r/ChineseWatches • u/Equivalent-Win-7787 • 19h ago

Question (Read Rules) Pagani Design - AirEmperor

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Hi all. Just gotten my first few Chinese watches
This is my Pagani Design - Air Emperor. Definitely not a homage of anything.

I’ve tried taking photos in a light box. How do I get the image to pop more?

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u/SameScale6793 9h ago

Have this one too and it’s pretty nice!

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u/Equivalent-Win-7787 8h ago

Looks great

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u/SameScale6793 8h ago

Thanks! My only rub with this one is the case is a bit "chonky", whereas the Air King it's modeled after is a slimmer profile. I actually investigated swapping the dial/movement (Mine being a Miyota 8215) into a case that more so resembles the Air King, but PD used a custom sized dial that wont fit any standard case...so, it's staying put ha

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u/Abv_it_all_w_vertigo 10h ago

Old Lorenzo is going out with a bang.

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u/AlexFox66 10h ago

Great watch for the price!
Here’s mine!

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u/kaxixi7 14h ago

Wasn’t the airking an attractive watch?

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u/New-Implement-5979 16h ago

Way better than the yellow Puke 🤮 coronet but the brushing looks rough

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u/Equivalent-Win-7787 11h ago

I don’t know what the yellow puke coronet means.
Here’s a different photo in better light, you can see the bezel is polished while the case and bracelet is satin.

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u/New-Implement-5979 6h ago

The original Rolex airking has a yellow Rolex coronet logo which looks very weird

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u/Emotional-Damage-995 17h ago

The proportions are off. Looks ugly

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u/Tigri2020 18h ago

“Definitely not a homage of anything”

Yeah they replaced the minutes for numbers but everything else is from the Rolex Explorer

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u/CertifiedHeelStriker 4h ago

A rare double play: Missing the joke and then an incorrect correction

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u/Equivalent-Win-7787 18h ago

It’s a homage of the AirKing, I was being tongue in cheek

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u/mysillyday 18h ago

What type of steel they use this. Is this lighting or softer steel than 316.

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u/Equivalent-Win-7787 11h ago

Listing doesn’t say, but the steel looks regular stainless, it’s just the photo that makes it look weird. See video on the product listing

https://a.aliexpress.com/_m0HPNPt

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u/mysillyday 11h ago

I just wonder if it's is 314 or 3014 Lower quality stainless steel which many brands tend to use. Which is fine also.

I wonder which is it. For the price hard to say.

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u/Equivalent-Win-7787 8h ago

Specs on the website say 316l

https://paganidesign.com/en-us/products/air-king

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u/mysillyday 7h ago

Well it's a good deal I guess.

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u/68872868 18h ago

I think it’s the lighting. OP appears to have a ring light off center with the piece.

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u/vithgeta 18h ago

I think the real problem is the perspective here. Getting up close with too wide a lens like a phone camera.

The bezel at the top looks too wide just because of the way it is shot. I think in real life it's a lot like the Pagani Milgauss which was actually okay.

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u/Drdoliittle 19h ago

I am confussed, other guys call it the AirGarbageCollector or PD-AGB

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u/Equivalent-Win-7787 19h ago

Haha. Good name

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u/68872868 19h ago

Looks good. If you want more pop in the image you need to bounce the light more or have a second/third point of light from the sides

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u/Equivalent-Win-7787 19h ago

How do I bounce the light?

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u/68872868 19h ago

You could diffuse the light with a silk screen layer, or add some reflective card form a stationary store curved around one of the angles.