DON'T BUY Pagani design 

I like my Pagani watches. Alot of watch for the money. Stainless steel. Ceramic bezel insert. Saphire crystal. Seiko nh35 movement. Pagani has great , great watches. Just my opinion.

People just upset poor people can have good watch with friction of most luxurious watch price

You can’t expect $25,000 watch quality from a $250 watch

Mine has been faultless. The best value watch on the market. Seiko movement. Sapphire,ceramic. Soild bracelet with screws. I have been impressed with it for over a year now .Just my take on it .

I have the PD1701 V3 and I simultaneously Love and Hate the watch, if that's even possible. I love it as a weekend wear. It has the Speedmaster styling I like, it has twice the water resistance of a Speedy. It comes with a sapphire crystal, a ceramic bezel insert, decent case finishing and a Seiko Mecha Quartz movement. The bracelet, while having some sharp edges, is suprisingly solid and well finished. Over all, it's a great watch to wear in situations where I don't want to wear my actual Bulova Lunar Pilot (Sorry Omega, I'm not spending $6K on a Speedy, and the MoonSwatch is insulting when placed side by side with the Pagani) What is infuriating about the watch is it keeps better time than my Bulova Lunar Pilot which is operating at 8 times the oscillation of the Pagani. The Lunar Pilot is several times more expensive than the Pagani, and yet performs worse. And I can't blame Bulova, because the Lunar Pilot is in spec. It's just that that the Seiko movement that came in my Pagani is insane. When you see what Pagani is offering for less than a Benjamin, it's easy to get angry at the entire watch industry. When Seiko doesn't put a sapphire crystal on anything under $500.00, you have to ask why. When a swiss watch company expects you to pay over $250.00 on a plastic watch with a shoddy movement because Omega printed their name on it, you have to ask why. Pagani Design is not losing money. They are in fact rolling in it, while offering these watches at such low prices. This tells you simply just how much "traditional" watch makers are gouging you for. Even those who focus on "affordable" watches, like Seiko, Tissot, and Citizen, price their products way above what you get a Pagani design for. Say what you will about them. They specialize in the "homage" market. But behind the "homage" is typically a surprisingly good watch at a hard to beat price point.

I absolutely love my Pagani (Air King homage). It is my daily farm watch. I beat the living hell out of it. I can't wear a real Rolex living in a third world country for theft concerns. I pitched the bracelet for a 5$ nato strap. LOVE IT

I got rid of all my Pagani watches. I didn’t really have any problems but while the quality is decent for the price, they just lack the final finishing like a SanMartin.

I bought a Meibo cheap-as-shit submariner homage for $4.49 lol. From Temu. It works great! At quick glance, it looks like a Rolex. And I get just was much respect, and attention from the ladies as a real Rolex, which is zero! and I'm saving $30,000 ha!

if bezel keeps moving, superglue it in place. Prevents yourself playing with it and it wont annoy others

The manual says to put the time to 6:30 before you make any adjustments such as date exedra. The downfall is you risk damage to the internals if you do not adjust accordingly.

Sounds like you need a slightly longer stem on the Kermit subby, I had a problem with one of my watches and stem just a hair longer fixed the problem. Now having said that, the GMT I ordered from them came with no plastic on it missing the spring bar tool missing the polishing cloth and was covered with scratches and it was supposed to be new.

I have over 15 Pagani Design watches all types from Divers like yours (I have three of them) Auto and Quartz - and never had a single issue with any of them so it does indeed look like its an Individual experience issue - might be where you get them from ?? maybe Amazon is getting them in cheap as they are Known items that are not passing the QC ?? - mine were purchased directly from China - arrive in a few weeks and are great...

I got DD40 and DJ41 homages from Pagani and my main complains are badly aligned dials/date wheels/cyclops, and sharp bracelets. No mechanical issues to date, though, but they all have TMI NH35 or NH36 movements. The alignment issues I tried to fix by myself but found it beyond my expertise to do a proper job, so they're staying misaligned. The bracelets are just like every other Chinese bracelet I've got: they need elbow grease, so I bought a cheap Aliexpress nail polisher tool to grind, sand, and polish them. For the money I paid, I'm not complaining.

I have several Pagani's and they all work fine.

