If you act fast you can still get one of the latest and best authentic Polex watches from vendors in Time’s square for really good prices. And by “in Time’s Square I mean literally in it, they’ll be out on the streets.
In the good old pre-commie days you could get a “Rollex” for twenty bucks in the Hong Kong outdoor markets. The irony was that the “cheap” Japanese movements they used were actually top-notch.
Years and years ago my brother-in-law was showing off his Rolex. “Yeah, it was only $30 bucks! Got it from a guy in Times Square on my last trip out there!”
“Um - you know that’s not real, right?”
“I hope not or I wouldn’t wear it every day, but it keeps perfect time!”