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I know where you're coming from, I may have had similar internal discussions myself when i was looking at the Exp II... Unfortunately for my bank balance, I think clones are a no-no. Just because we want something but can't get it (or more accurately we don't like the price we can get it for) doesn't justify intellectual property theft and giving money to shady characters (even shadier than Rolex ADs and grey market sellers, I mean).
Detritus
On the subject of Rolex steel sports watches (and speaking from the perspective of an owner of one), I'm increasingly of the thinking that buying a "super-clone" of a Sub/GMT is fair game, if you want the look but don't want to pay 200% of the RRP.
I would buy a GMT today if I could walk into an AD, pay the (entirely theoretical these days) RRP and walk out again with the watch.
But (and bear in mind I paid ~£1,000 overs for my Submariner) I'm buggered if I'm paying ~£7,000 overs for a GMT. A "super-clone" is ~£1,000, so roughly twice the price of a Steinhart, and tbh that's looking pretty attractive to me these days.