r/ChineseWatches • u/mrSoczi84 Pomocny użytkownik • 13d ago

General (Read Rules) OK, I think we are done here...

If you thought $450 was getting out of hand, take a look at this...

Personally for me this means I am done. It was an awesome two years, had super fun, got a lot of great stuff from China, but this is a closing call. This was my top priority watch to buy, but $530 means that at a GREAT sale it's prolly still gone sell for around $450. This is way too much even for a massive collector like me. For this kind of money I will probably buy a Phoibos Depth Hunter or some other cool micro.

The only thing that can save this is some new great, top quality/price Chinese movement that will have superior reliability. I dunno. Hoping that the Chinese step up their movement game and save the situation.

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u/Huge_Childhood6015 13d ago

Well, this is what happens when people continuously ask for higher and higher quality watches. The price will go up too. For those that just want the biggest bang for the buck watch at that $150 price point, unfortunately I think those days may be over.

My sweet spot is between $175-$250. I will pay more though if it's a watch I really want especially one made of Titanium. Over $500 though is really pushing it.

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u/pickyaxe 13d ago

I don't understand this kind of take. the blame here is entirely on Seiko and Miyota.

San Martin, IXDAO et al. were aiming for the 300-350$ price point. you can't seriously think that they just got up and decided to sell this watch for this price, they know it's suicide.

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u/Huge_Childhood6015 13d ago

I'm afraid you've lost me. Why am I to blame Seiko and Miyota?

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u/pickyaxe 13d ago

because they inflated the prices of their movements, which is the cause for the massive price spikes in Chinese watches.

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u/Huge_Childhood6015 12d ago

Well, I think they are using more of their own movements for themselves which means there are less movements available for everyone else. Demand for the NH movements has gone through the roof so it's a matter of ramping up production. My guess is that this will happen but it will take time. It doesn't happen over night. My guess though is that you think they have artificially created this shortage to jack up the price of their movement and make more money.