Reading over reviews online, it seems like they have an issue with automatics. I'd like to give them the benefit of the doubt that some issue with the watches not working properly might be do to shipping. I've never transported watches to a jewelry store before, but I doubt they toss it in the back of an Amazon truck and hope for the best. This doesn't seem to be an issue with watches using Seiko internal parts. Which makes sense. The wrist strap, I'm not surprised. All the attention went to the actual time piece itself. I can get a new strap at the mall. Not a deal breaker. It seems to be hit or miss, with the biggest issue being the strap for the wrist, and the second most common issue being the automatic movement, which I think is a combination of quality and shipping. That being said. Automatics, whether Swiss made or Chinese made, need to be serviced eventually. And I believe you also want to set the date with the watch at a certain time to avoid damaging the movement.

I can't speak to the quality of their mechanical watches, but I have two of their quartz watches with Japanese movements and I am totally impressed by them. The quality of the finishing, alignments, printing etc., is excellent. No complaints here. In fact they exceed my expectations and I would buy more without hesitation.

I have a ton of their watches, and I have found some models are excellent, some are decent, and quite a few are cheap. I have had one DOA. I got all of my money back on the DOA. I got it fixed at a watch repair place for $35.00. They offer a huge range of models. I have had two DOA’s with SteelDive. One got the money back and replaced the NH35 movements. Never had any issues with Sugess, SM, Cronos, or any other brands.

Mine is a 38 mm day date homage and it has lasted me 3 years so far looks brand new

12 Pagani watches in my collection no problems at all

My Pagani came out perfect to a T for under $50! almost feel like a $300+ watch along with my Seikos and Citizens.

For me, PD watches look good enough and perform well enough for the money, I don't expect them to be some over the top quality watch at this level of asking money. Maybe my expectations of this brand are just low and I accept them for what they are. They are not collector level watches, but they aren't Benyar or whatever level quality either. They are kinda utilitarian in my view and will be replaced eventually. If my band messes up, I'll replace it without a 2nd thought or I repair it with some thread locker, as for my experience of 5 or so in my own collection, they are holding up and working fine. The NH35a is not gonna be some high level smooth movement, if winding feels like crap in it, just replace the movement for dirt cheap yourself. If the watch gets replaced by Amazon and you got a replacement, then just be happy it got replaced and you didn't get stuck with a non-runner... but again, the movement is so cheap, one can just replace it and move on and not buy the brand again, keeping in mind with the higher end affordable brands, you'll still get (most likely) the same movement, but maybe they at least have a cleaner factory and less debris in the movements or something and finishing will probably more to ones expectations. Thanks for the video and your opinion. We all need both sides of the stories to be able to make educated purchases for ourselves.

I bought pagani BB panda for 26$ on sale as a gift to my second cousin he’s turning 20, please explain why I shouldn’t do it and what should I get instead for same budget?

The guy at the time might be right but I have 3 and for the money excellent. Looks good everything lines up and a good Seiko movement.

Is the watch company the same as the car company (pagani)? I am a bit confused on that end

“It runs when it wants to” I know the feeling

I own 3 a regular 200m diver and a Batman and a Pepsi but I’ve bought mine right from Pagani store I think the amazon ones may be returns ?? I don’t know if buying direct helps but I have owned mine for several yrs and never had an issue maybe I just got lucky or not but yeah I don’t have any idea. I do wish the bezel turned a bit harder as it does turn fairly easily but my regular diver does everything my steinhart does and I am not comparing Pagani to steinhart in anyway shape or form but buying from Pagani direct are better

My pagani watch (rolex explorer homage) stops every 2nd day. I wear it all day on hand and go out a lot, but the mechanism just doesn't hold. I need to re-wind it once in 2 days, like it's not an automatic but a manual. I opened the back case and everything look good from inside, everything moved. Seems that the mechanism just stops when it wants...

If you want an automatic only buy the pagani models with the nh35a movement, super solid and reliable

I have the same watch my problem was with the bracelet. It was a headache two different jewelry stores for the bracelet. When it was fixed the bracelet was still a pain. Finally put it on a Black NATO strap now it’s a great gym watch.

the automatic ones are a little questionable, but i have been very happy with their quartz models

Lol😂 yes I owned 9 Paganis and sold all 8. I didn’t know the issues about them. I sold them and used the little money I received for a Hamilton Field Khaki. Only the Mission to Alaska chronograph I kept. 😂

this leans me more towards seestern, thanks for the upload. i had heard they have QC issues with finishing, not so much the movements, too.

