An easier way to search for Chinese homages or replicas

[r4zv]

Hello!

I got frustrated with the lack of filters for rating and case diameter (I have thin wrists and most Chinese watches are huge) on Aliexpress, so I built this simple search tool:
https://www.homagefinder.com/search.php

I also keep a track of homages, and this is my database so far:
https://www.homagefinder.com/listallhomages.php
There's a form you can use to suggest which watch a certain watch homages. That way, it will be easier to find it later on, and you'd also be helping other people.

Please let me know if you find my site useful and if there are any features you'd like to see on it.

 

[zinduna]

Nice post and database. Good luck with your quest!

 

[r4zv]

Thanks! :drinks_cheers:

 

[fuzzmex]

Nice job there!

 

[The Rod]

Wow, great work!

 

[r4zv]

Thanks, guys!

I paid some Russian speaking people to go through the reviews and write the pros and cons of buying some of those watches or not:
https://www.homagefinder.com/p.php?brand=CURREN&model=CUU8225
https://www.homagefinder.com/p.php?b...ar&model=J0613

Do you find this useful?

 

[IWUGRAD09]

Man, that's a lot of work. Really nice. Thanks!

 

[manodeoro]

Grat post and usefull database ... CONGRATS :thanks:

 

[Matty369]

Really nice idea and well executed !
I was wondering about Junghans Max Bill homage - I don't mind quartz (it's even better) but they state that watch has sapphire crystal.
I would like to know following:
1. Is it possible that for that price they've put sapphire crystal, especially since GEN has plexi ?
2. If it is sapphire, is it convexed (domed) like GEN, or just plain flat ? Can't tell from the pictures. If it's flat then that takes away half of the charm of GEN watch. If it's indeed domed then it's great.
EDIT: They do mention something "3D" with crystal but rest is on chinese.

 

[r4zv]

Thanks!

I just finished extracting new data from Aliexpress, so everything will be up do date. This time, I also extracted watches with less than 10 reviews, but I added a filter for the minimum number of reviews in the search form.

Also, thanks to your kind suggestions, you'll now find a larger list of homages.

Matty: All I can tell you is that I've seen sapphire crystals on even cheaper watches.

 

[curak]

Very good, didnt even know that i was searching for this, but this is it!

 

[r4zv]

Would you guys find it useful if my site also included the watches on Amazon.com?
I'm thinking it might be nice to have all the mainstream and Chinese brands in the same place.

 

[Anyad]

Superb thanks for sharing

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[wallyvon]

Impressive, great work!

 

[r4zv]

Thanks! I'm glad you like it.

My last post was probably unclear, so I'll ask that question differently: If I were to scrape new products to add to my website, would you prefer those products to come from DHgate.com or Amazon.com ?

 

[MoD2Franken]

Hello!

I got frustrated with the lack of filters for rating and case diameter (I have thin wrists and most Chinese watches are huge) on Aliexpress, so I built this simple search tool:
https://www.homagefinder.com/search.php

I also keep a track of homages, and this is my database so far:
https://www.homagefinder.com/listallhomages.php
There's a form you can use to suggest which watch a certain watch homages. That way, it will be easier to find it later on, and you'd also be helping other people.

Please let me know if you find my site useful and if there are any features you'd like to see on it.

Great job - Many thanks for sharing


Replica - Passion

 

[r4zv]

You're welcome!

I added a lot more products to the site, and a lot more homages in its database.

 

[fatarms]

Nice work. You can check out Heimdallr.watch site to add a few more to your database. They make a few different homages as well. I've owned the Seiko MM300 homage and it was a very well built and reliable watch.

 

[WC800729]

Excellent job!!!! Thanks for all the effort and sharing with us.

 

[r4zv]

You can now also filter the watches by color.

When there are multiple versions of a certain product, my script checks if the seller mentioned any colors in their descriptions, which they don't always do. However, I think this should be useful.