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romano 3T WIS 
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Aside from Invicta any one know of Bell & Ross hommage watches? |
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dtmbizzle 3T WIS 
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Yup. I think you'll find over all that opinions are favorable towards Debaufre (Fornerly Steinhardt in te U.S.) http://www.debaufre.com |
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srh_pres 3T WIS 
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Yep, the Aircraft 8 (below) is pretty close as well as the Airforce by Debaufre... |
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romano 3T WIS
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ok let me rephrase my question Anyone besides Invicta making them for less than $300? All relative I suppose compared to the list price of genuine Bell & Ross these are very pretty and very inexpensive. |
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dtmbizzle 3T WIS
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Yes, B & R most would consider in the 'astronomical' price range... I think The Debaufre Aircraft series isn't too far off the $300 price range??? I heard Debaufre just upped their prices tho. |
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romano 3T WIS
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Over $500 on their web site. |
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NANDO-FERDZ 3T WIS 
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The Revue Thommen square is another option. It has a brushed solid SS case and AR coated sapphire crytal. |
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Paxman 3T WIS 
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Fortis also offer a "square". Unfortunately this is beyon the $300 range. You'll be hard pressed to find anything but the Invictas in the sub $300 range. |
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oagaspar Site Founder 
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In the under $300. category Invicta is the only obvious choice imho....Tony has one and has had great luck with ithand6.gif |
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AntFarm 3T WIS 
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Welder is another one. I have one they are very nice watches. |
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PoliceDog 3T WIS 
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A quick, perhaps off-topic, question (and without doing any "Searching" at all!): how the heck did Bell & Ross become a purveyor of such high-priced watches? When they originally set up shop in North America, all they were selling was 'rebadged' Sinns! |
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AntFarm 3T WIS
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PoliceDog wrote: A quick, perhaps off-topic, question (and without doing any "Searching" at all!): how the heck did Bell & Ross become a purveyor of such high-priced watches? When they originally set up shop in North America, all they were selling was 'rebadged' Sinns! Yeah I read the same thing. :? |
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oagaspar Site Founder
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at one time Sinn made certain B&R models which were identified by similarities and sold for thousands more but B&R has since established themselves and I'm not sure what Sinn is producing for them now as well as models for other watch brands.... there are many Sinns with Tutima engines too :D....you'll come to find many of your favorite brands are made by a subcontrator....matter of fact quite few  |
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PoliceDog 3T WIS
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Well, there's a bit more to the Sinn/Bell&Ross relationship than that! ;) I have been a Sinn fan (and buyer) long before they were even well known in North America (a friend of mine lived right next to the factory) and long before they became the darling of the U.S. custom tactical knife and dive watch collectors. I had about 6 of them at one time - traded them all except my original Space One. Bell & Ross at one time was considered the "poor cousin" of Sinn. How times have changed! LOL! Last edited on Wed Dec 12th, 2007 10:20 pm by PoliceDog |
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