18 Apr 2007, 17:58
Just to quickly add some things. I'm not surprised either. In fact, I knew this was going to happen, but I never thought it would be rebranded and sold for $69 (although I think the shipping was something like $26). The band is indeed different and the other links do not match the first "link" on the case. The color of the band also does not match the rest of the case. The crystal is not the same as on my M2 watches. It seems to have a very dark shade (almost black) and it has tacky white writing on it.
Ed and Fit are correct. You do these kinds of things in China and your design is just going to be copied by others.
I do have a registered design on the case, which my watch states on the back plate.
As for the look of the DOW bars, it's not that bad but but in order to do it, you have to have MO, TU, WE, etc, printed on the crystal. It looks very tacky and that's why I had the feature shut off on my watch. It just doesn't retain that 70's look. If the actual LED's formed those letters like the Pulsar DOW watch, it wouldn't be bad.
I wish I had photos of it, but I wasn't able to save them in time.
I have no idea why Ebay removed it, but I'm sure it will be back. :)
Jeff
PS: I removed the link since the auction was yanked.