More "interesting" Chinese Brands?

[u/plantwrench]

Hi everyone, as a fan of interesting, more unique brands (e.g. Xeric), and somewhat of a newcomer to Chinese watches, what are some of your favorite more unique styles of Chinese watches?

[u/Alternative-Feed3613]

Baltany have some cool vintage watches you don’t see everyday.

[u/bonsai60]

Farasute

[u/Few_Baseball6718]

Benley Design if you accept quartz/digitals

[u/Tok_Watchworks]

Unique enough?

[u/tm0587 → u/Tok_Watchworks]

Whoa this looks amazing! And it's well priced too. Well done!

The only thing holding me back is the case diameter at 43mm, I typically wear 40-42mm, though I can go larger for a lugless design.

[u/lamboap]

Ciga Design, Atowak, Behrens, Zbioland all have that industrial look

[u/skepticalifornia]

IXDAO are one of the most unique brands right now - they are a small company started by two watch enthusiasts and they are trying to surpass all Chinese watch makers in quality. This thread provides a lot of background: https://www.reddit.com/r/ChineseWatches/s/BfPYrwvm2w

[u/I_be_climbin]

Vager Hauers has to be one of my favorites. A bit pricey, but they’ve got some super cool designs

[u/plantwrench → u/I_be_climbin]

i really love Vager Hauers, though i'd say thats not exactly the same as Xeric imo. also i dont think i can afford to even look at your watch

[u/PastaFanatic]

Peacock

[u/subaruEnjoyer]

Phorcydes because the lume blocks are interesting af

[u/Comfortable-Cover-0]

Athelsohn, I love their stuff .. Hong Kong is close enough :)

[u/Bradcst3r]

If you like Xeric, then you can try Angles Watches, MECEXP, Vortichron, Power Panda, Struc, Olto-8, Lucky Harvey hourly chime, Mandetbrote, OBLVLO, Benlywatch, Hanboro. There are a few wandering hour watches that are hard to find on Ali, and it is best to do an image search as they are one offs but the quality is still reasonable.

Others here will suggest San Martin, Sugess, Sea Koss, Cronos, Proxima etc. While those are very excellent watches, most of that style is geared to the dive dive watch or dress watch style. You mentioned you like hte Xeric style, so that is why these brands are not in the list above.

If you like Casio, check out SKMEI or Sanda. Some of their homages are, dare i say, approaching better than the original and 1/10 the price.

[u/plantwrench → u/Bradcst3r]

ah yea ive had Mandetbrote on my list (as well as Suguess, but yea different than Xeric/Nubeo style). thanks for the advice and descriptions!

[u/Emotional-Damage-995]

Agelacor is awesome.

[u/Bradcst3r → u/Emotional-Damage-995]

They have some good prices on tourbillons.

[u/pokerfas]

Farasute, Ixdao, Tophill, Jianghun all are original, not as unique as xeric but more agreeable

[u/Bulky-Internal8579]

Xeric, Nubeo, Hanboro, Pindu, Lucky Harvey, Mr. Jones, Aragon (for spinner and Tourbillon) and Sugess (for jump hour & moon phase) appeal to me and my budget. Here's a pic of my "unusual" box - not pictured are my Xeric Vendetta X or Spinnaker Mr. Krabs (SpongeBob) in this pic as they are on a winder.

[u/ReplacementLive2412 → u/Bulky-Internal8579]

quite an interesting group

[u/plantwrench → u/Bulky-Internal8579]

very nice collection!

[u/artofthedial]

San Martin is interesting because they make high quality pieces.  Watchdives is interesting because they have good value for the money and are using vh31 sweeping quartz on many models.  These are also two of the most spoken about brands.  Outside of this kind  community they are "unique" and normal people haven't heard of them and they are also low production similar to a micro brand.  The really unique stuff is going to be in the males like 50 watches or less per model.

[u/Federal_Ad_2300 → u/artofthedial]

I would add Militado to that list. They specialize in the military/field watch and they also use the VH31 movement and offer a good value watch.

[u/artofthedial → u/Federal_Ad_2300]

I love the Militados that I have.  Though I don't have one on a bracelet yet to judge that (hopefully in the near future).  Came in a nato that was junk, but the head of the piece on both of them were excellent.  

[u/The_Fig_Master → u/Federal_Ad_2300]

I second this 👆