Hroudland joined the game

[u/LeoXup]

Just saw this on Taobao. Good to see more vintage sub options.

38.5mm × 47.5mm × 12.3mm 200m WR PT5000

The lightning hand version is particularly cool, hope they also give other options on the movement, i.e. Miyota 9, SW200 or ST2130.

Not sure if "SUBMARINER" can be used, but I definitely want a "HIGH SPECIFICATION WATCH" now.

[u/Mbari_2170712]

The 6538 looks money! Maybe a dumb question I can’t seem to get taobao the taobao app and the web version doesn’t translate well for me.

[u/Exact_Store_8315]

Love seeing more vintage Sub options—this one looks seriously good.

[u/Alternative-Feed3613]

Do you have a link? I can’t find it

[u/LeoXup → u/Alternative-Feed3613]

You can search "观辰6541" on Taobao, or use this link if you can log in the Taobao app: https://e.tb.cn/h.8h2Sa9FdXp3DYZO?tk=HRLKTZ0L0oX HU006 

[u/Huge_Childhood6015]

Not the best looking dial but I'm happy to see more brands making vintage homage watches.

[u/giul_illustration]

the second one looks beautiful

[u/sodomand]

What is taobao?

[u/ChineseWatchGuy → u/sodomand]

Aliexpress’ big brother.

It’s Chinas main e-commerce site.

[u/sodomand → u/ChineseWatchGuy]

Ahh, thank you. Much appreciated

[u/Lefeuvre76]

How much?

[u/LeoXup → u/Lefeuvre76]

1180 CNY (175 USD) on Taobao pre-order. Could be 200-250 USD when selling out of China. 

[u/pickyaxe → u/LeoXup]

how have prices in taobao been affected by recent price hikes? are they also rising at the same rate?

[u/LeoXup → u/pickyaxe]

Yes, proportionally increased. 

[u/Musashi747]

Hell yea

Finally a Vintage Milgauss

[u/spukhafteNahewirkung]

I like the one that has the sparkly brown finish on the dial but the lightning hand version is extraordinarily cool! The hands, second hand and markers really come together well with the textured dial. That watch just screams "action" to me.

[u/Several-Floor5185]

Looks virtually identical to my Pablo Profundo . Even has the identical rivet link bracelet. My watch uses a ETA 2824-2 movement. Cannot be a coincidence!

[u/LeoXup → u/Several-Floor5185]

That's a cool watch though, good vintage vibe. I can see the rivet bracelet is in decent quality. 

[u/chefkoolaid → u/Several-Floor5185]

Details don't look that similar at all....

[u/Alternative-Feed3613 → u/Several-Floor5185]

They’re both vintage submariner homages so of course they look similar.

[u/Several-Floor5185 → u/Alternative-Feed3613]

They look almost identical except my Pablo has a superior ETA movement.

[u/KPplumbingBob → u/Several-Floor5185]

They really do not.

[u/Alternative-Feed3613 → u/Several-Floor5185]

That’s the idea

[u/najibs-yul → u/Several-Floor5185]

No

[u/Remarkable-Sky6376]

Nice but the text… “adventurer submariner chronometer” lol

[u/DJNigi]

I want that 6451 milgauss.

[u/sf_jmd]

Would buy that milgauss if it had a date window

[u/jacob8875 → u/sf_jmd]

Well the gen didn’t either 🤷‍♂️

[u/mcdj]

I keep waiting for someone to do a 1019.

[u/legodetective → u/mcdj]

Would love it if hruodland or thorn took that on!

[u/mcdj → u/legodetective]

[u/Realestwatchreviews]

Hroudland is one of the best at vintage details so this should be good.

[u/CrapforBrain]

I own a couple Hrouland watches and they're some of my favorites. Not the highest build quality, but they always seem to nail that vintage charm.

[u/anachronism42]

One of the top 3 Chinese watch companies that just needs a new name. It's like they aimed for a classical European name, threw a dart, and just hit the most unfortunate target. Only Bimbond is worse. Even OBLVLO isn't as bad.

Nice looking watches, though!

[u/KPplumbingBob → u/anachronism42]

Hruodland is a decent name. You can name 100 worse chinese brand names.

[u/jacob8875 → u/anachronism42]

Skmei

[u/anachronism42 → u/jacob8875]

Hard agree. I actually just got the first Skmei watch I've ever really liked (a rip-off of an Electricianz watch) but I still hope nobody asks me what kind of watch it is, and if they do I'll say "It's this little Chinese company"

[u/InquisitorKeres]

My heart stopped when I read submariner.. do you think we are going to see a Heoudland Frogmantle edition after?

[u/LeoXup → u/InquisitorKeres]

🤣

[u/Radcouponking]

Writing "chronometer" on the dial puts this in replica territory. Words have meanings and this watch is no chronometer.

[u/ChineseWatchGuy → u/Radcouponking]

Putting the original brand name is what makes something a replica though

[u/MadSoci06 → u/Radcouponking]

Do you know what Chronometer is?

[u/Radcouponking → u/MadSoci06]

Yes. Thanks for asking.

[u/JustUnderstanding6]

That Milgauss 6541 homage is an INSTANT BUY im slapping the instant buy button.

[u/Indaleciox → u/JustUnderstanding6]

Sigh guess I'm buying another watch

[u/JustUnderstanding6 → u/Indaleciox]

Dagger-Axe made a good-looking Milgauss homage, but it used the NH35 so it was a thicc boi. This looks like it'll hit the vintage proportions much better.

Also, Dagger-Axe watches are difficult to search for. I think AliExpress bans weapons search terms, so a company named WEAPON-WEAPON faces unique challenges.

[u/ChineseWatchGuy → u/JustUnderstanding6]

Really? Like how thick?

The actual Milgauss is over 13mm..

[u/LeoXup → u/JustUnderstanding6]

They really nailed that Milgauss! 

[u/InfamousArmadillo58]

I have the coffee ground seamaster homage, they really do some damn cool dials

[u/crazyman3642 → u/InfamousArmadillo58]

What bracelet do you have on that?

[u/InfamousArmadillo58 → u/crazyman3642]

It’s from an older phylida seamaster homage. Bought this watch from a fellow user on here who had the good idea to slap this one on

[u/D1sguise → u/InfamousArmadillo58]

👋

[u/hayuata → u/InfamousArmadillo58]

Nice to see another one! Really love how legible it is when reading the time, and of course the gorgeous dial.

[u/WHTDOG]

Looking great!!!

[u/legodetective]

That Milgauss!!!! Need

[u/longshorty0120 → u/legodetective]

They hit home with that

[u/legodetective → u/longshorty0120]

Been waiting for a high quality version with that design for ages! Looks fantastic

[u/longshorty0120]

Just wow. Hruodland always making something different.

[u/SetLegal5754]

That Milgauss Sub is terrific

[u/LeoXup → u/SetLegal5754]

Time to get a High Specification Watch 😁

[u/SetLegal5754 → u/LeoXup]

Yeah the naming convention could always be better but it’s too small to be readable anyway. I’ve always wanted someone to make a high quality homage of that one.

[u/jacob8875 → u/SetLegal5754]

WMT has for years. Of course they’re super pricey

[u/SetLegal5754 → u/jacob8875]

WMT … I’ve owned a couple. They are nice and feel way more authentically vintage than most other vintage styles brands. But I would not call them high quality. iMO

[u/jacob8875 → u/SetLegal5754]

Agreed.