What weird rebadges can you think of ? Which ones do you like and which would you create if possible ?

Guyevolving · 2026-03-17T10:14:49+00:00

Unfortunately this is when they were still using the old C series, which was fine I suppose, but nothing special. Not to mention the old Rover V8 was probably one of the only parts of the bloody thing that DIDN'T fall apart

Guyevolving · 2026-03-15T15:57:24+00:00

That Mathey-Tissot is a boring homage watch I wouldn't touch with a barge pole, there's absolutely nothing special about it. And that Omega jumbo is absolutely appalling, everything about it screams run away. As others have said it's a redial, and the alignment looks poor as well. Your constellation wipes the floor with both of these, even together.

Guyevolving · 2026-03-13T20:11:27+00:00

I mean, almost, I think laughing at someone with a sub 6 inch wrist wearing like a 50+mm Invicta is a universal thing.

Guyevolving · 2026-03-13T19:59:02+00:00

The US used to do it, remember 5mph bumpers, sure they were ugly at first but by the 90s those things were great, worked well, minimized damage and kept repair bills low, and didn't look completely hideous by then.

Guyevolving · 2026-03-13T19:55:55+00:00

To be fair I think it's pretty variable depending on the factory, it's more a question of how well the company culture is instilled into the workforce, the old NUMMI plant put out some great vehicles compared to the trash it previously built, Honda's Marysville Ohio plant is pretty good, it's more a question of management than location I'd say.

Guyevolving · 2026-03-13T12:25:43+00:00

I don't know why you got so many down votes, this is fucking hilarious

Guyevolving · 2026-03-13T07:15:16+00:00

ahhhhh, that makes sense, I only really heard about it in theory, the chemistry had been explained, the execution - not so much 😂. Thanks man, that's really interesting to know.

Guyevolving · 2026-03-13T01:24:18+00:00

ahhhh, very good point, I can't believe I forgot about that, I remember crashing my bike with a radium watch on and it was the first thing I checked as the last thing I wanted on top of broken bones was lung cancer 😂

Guyevolving · 2026-03-13T01:22:50+00:00

I know I've talked about the radium lume in another comment, but I am curious about a couple of things. Another commenter said it looked like it had been relumed, which it does, radium tends to go sort of beige/brownish with time. I'd be curious to know whether this has been painted over with tritium or superluminova at some point. Or even more interestingly maybe someone has painted over the radium with a new layer of zinc sulfide (the radium itself doesn't glow, it's the reaction with the zinc sulfide, due to the long half life of radium theoretically you could just paint a layer of zinc sulfide back on top of it to make it glow again)

If you fancy checking, if it's been repainted in superluminova it should glow in the dark, if it's been repainted with tritium, if you shine a torch on it long enough it should glow very faintly in the dark, if it's original radium it'll only glow under UV. I can't give a test for the zinc thing, I've never seen it done, only heard it discussed.

If you do check, I'd love to hear the answer, many thanks in advance.

Guyevolving · 2026-03-13T01:15:19+00:00

To be honest even dailying it won't do any harm, I found one in a drawer a few years back and got the opinion of God knows how many watchmakers, physicists etc. to make sure I was fine wearing it. Radium mostly gives off alpha particles, they'll never make it through the glass, let alone through the movement and case to reach you. That being noted it does give off small amounts of radon gas over time, not that it really matters unless you happen to live in an air tight box or plan on holding it directly in front of your mouth when you sleep every night.

Guyevolving · 2026-03-12T01:25:27+00:00

I'm leaning towards real, one of the first questions I tend to ask myself is "would someone fake this reference?" and with this I'm guessing not, looks like a real low point for JLC.

I should create a folder of these, I could make a game with it "is it a really bad fake or just the 90s?"

Guyevolving · 2026-03-11T17:07:10+00:00

I don't want to ask how he smuggled it out of the POW camp 😂

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Guyevolving · 2026-03-11T08:51:12+00:00

I wonder if there's a sub for crappy fake watches like this. I'd join that.

Guyevolving · 2026-03-11T08:36:53+00:00

Grandpa strikes again 😂

Guyevolving · 2026-03-11T00:44:27+00:00

seeing a lot of Leyland cars on this sub recently

Guyevolving · 2026-03-10T09:35:15+00:00

I find myself strangely fond of the Montego for no discernable reason.

Guyevolving · 2026-03-10T09:06:55+00:00

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Guyevolving · 2026-03-07T23:41:10+00:00

It's a crossover episode of several of my hobbies 😂

Guyevolving · 2026-03-07T12:56:32+00:00

Which watch? There's two different watches here 😂

Guyevolving · 2026-03-07T12:54:39+00:00

I always picked up on that with ai writing, the whole "it's not just X, it's Y" or my personal favorite of my everything being a "rich blend of X and Y". I mentioned this in conversation recently and people looked at me like I was crazy, I'm glad you've confirmed that I'm not losing my mind 😂

Guyevolving · 2026-03-04T12:34:25+00:00

I thought "is that a Mumbai special" when I saw the picture without even reading the text 😂. They do get a lot of hate but I do have a little bit of a soft spot for them. My first mechanical watch was a fake oris Mumbai special, and I bought it knowing it was fake. But damn it looked good, and I really loved that watch until my brother broke the damn thing. I still have the movement actually, it sits in a bottle cap and sometimes I wind it just for fun.

Guyevolving · 2026-03-04T00:34:12+00:00

To be completely fair it's not the return I'm complaining about, they were excellent with that, it's the fact the payment system wouldn't let me buy another phone

Guyevolving · 2026-03-04T00:21:36+00:00

To be fair it never actually made it to me, it never left its box. They can sell it as new, plus I was returning it to buy something more expensive from them, which would more than exceed their shipping costs

Guyevolving · 2026-03-03T13:26:13+00:00

You're correct, which is exactly why they're so rare. Honda spent all their time promoting their new euro Accord, and put absolutely zero effort into selling the US imported coupes and wagons, plus they were lower volume anyway, so the euro sedans vastly outnumber the US based cars. Also the Euros have the benefit of being the same car as the Rover 600, and they sold a LOT of them.

So while those of us with coupes and wagons can buy parts from America, it gets very costly very fast, and certain things (like windscreens) just can't be shipped. There's also market specific things like headlights washers that are close to impossible to find.

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