Many people buy a replica, but the undersigned, who has never taken that world into consideration, and never will, today wants to recommend something that gives you a similar experience but is true.

Halfway between sporty and military, all the timepieces of the Florentine brand are valid, but today I will suggest my economical alternatives to a Panerai Replica watch.

Glycine Incursor

This is because Glycine, an ancient Swiss brand, has an equally strong personality. The version I chose takes up the dial of the Florentine military watch in its graphics, without copying its sandwich structure and offering large numbers covered in SuperLuminova that light up like a traffic light in the dark.

The bad news is that Glycine has discontinued it, the good news is that used it can be found quite easily on classifieds sites like eBay and at very interesting prices.

Unimatic U4 Classic

Although it does not recall even a single feature of the design of a Panerai, it is a military watch made in Italy with a matte black dial and enlarged applied indexes covered with light green Super-LumiNova C3, which in addition to guaranteeing high visibility in the absence of light, they recall the charm of the first Radiomirs which shone in the darkness for a special mixture based on very dangerous Radio. The off-white seconds ring adds a subtle contrast to the minimalist dial.

This watch has been designed to be robust and reliable, with a water resistance of 300 meters making it suitable for any sporting activity. It is powered by a reliable yet basic automatic Seiko movement with a 41-hour power reserve. The watch case is made of solid brushed 316L stainless steel.

Steinhart Marine Officer blue

Steinhart, a well-known German brand whose production focuses on homage watches from major brands such as Rolex, characterized by excellent quality and powered by Swiss movements, did not miss the opportunity of that inspiration. There is both a blue dial like the one you see or anthracite grey.

In particular here, the fidelity of the reproduction, the materials and the movement used are of an embarrassing value compared to the proposed price. The Marine-Officer Blue is powered by a decorated self-winding Swiss ETA caliber and equipped with an also decorated chronograph module signed Dubois Dépraz which is the same one used today by several high-end brands.

Bell & Ross BR 03 -92 Diver

Let’s go back to a diving watch, the ideal Panerai battlefield, which however also distances itself a little from the stylistic features of the Luminor and Radiomir and therefore shines with a unique personality.

Although the BR collection comes from the sky, the Bell & Ross BR 03-92 Diver has genuine diving DNA that comes through in an extremely legible dial. Even though it measures 42 mm, which is up to 5 mm smaller than a Luminor, in addition to being more wearable it has the same strong presence on the wrist.