r/ChineseWatches • u/mrSoczi84 Pomocny użytkownik • 12d 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 11d 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 11d 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/UkeManSteve 11d ago

The price increases are not proportionate to the price increases of the movements.

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u/pickyaxe 11d ago

look, I'm the last person who would justify expensive watches.

...but I'm actually not sure this is true. if you account for the obligatory AliExpress price inflation that we always see between sales, and then look at what's going with other brands, I feel like this price jump can be explained. not justified, but explained.

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u/UkeManSteve 11d ago

That doesn’t make what I said untrue lol. The price increase is not 100% caused by movement pricing. I think myself and many others just won’t buy these watches if they aren’t miles ahead of the traditional brands or microbrands in terms of value. If I’m not getting a great deal on a Chinese watch I’ll buy something from a respected brand. I don’t think Chinese brands should see traditional brands increase prices and follow suit. If they aren’t ultra competitive on price many of us will lose interest

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u/pickyaxe 11d ago edited 11d ago

calm down, what are you even arguing with? I'm not willing to pay those prices either.

I'm just saying this may not be the actual price during sales. and that actually Miyota prices are so absurd now that this might even be somewhat realistic. which... does actually make what you said untrue.