Berny2944M
Homage to the Rolex Perpetual 1908
about$160
Regular price at the brand's own website, checked 31 Oct 2026. Marketplace prices change often.
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The Berny 2944M is a homage to the Rolex Perpetual 1908, with a 38 mm case, 1 mm smaller. It uses a quartz movement and is water resistant to 30 m. It costs about $160 at the official store.
Side by side with the original
Compared with reference 52508. Values marked ≈ are estimates, such as a reviewer's measurement.
| Spec | 2944M | Perpetual 1908 (52508) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case diameter | 38 mm | 39 mm | −1 mm |
| Lug-to-lug | 45 mm | Not published | Can't compare |
| Thickness | 7.5 mm | 9.5 mm | −2 mm |
| Lug width | ≈ 20 mm | Not published | Can't compare |
| Water resistance | 30 m | 50 m | |
| Movement | Quartz, Miyota 1L45 | Automatic, 7140 | |
| Power reserve | Not published | 66 h | |
| Crystal | Mineral | Sapphire | |
| Bezel | Fixed, coin-edge | Fixed, domed and fluted | |
| Case material | Stainless steel | 18k yellow gold | |
| Lume | Not published | Not published | |
| Bracelet | Genuine leather strap | Alligator leather strap | |
| Weight | 42 g | Not published |
- ≈ 2944M, Lug width: median of 2 agreeing independent measurements (20 mm); the maker does not publish it.
The original
Rolex
Perpetual 1908
Reference 52508, 39 mm, 18k yellow gold
- Case
- 39 mm
- Lug-to-lug
- Not published
- Thickness
- 9.5 mm
- Water resistance
- 50 m
- Movement
- Automatic, 7140
- List price
- $28,850
Why it scores as it does
Proportions and movement are computed from specs. Design details and functions are judged from the brand's official images. How we score
Lug-to-lug is neither published nor measured for one of the two watches, so there is not enough data to score.
Proportions— / 30
- Case diameter8 / 121 mm apart
- Lug-to-lug0 / 8Not published, left out
- Thickness2 / 62 mm apart
- Lug width0 / 4Not published, left out
Design signatures— / 40
- Domed, fluted bezel on a smooth polished case4.5 / 9Finely ridged coin-edge bezel on a polished case in the official images. The ridging suits the original's fluted bezel, but the bezel reads as a tall ridged ring rather than a clearly domed one.
- Small seconds counter at 6 o'clock9 / 9Small seconds sub-dial at 6 o'clock with its own 20-40-60 scale in every official image.
- Applied Arabic numerals at 12, 3 and 9 with faceted baton indices4 / 8Applied baton indices with a single applied Roman XII at 12, not Arabic numerals at 12, 3 and 9. The brand's description says sword-shaped hands and Roman numerals.
- Hour hand with an open circle and a sword-shaped minute hand3.5 / 7Thin hands with a small round bead near the tip of both the hour and minute hands, and a sword-like minute hand. The original has an open circle on the hour hand only.
- Thin, 9.5 mm case with softly curved lugs4 / 4Thin 7.5 mm case with long polished lugs that curve down, as in the official side views.
- Printed railroad minute track on a matte dial1.5 / 3Thin printed railway-style minute track around the dial edge, but on a textured guilloche-style dial rather than a matte one.
Functions and materials— / 20
- Complications8 / 8Time with small seconds, no date, as on the original.
- Bezel action4 / 4Fixed bezel, as on the original.
- Case and bezel materials2 / 4Steel case in the images against the original's 18k yellow gold primary reference.
- Crystal shape and date window2 / 4Mineral crystal with no date window or cyclops; the original uses sapphire, also with no cyclops.
Movement type— / 10
- Movement type0 / 10Different movement type.
What reviewers and owners say
Reviewers
From 2 reviews we read or watched.
Both reviewers praised the case finishing and the dial. The polished flanks and lugs were described as clean and mirror-like with no sharp edges, and the textured dial was said to change with the angle of the light. One reviewer said it does not look like plastic, as some textured dials do, and one said the ridged bezel gives the watch the presence of a larger one. Both were pleased with the very slim case, which one reviewer measured at 7.3 mm against the brand's 7.5 mm.
The crystal is mineral and the movement is Miyota quartz; one reviewer called the mineral crystal appropriate at the price. The two reviewers disagreed on the strap: one rated the crocodile-embossed strap as good value, and the other found it stiff at first and noted that the downturned lugs can make the watch sit off-centre on a stiff strap, while other straps sat well. The same reviewer found the hands thin up close.
Good
- Very slim 7.5 mm case
- Polished case and lugs with clean finishing
- Textured guilloche-style dial in seven colours
- Ridged coin-edge bezel
- Small seconds sub-dial at 6 o'clock
- Quick-release leather strap on 20 mm lugs
Less good
- Quartz movement rather than automatic
- Mineral crystal rather than sapphire
- 30 m water resistance, for splashes only
- One reviewer found the stock strap stiff and the watch inclined to sit off-centre on it
Versions and colours
- White guilloche dialIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $160
- Black guilloche dialIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $160
- Light blue guilloche dialIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $160
- Yellow guilloche dialIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $160
- Blue guilloche dialIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $160
- Green guilloche dialIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $160
- Brown guilloche dialIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $160
Sources
Checked 31 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page comes from one of these pages.