I've purchased 4 Paganis from Aliexpress 3 are now broken. There quality control and customer service is shocking. I am a obsessed collector and reviewer. Avoid and for a few more pounds purchase a San Martin or a steeldive.

I have the same one the guy donated to you. The Pepsi looking one. It done the same thing, mine was branded Haqin. It would run when it wanted. It would randomly stop. I took the movement apart and cleaned it. It had hair and dirt, look like it was built in a dusty strip club. I cleaned it up and put a bit of lube on it. It will run now. But it’s still terrible at timekeeping. About 2 minutes fast a day. It has the DG5833GMT movement which is known to be terrible. I’m thinking of trying to put a NH34A movement in it. If I can source parts and can get all 4 hands to regulate. Or I might just throw it away 😅

I had the same problem with one of their bracelets. The day after I received it 2 of the screws fell out. Also had similar problems with the movement acting erratically. The brand is ok if you check over the watch with a screwdriver and tighten everything up. And only stick to their quartz range.

I look at judging a watch on the bracelet like judging an entire house on the carpet. It's just supposed to get you started but you're supposed to upgrade it later.

You have been extremely unlucky! I have 3 different models and all of them are absolutely amazing for the money. One came with slightly sharp edges on the bracelet that I had to fix with a little piece of sandpaper but other than that they are really nice. Submariner Hulk homage with nh35 for 70$ is stupid good and I love it as much as my 600$ seiko solar chrono diver... Maybe it's QC issue but I just got very lucky with all of mine.

I've 3 of them and I cannot fault them

I have a watch by them and so far I haven’t had any problems with it so far

Me and my son have Pagani Design quartz beaters (1718 and 1701). Both have had issues with their bracelets but otherwise they are super.

You actually dont want to buy the GMT movements only. The other watches have the seiko NH35 movement but the GMT Paganis have their own in house quesrionable movements. The non gmt watches work just fine. I have one which is running for the last 4 years and going great

I got my PAGANI Batman GMT today. I got it knowing what I’m getting into, no expectations. I own a few Heimdallr, SteelDive, Phoibos, and I love each and everyone. This watch looks good, and has good specs. The bracelet is definitely junk, I had to be very careful adjusting it because some of the screws would not budge. The bezel has very minimal back play and side to side play. Rotation is very loose, in comparison. Time keeping accuracy remains to be seen, but thus far it is on time. If it dies on me I’ll use it for parts and practice. But, in the end I would not recommend it. If you’re on a budget, get yourself a G-Shock, or maybe a SteelDive, or a Heimdallr. Sugess’ are on the pricier side of the spectrum but also a good choice.

This guy must be smoking the good stuff.

OMG I was gonna sell my Seiko SNK809 next week to buy one of these Pagani Design Watches. ( Model PD- 1736) Now decided to keep the Seiko ! Thanks

I have the original GMT And SUB from the other brand, but as walking the streets in France is becoming dangerous with expensive watches I bought 6 pagani on Ali express.. and maybe I got really lucky but beside going forward 2 minutes every 24h I have no issues so far. Yes I have had 2 links on 2 watches that needed some wd40

I love my pagani gmt batman, the only time its off my wrist is to change the date, I've had it five years and its always been a good timekeeper, it does gain a little bit over a month, but i can live with that considering what i paid for it

Got 3 pagani’s… they’re fine… 🤷‍♂️

I was weighing up between pagani or san martin. Decided to go with san martin and am quite impressed with the quality

I have 4 Paganis and have had no problems with any of them. My bezel action is decent on all of them. I don’t dive and strictly use my watch to tell time. If I need to time something I use my phone. If the bezel lines up and the action is crappy, I flat out don’t care! The only time I’ve ever rotated any of my bezels was when I first got the watch.

Doesn't make sense. Why didn't you get a refund. Did you screw up the watches yourself? I have 3 pagani's and they all work. Great value.

I own about 20 PD’s……no issues except the last two recently bought on Amazon……two turds in a row…both returned and good ones sent out to replace. It is “ luck of the draw” with PD and Amazon.

I am now on my 10th Pagani. Never had a dud. All working within or better than specs. My Seamaster 300 homage runs at +1 s/d. Your mileage may vary and yes, Pagani wtches have issues, mostly the atrocious lume and sometimes the lack of AR coating, but you can't fault them for the money you have paid for. Frankly, I rather wear my PD-1701 Speedy homage than my original Speedy. The crystal is better, the bezel is better and the mechaquartz keeps time better than the Omega movement. Even the bracelet is acceptable and if you want a different one, at 20mm lug width the world is your oyster. My worst Pagani, the Explorer II homage still runs at 10 s/d. If only they would have better lume...

