asmo Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 Anyone know what the story is with regards to the legality or rather illegality of homage watches ? I would assume that because they dont get sold as replica's but as non branded look alikes that they aren't illegal - anyone able to confirm or deny ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcrry2 Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 they are just homages as long as they dont have any trademarked markings on them then they are completley legal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Fleischer Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 i think that Getat & Jackson may have had problems with Panerai because they are obvious copies of the PAM style and the crown guard configuration is patented. also; the name Marina Militare may belong to them too. anyway they still seem to be doing business as usual, right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whatever123 Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 Hi! The name "Marina Militare" definitely belongs to Panerai. I have been in contact with a german law office because one of my "Marina Militare" orders from Helenarou got seized by customs... They showed me a copy of the name registration form. I had to agree to the destruction of the watch and sign a form that I would never try to import fake Panerai products again. So I don't... and only trade inside EU. Not sure what would happen if they'd catch me again. The design (CG etc.) is not protected anymore as you can only do that for a specific time period which is over now. At least that's my understanding. Cheers Whatever123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastergod Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 Hi! The name "Marina Militare" definitely belongs to Panerai. I have been in contact with a german law office because one of my "Marina Militare" orders from Helenarou got seized by customs... They showed me a copy of the name registration form. I had to agree to the destruction of the watch and sign a form that I would never try to import fake Panerai products again. So I don't... and only trade inside EU. Not sure what would happen if they'd catch me again. The design (CG etc.) is not protected anymore as you can only do that for a specific time period which is over now. At least that's my understanding. Cheers Whatever123 Damn! That Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whatever123 Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 Yeah, they promised to sue me... I guess that would have been expensive and I can be happy that they didn't charge any fees or something like that. I didn't even know that Marina Militare was a Panerai trademark... otherwise I wouldn't have ordered overseas. You can even get them on eBay in Europe, but they're removed from time to time. I am also not sure if they are still so "nice" when there's Panerai written on the dial... that's why I will not take the risk again. Cheers Whatever123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asmo Posted January 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 Yeah, they promised to sue me... I guess that would have been expensive and I can be happy that they didn't charge any fees or something like that. I didn't even know that Marina Militare was a Panerai trademark... otherwise I wouldn't have ordered overseas. You can even get them on eBay in Europe, but they're removed from time to time. I am also not sure if they are still so "nice" when there's Panerai written on the dial... that's why I will not take the risk again. Cheers Whatever123 Yeah thanks for that Whatever - im mainly focusing on completely unbranded - planning on buying parts and assembling myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krpster Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 Getat is very good and so are their prices. Even their straps are quite nice. My friend ordered a complete set of parts including movement and they arrived within a week of ordering. They also do some custom stuff that is not listed on their website (superluminova of dial for one) so contact them with any special request you may have....you may be suprised what they will do for you. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asmo Posted January 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 Getat is very good and so are their prices. Even their straps are quite nice. My friend ordered a complete set of parts including movement and they arrived within a week of ordering. They also do some custom stuff that is not listed on their website (superluminova of dial for one) so contact them with any special request you may have....you may be suprised what they will do for you. Cheers! Yeah its the easy to use website at Getat that made me realize i really could do it myself. Im actually going to go one step further and re-lume the dial and hands myself with the lume paint from GlowInc - should be a fun experiment. ( tho ive just read that they can't ship internationally without costly hazmat costs ! DOH !!!) My only bugbear is that im still not sure about putting in a Unitas Asian hand wind 6497 etc etc - i need to read up some more on them to figure out what i want to put in the watch - high beat vs low beat etc and i seem to recall having read in different places praises for both over the other. Actually now that i think about it i think the high/low beat thing may have been in reference to A7750's - GAH movements are doing my head in at the moment >.< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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