Tandori - both good and bad.
I am not expecting too much, since we are around the 100 USD mark, but in most videos they get decent reviews.
Any information is appreciated.
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You can search hash tags. Perhaps try #homages #aliexpress #baltany #tandorio there are literally hundreds of posts on this subject.
My D12 Baltany watch is the best $80 I ever spent. I did not expect such high quality case finishing and crisp printing on the dial for that price and, despite being my cheapest watch, I wear it quite often as my grab and go quartz beater. These days it lives on a beautiful Tuns leather strap almost as expensive as the watch itself.
I only ever bought one Tandorio watch to use the case and NH35 for a mod. The finishing of the steel is a bit rough and the water resistance is bogus, but for $40-$50 during AliExpress sales the specs are still incredible for the price and it's a no-brainer for a beater watch or budget purchase.
I never bought a whole Tandorio, but cases, dials and watch hands. They were what I call a "value buy". Nothing to get too excited about, but functionally without any issues.
I have a number of watches from AliExpress. I keep it under $150 as I personal would rather pay that on a Seiko, Citizen etc. but, I have lucked out with most of the ones I got quality has been very good. Steeldive, Addiesdive, Cadisen, PD are mostly in my collection. I love the Baltany line, it's just deciding on which one. The ones you are looking at are nice as well.
Steeldive 1970
Super quality you won’t be dissapointed with brands like this and San Martin, addiesdive etc