I think Chinese homage watches have their place especially when needing to decide between 2 high-dollar watches and when buying both is financially out of reach. I’d buy the 2 watches from Pagani Design and wear them and see which one I gravitate toward over time and use that experience to purchase the real thing.
Never done that but that may be because I’ve never wanted any of the “famous” watches. Currently I’m in the process of getting all the pieces for a SKX007 “homage”, but just because I saw one I liked and decided to build my own (with the proper quality pieces) instead of purchasing the fully assembled homage Chinese one (with lesser quality pieces, like C1 instead of C3 lume everywhere), and instead of getting the Citizen Orca (or Seiko PADI Monster) I was gravitating towards. But I think it’s actually a good idea for those in the hunt of a famous watch who can’t decide.