![[Steinhart Ocean GMT Vintage 39] What are your thoughts on this watch?](https://alien.top/pictrs/image/781d644b-6f6a-4659-b3cd-36cb63f8a76e.webp){kind=link}
Too much 1655 copy or an acceptable homage? Im planing on picking this watch up as i really like the design and the original is way out of my price range. I just dont want to be seen as someone wearing a knock off if that makes sense. Any opinions welcome as well as other options.
Have this exact one just the vintage version, great watch, extremely accurate, and probably my favorite in my collection at this point.
Really great watch for a piece that is realistically hard to get for the average person.
I have a Steinhart Ocean One double green. I love it, I think it’s gorgeous, but once a month or so someone stops me to ask if my “Rolex” is real, and I am suitably ashamed.
Someone once asked me if my spinnaker Dumas was a Rolex. That was a head scratcher.
Any 1655 homage is acceptable since the original is made of unobtainium.
Nice to see that the 39 isn’t gnomon edition anymore.
Gonna pick one up!
If you like it, go for it. 95% of people will not notice you even have a watch and very few of those who do notice will have any real thoughts about your watch. Who cares what some random watch snob thinks.
Hard agree!
Everything that brand makes is a clone of copy. If that’s ok with you I’m sure it will function fine
I’d rather own an original brand of an original design.
I’d just go with a Seestern to get your 1665 fix. Cheaper and arguably nicer in some aspects like the bracelet and clasp.
Are the Steinhart and Seestern both made in China?
I have a stienhart batman GMT and it is a damn nice watch is it a new inspired design nope but still a good watch
I own it and it’s one of my most used watches. Better quality than my tissot that cost double
Get it. Enjoy it. I almost bought this exact watch because I’m not exactly going to buy a 1655 and beat on it as a daily wear. Yes, it’s an homage/copy, but it looks great and no one else will even recognize it’s lineage besides you.
Have one. I love it
I’ve seen this brand to receive quite a lot of hate for only making copies, but on the other hand people who have some of them seem to be pretty satisfied with the build quality considering the price range… it’s really up to you… if you want it for the looks, go for it I guess… but you could probably get better watch for this price, being an original piece…
It’s definitely a copy but because the original is no longer in production I think it’s on the acceptable side. I was looking at the steinhart but opted for the Seestern because it was just the aesthetics of the watch that mattered to me.
https://sugesswatch.com/products/seestern-heritage-s431-bb-gmt-seiko-nh34-gmt-movement
Nice lookin watch
I’ve had the older 42 version for years. It’s obviously a direct homage to the 1655 and so either you like that or you don’t. Personally I love the design but will never come across a 1655 in person much less have one on my wrist. Also I enjoy having a GMT that’s outside of the GMT Master design language. The build quality is terrific, especially for the price, and I think the ETA movement is an upgrade from an NH35.
I have two complaints with the watch. 1) Some watches, like mine, had an issue with the GMT hand slightly misaligned. Apparently Steinhart would fix it under warranty, but I lived with it until I had my watch serviced anyway. 2) the crown guards are short.