I follow watches, so when I see a brand like Steinhart, I know I will not be purchasing any of their products. I am aware the Submariner is the de facto standard for dive watches; however, a watchmaker can do a whole lot better than just ripping off a design, they can take some of the characteristics and improve the aesthetics – one would think.

We all know Steinhart can not improve the Submariner design, they should do better than just copy the case design, bezel design, and dial. They even use the Mercedes hour hand design, not even coming up with their own hour glass hand design – geez. The Steinhart Ocean One is a deadset Rolex Submariner ripoff, for €740, this is a fairly pricey copy of the Submariner design. The movement is a Selitta SW200-1 Elaboré with 26 jewels, a solid Swiss movement based on the ETA 2824-2 architecture, itself a rip off.

The Nav B-Uhr 42 B-Muster is a pilot watch based on the World War II B-Type layout that was only commissioned by the Reichsluftwaffe to be manufactured by IWC, A. Lange & Söhne, Stowa, Laco, and Wempe. When I look at the Steinhart pilot watch, I see the Laco pilot watch with the instrument-style design. The pilot watch design is pretty popular, once again, they may not be an original design based on history, but they can do better than just ripping off Laco, Stowa, Wempe, A. Lange & Söhne, and IWC.