I ordered a Pagani on a whim from Ali, but hated the watch when I got it. The bracelet was too shiny, it looked really cheap, like a watch you win at a fair or in an arcade hall. Also I have no clue how to size the bracelet, the holes are incredibly small and I don't have the tools to set it right. So I decided to return it, but the shop where I bought it denied it was ordered at their shop and refused to let me send it back. That was bummer number one. On top of that I then saw I paid almost double the cheapest price for it, other shops had the same watch at a much cheaper price. So not only I paid way too much for a watch that looks like a piece of trash, I wasn't even able to return it. Or wear it (if I wanted to). Last time for me, I will just stick to San Martin watches.

I got a Pagani PD-1662 red and blue and it worked for a while and now the stem does not do anything-cannot set the time or even screw it back in. I got a Seiko NH34 watch movement to replace the junky movement that came with it. Looking for a video where someone does that!! I agree with you-they are just junk!!

You must have bad luck I have 4 soon to be 5 pagani’s and all are just about flawless only problem was my sub homage which ran a tad fast but regulated it and works perfectly fine. You got to get the nh34 movement gmt ones the pd movements are bad

If you don’t know high quality watch pagani is ok. But if you already have good quality watch as soon as you open the pagani box you feel it’s cheap watch. Really cheap .

That's unfortunate. I bought a few ali express watches on the 11 11 sale. Only one was an automatic. It's a Berny and it's been really good so far. I'm surprised at the QC issues with those Pagani stick with the San Martin I don't see many bad reviews on those

Agree, Mr. E. I bought a PD-1758 GMT from AliExpress and the watch was dead right out of the box. Wouldn’t run after winding the piece of junk over 50x. Sent it right back. I think I’ll go for a Seiko GMT.

Good advice. Kind of surprising to hear .

They are great watches and perfect value for the money. Love my pagani seamaster homage. Yes the straps are crap but you can just buy a replacement.

i haven't own a pagani yet but i will someday, i recommend model PD1707 and PD1761 a homage model of an audemars and a tissot PRX

I have four of their watches, 3 automatics with nh35 and one quartz. They work perfectly fine but I found that it’s really a hit or miss with the bracelets, if you’re lucky it will be ok but most of the time it’s crap, some of the screws don’t even screw out and it’s very low quality. But for the price it’s worth it just don’t expect quality.

My pagani is very good no issues. But havingooked at many reviews I think there is a variable quality on some. My TAG aquaracer is great, so far, but it cannot watch the quality of my real tag thsts 40x more expensive

The thing everyone is forgetting is its just hit and miss with these. Theyre great, theyre shit, theyre both.

Not a fan of their Dive watches. However, I do like their Paul Newman Daytona Chronograph with the Seiko mecaquartz. I have one, and really enjoy it. It's not perfect, but should be reliable. I wouldn't swim with them either.

I bought the pagani Daytona and it’s was very disappointing quality. Then I bought the pagani 1662 gmt master and it was really impressive. I’m leaving the verdict open for a while.

I've got two quartz ones which are ok and two mechanical ones, both with faulty crowns.

You must have some pretty freaky bad luck, man. I've got nine PD watches and haven't even had one issue. And I've got watches from this sort of price all the way up to my 30th birthday Rolex. No complaints here. 👍

I have a Pagani ($89) just like the 5th watch in your video... runs great. My bezel doesn't move as much either. Sorry yours were a bad experience.

Watch wasn’t having no issues… Besides the eloquent use of the English language I find your take on the Pagani watches wrong. I own a great number of their Time pieces and I find value for money/quality has been very satisfying.

Im sorry Is it only about the braceled ?

I sold all my authentic luxury watches spanning from Rolex to Grand Seikos for homages. 😂 I made money from them already not that it was goal in the first place. I just like watches in general from cheap Casios to very expensive timepieces. Once people get taste of luxury, you eventually get sick of them. Also I can wear these homages anytime and if I get robbed, I’d be happy to give my $100 Pagani Design watch than my $10,000 Rolex watch. Although I only kept one of my luxury watches, my Tag Heuer F1 in quartz. Gotta have a quartz in the collection and it has sentimental value because it was my very first entry level “luxury” timepiece. I couldn’t be happier now that I got rid of my luxury timepieces plus I bought insurance for them just in case they get stolen or some other mishap. I sleep better at night now. 😂

They are indeed very good watches.

