We all know that Benyar is a watch brand registered under Guangzhou Pagani Design Watch Company, so it is the sub-brand of Pagani Design, this has been widely recognized in watch forums, both come from China and are being sold very well abroad. Pagani Design watches are very cheap and are targeting low-end watch market, while their Benyar watches are even cheaper than Pagani Design, that’s crazy, do you know how much I spent on this BY5177? Only $25, that’s unimaginable, because for most automatic watches, even made in China, it is difficult to buy at such a low price.
How is the quality of this watch? If they sell this watch at $30 and include shipping fee, then you can buy one to try, do not pay express shipping like FedEx or DHL, not worthy, and do not expect too much on this watch. I do not know how to say, however, sometimes such type of low-end automatic watch can surprise you because it can last for a long time. If you want to pay only $30 to get a high quality or middle quality watch, then this Benyar watch must be not your choice.
After receiving this watch, I was surprised that it came with a black box that contains everything inside, you know many watch brands do not provide these accessories, like the Beijing watch I bought last time, which does not include a manual book inside, this is not normal, because Beijing is one of the big threes in China. The first impression the Benyar watch gave me is it is too thick, later I measured, almost 13.5mm, the case diameter is 41mm. And later I felt the entire watch is too rounded, I mean, its case does not have angular sense, entirely polished case with simply brushed stainless steel bracelet, there is an obvious gap between the lug and the end link, the gap also exists between the bezel and case body, if you can accept these obvious shortcomings, that’s ok. Although the watch does not have good polishing and brushing on case and bracelet, it is surely made with solid stainless steel, because the watch has a weight of 150.6 grams.
Fortunately the watch comes with a see-through crystal back, the movement inside is a G2666Z, which is a very low-end automatic movement made in China, nowadays, even the cheapest fakes do not use this movement, with this movement, do not expect that your watch can keep a very accurate timing, by the way, you need to wind your watch at least once each day to gain enough power.
For this Benyar BY5177, my conclusion:
It is a watch that can just tell you a basic time.
Cheap finish on case and bracelet, which is not as good as its brother watch Pagani Design. However, this watch has been high recognized by watch fans who are looking for homages, they are happy with the watch when receiving it. You can see many reviews online about this watch, most saying its quality is acceptable, you get what you pay for, after all its price is around $30.
2 replies on “Benyar BY5177 Explorer Homage Watch Review”
I found my white dial BY-5177M to be a terrific watch. It comes in less than 10 seconds per day, looks terrific (it’s fully polished and is a near perfect homage of the Rolex Explorer 1), and the crystal back allows the movement to be seen (the G2666Z was designed as a skeleton movement, and as such was specifically created to be good looking, which I think it is, much better than my other two automatics). It has high reliability numbers from its many instantiations.
The key for this watch is to dump the bracelet and pick up a nice leather strap ($5 from AliExpress). It removes all the negatives from cheap metal bracelets and transforms the watch into something special. It’s an amazing value for $35, including the leather strap upgrade.
Thanks for your advice. $5 is a good price for a leather strap, but it is a common quality leather strap. The stainless steel bracelet is the best fit for this cheap watch, as long as it does not break.