IXDAO 5303 | Is This 'Homage' Worth Your Time? 

All these ETA movement and copies suffer from a poor manual winding especially the PT5000. For longevity your advice is spot on. I have had several PT5000 one for 18 months and they are reliable and very accurate. HK have worked on improving the lubricating . They have developed the PT5000 for micro brands so they have an interest in reliability.

Solid review and nice watch.

I have the V2 black dial with the Sellita movement. I believe the PT5000 is the only version with that odd date font.

A nice review but I differ in opinion as to the "addition of the date window" being the biggest difference. I would consider the difference in movements (ETA/SW200/PT5000 vs the Sopod) and the difference in price as being the biggest differences.

I purchased this watch in the Tandorio brand without the date complication, So far it has been an excellent timepiece.

I saw somewhere that the "better font" (imo at least) is available for the SW200/ETA. Not sure if that was done in V2/V3 or if it was there from V1 too

I almost bought the Serica when they came out. $1,500 is a bit much for a micro brand. It is a beautiful watch but wears a little small after wearing divers/Breitlings/ and other 40mm+ cases for a while.

Never heard of them but 2 emails and a RU-vid drop this week featuring them, seems like a marketing push for the latest soon disappearing Chinese knockoff/homage Also available homage to PRK and Pelagos

“Heavy homage” come on man they totally ripped off the serica and you know it

Great review, but I do have an "big picture" observation... To say that this is a "homage" watch, to a watch that is in itself an homage watch is a circular argument. The watches that the both the SERICA And the IPOSE are paying homage to, are the Omega Seamaster 300 & the 50 fathoms. To say that one is the homage-of-the-homage just seems to be completely silly. The fact the Serica made it first is frankly pointless, especially when the Chinese homage was better than the "original homage". I'm saving my $1000 Dollars and buying the IPOSE - Thank you!

Damn I wish there wasn’t a date window 😢

It is a rip-off not a homeage.

Homaging microbrands makes me sad for those microbrands. These small companies do all the work for someone to just copy them and try to steal a piece of their customer base. Homaging the large brands, I understand more. It doesn't make a dent for them.

I don´t know, but those dots and the bar at 12 are too much falic, and no, it´s not worth my money neither my time😄