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So, tonight I was just picking through a long list of e-mails from those 'Deal of the Day' watch sites that I signed up for years ago when I was still collecting mostly mid-price Genuine watches (and have been forgetting to opt out from for a long while, hence the large list ). Anyways, I came across one site that is having a sale on their stock of Swiss Legend watches, which for the most part I had never paid any attention to, save for a few glances. Well tonight one in particular caught my attention, and it dawned on me just how much of a mutt this design really is, and how little original design goes into some of these watches... So, which watch is it you ask? This would be the almighty Trimix >>> (Image borrowed from Google Images) Now, when I had seen this model in the past, I immediately saw the Octagonal bezel and dial and thought AP RO Offshore chrono rip-off (with obvious quartz chrono dial layout), and proceeded to click delete, and slunk off to gaze at the next watch. However, the more that I really looked at the watch tonight, the more design elements started to pop out at me. The name 'Trimix' could not have been a complete oversight, could it? The elements that make this watch really DO make it a mix of three very recognizable design houses from the mid to top tier of Swiss watch brands >> The bezel design from AP, the main case body, hour and minute hands design from Hublot, and the screw down crown cap and pushers from U-Boat! Though I know that all of us 'seasoned' veterans of the watch world have always been aware that these cheaper 'original' brands rip off other more expensive designs, I was just surprised to see how far they are willing to go. Starting to think that if these brands (SL, Invicta, Stuhrling original) had not started as early as they had (I know Invicta started as it's own legit company back in the 1800's), they may have found some decent success as rep factories, lol. Oh well, guess Swiss Legend is just able to label themselves that way by copying other actual Swiss Legends, eh?