Pagani Design is my favorite watch brand, although I'm mostly into their mechaquartz chronographs. Sorry you had a bad experience with them.

I got 4 pagani and they all 4 are working well 2 of them were bought in 2019 and they are still running pretty well. Even more acurate than my Skeiko alpinist... Maybe you didn't biught them at the right place..

I buy oyster flex bracelets and presidential for all my watches now.

Just got mine yesterday. 80 bucks on alix... super disappointed. I sized it, wound it, set it, and put it on. 2 hours later, it's 10 minutes slow. I set it again, wound it 50 times, and put it on before bed.... this morning when I woke up, at 6 am, the watch said 1145pm and the date wheel was mid change. It's already on a return box.

I completely agree - but I do like the look of the watch for the price. If you can talk them into sending you a new movement and you can put it in. You can wind up with a nice watch. I've ordered two day/dates and one just stopped for no reason at all. Dead. The other one works great. I asked to return the watch but they said I had to take it to a local repair shop. Would not refund me and would not let me return. I was past my return window so I just hounded Pagani on messages until the said they would just mail me a new movement. I have all the gear to swap it so I said that would work. They use a ETA 2834-2 movement if anyone wants to buy one to repair a day/date.

San Martin and Surgess are both pretty good.

I have a couple pagani designs. Was never impressed but they at least worked. Maybe for you its the budget GMT problem.

I bought some PDs but I refrained from buying more. Too many complaints. So far mines are good. But yes I bought a quarts 3306 and that shit. Sub dial doesn’t reset. I refunded that I have 6 PDs and it’s a wrap.

To be honest, the new ones are a lot better. And remember to always buy the ones with he nh35 movements or the seiko quartz ones. But i prefer addiesdive/steeldives for the same money.

I disagree with your review. I have had few issues with the 35 Pagani Design watches I've bought on Amazon. The Japanese movements are said to be better than the Chinese ones but still I see little difference. I did have a bracelet screw work its way out after adjusting the links. But a dab of Lock-tight can solve that issue. My purchases were all in the $84 to $150 range, so anything less I would not trust. Hope you have better luck in the future. 🙋‍♂

Unless your budget is really really bone dry, I wouldn't get a pagani design. Speaking from experience, I have a pagani design, cronos, and a sugess. Both are more than twice the price as pagani but well worth it

There's a newer model out that has been upgraded with the Seiko NH34 movement. I think these might be better. But they cost twice as much as the older model with the Chinese movement.

I love all of my Pagani watches. I work on all my watches so minor issues with and watches I have I fix myself

Finally someone that’s honest about the brand and says the facts as they are

I've got every GMT from PAGANI, no issues fam..

Lets say 1 in 5 is bad. 1 person in 3000 will get 5 bad ones on the bounce. About 1/3rd of all buyers will get 5 good ones.

I have five pagani watches two gmt three sub, no issues at all. I always swap out the bracelets for 904L all brushed glide-lock clasp style. I did recently get burned on a Steeldive that arrived DOA, the crown would not unscrew and the movement was dead. I opened a complaint with PayPal and I don’t expect I will get a refund.

Sn0111 or SN0017. I want a black sub with enamel dial. Which one would you recommend?

Gonna watch later.

Many Pagani Design reviews and some people find them to be really good and some find these watches to be excellent or just ok. I am glad to watch this review- presentation because as you are highlighting there are not just QC problems in fact it is clear that is a serous QC f….. up problem these Pagani Design shit brand.. Let’s allow the many who loves them buy them all. !!

I love them because I buy them for cheap and many of them have little problems, which are solvable or you can live with them. And after I receive them I get a partial refund (50%). So I basically get the watches for 20-40€

Thank you!

Pagani is very good for the price.

you can use your fingernails to get that crown to the desired position, about the links falling in the middle of the night man, don´t really know what you do at night, maybe you could have shown those popped links in the video so all could appreciate the issue. It seems you need to go for a higher tier so your expectations are met. As an owner of 7 Pagani watches, I can confidently rely on all of them and for the price, these pieces are unbeatable right now.

All mine work, except for the Day Date that I got for free.

Just get nh35 seiko movement it should fit perfectly and and you good

I have had 8 in total and one was a issue with that was it if u want better quality u should check out san Martin