Any experience with AliExpress Watch brands?

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Steeldive 1970

Super quality you won’t be dissapointed with brands like this and San Martin, addiesdive etc

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