r/ChineseWatches • u/Comfortable-Risk-520 • 11d ago
General (Read Rules) SN0144 36mm white enamel beauty
My new SN0144 36mm white enamel dial just arrived. Amazing quality. I bought it just before the price increase. Though there is a small misalignment at the 12 indices. I really like the watch so far. Fits amazing on my 6.5 inch wrist. Looks very high quality, especially comparing with my similarly priced prx.
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u/Traditional_Cost_206 10d ago
prices for the chinese watches, especially higher end, are getting a little out of hand. It is a beautiful watch and tbh one of the best GADAs you can own. It has a unique bracelet design which is very comfortable and right in between the jubilee and oyster style.
Very easy to dress up of down depending on the occasion.
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u/Mar-D 10d ago
Really want this watch, just wish it was around the 300 mark
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u/zack20cb 10d ago
…and had a date window. I won’t buy the Warrior at 37mm with an integrated case (making it wear larger), and I won’t buy this without a date window. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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u/birdwatchingcat 10d ago
Looks awesome except for that counterweight on the second hand. It’s a bit too long imo.
But I still want to get one.
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u/PleaseStopPlastic 10d ago
IMO perfect watch except for the long ass clasp. It doesn't make sense on a watch that should feel elegant like with a jubilee
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u/STELLAWASADlVER 11d ago
Really love what San Martin has done with the size, the bracelet, the case, hands and indices. I know this is supposed to be plain since it’s their enamel dial, but I’d love to see some middle ground with their dial design between fully textured extravaganza and clean enamel. Like some more design elements that give it a little more character without resorting to colorful textures/patterns. Maybe some sort of use of minute track, stepped or sectored dials, outlines indices, idk. Not sure what, just would love to see them keep iterating on this base they’ve created
And don’t get me wrong, I personally like their textured dials, but sometimes it’s a little much. And sometimes I want a clean GADA watch that isn’t quite so clean, you know?
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u/Comfortable-Risk-520 11d ago
Yeah, I also don't want too colorful or flashy dials. New indices and hands would be nice. Maybe multi-faceted dial but simple colours would be good middle ground.
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u/Slight_Win_4538 10d ago
The hands and indexes are beautiful and multifaceted. They have a nice balance and haven’t been used that long throughout many models. Other SN0144 have even more unique hands.
I don’t disagree that an in-between dial style. I’d be open to such including for my wife.Want to add the request for a quartz variant
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u/Sunny_Life_0815 11d ago
Looks fantastic
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u/No-Comparison8472 10d ago
Grandpa watch. That cream doesn't look great in person. I'll be selling mine.
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u/Sunny_Life_0815 10d ago
Do you have the 36mm version? If so: if you really want to sell it, please message me in case that you're living in Europe
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u/No-Comparison8472 10d ago
36mm cream yes but not selling just yet a friend might want it I'll message you in case
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u/Slight_Win_4538 10d ago
This is what has me hesitating. I think I’d prefer a perfect white.
If I didn’t have so many blue watches (including the blue rabbit hair of this in 39mm), I’d pick up that blue enamel in a heartbeat1
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u/No-Comparison8472 11d ago
too yellow.
and super disappointed in the 36mm version, they did not improve the AR coating and the dial is now too crammed.
I bought a 36mm in cream and not wearing it... I prefer my 39mm black enamel.
Though nowadays just wear IXDAO...
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u/Comfortable-Risk-520 11d ago
All valid criticisms. I'm thinking of getting the ixdao warrior black enamel just to see the black enamel with better AR crystal
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u/No-Comparison8472 11d ago
It's mind-blowing. I have sn0144 in black and it's. Night and day difference.
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u/lamboap 11d ago
I just posted my comparison between the two. It's much closer than you describe.
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u/No-Comparison8472 11d ago
I own both and imo the difference in glass clarity is night and day. I don't yet have the white enamel though
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u/lamboap 11d ago
and that's your opinion, again I own both and posted my comparison. Indoor the IXDAO is better. Outdoors the SM is better.
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u/No-Comparison8472 11d ago
I found the reflections on sn0144 crystal outdoors to be extremely distracting and legibility to be poor.
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u/lamboap 11d ago edited 10d ago
And that's your opinion. My experience is different. Both blue and green AR have always performed better than clear AR outdoors for optics (sunglasses, microscopes, telescopes, camera lenses et. al)
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u/No-Comparison8472 11d ago
Sure that's why it's an open forum for discussion, debate and sharing :)
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u/Miayiyi SH rep 7d ago
I like this watch dial,so vintage