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.
I’ve actually never done this, and don’t believe I ever will. If you’ve done any degree of shopping research, you should be able to sell the expensive watch for what you paid for it fairly easily if you end up not liking it down the line. I also just don’t like the idea of wearing the homage watch. They’re just not for me.