Imitations clock that Apple will launch in April are already selling in China for about 10% of the price announced by the US multinational, today unveiled the official Chinese press.

In Taobao, the largest e-commerce portal in the world, a seemingly perfect copy of "smart watch" (smart watch) Apple costs 300 yuan (45 euros), while the cheapest original model will be sold for 2,588 yuan (400 euros ).

The production of copies or imitations of 'gadgets' international - and even works of art, including paintings by Van Gogh or DaVinci - is a common phenomenon in China. Some Chinese cities such as Hangzhou, east of the country, even have an Eiffel Tower almost identical to Paris.

One of the Chinese knockoffs of smart watches for sale online called "D Watch", is manufactured by YQT Electronic Tecnology Co.Ltd, a company based in Shenzhen, the most prosperous special economic zone, adjacent to Hong Kong,

"It's a piece 'turns', although the performance is not as good as the clock from Apple. We made some changes in design and has requested the registration of the patent," he told China Daily the director of Thunder Bay, Zheng Yi.

The company, with about a hundred workers, monthly manufactures "20,000 to 30,000" bluetooth smart watch imitations.

"For eight years we do 'smartwatches'. We know what we are doing," said the same official.

The launch of "smartwatch" Apple announced last week by the president of the multinational, Tim Cook.

United States, United Kingdom and China in the list of the first ten countries where the product will be marketed from April 24, but the Chinese market, today marked the China Daily, "the copies already beat the original."