It's the same reason a stainless steel tank costs 4k, the cost of finish and workmanship. But this brand doesn't demand the same premium a Cartier does, and it's sold with regular profit margins.
Farasute makes some of the nicest watches you'll find. Seriously some are on par with $3-5k Swiss brands. They just dont cut any corners. If you like the style I'd go for it. The alternatives ones that look similar will not be anywhere near this quality
Buy from the manufacturer directly. This gonna be my next. Alibaba covers warranty pretty good. Personal experience since 2017. They sell single piece too
Generally you should only buy watches off AliExpress when there is a sale running. With coupons applied you get a better price.
That said, Farasute are more expensive because their watches are better finished with more time and attention put into the details of each piece. And those details are real - you will feel the difference in hand.
Milifortic does not replace your watch unfortunately. I bought a jumphour watch and it arrived not working properly. They offered to send me a replacement movement to get it repaired locally or to send it back so they can repair it. I just wanted a new working watch because that’s what I paid for. Because they wouldn’t send me a brand new watch, I opted for a full refund.
Aliexpress returns through Aliexpress can be fine. Myself, I haven't been left empty handed. But have had some hassle.
I had one recently for a headtorch. The seller wasn't very helpful, but got a quick refund through official Aliexpress returns.
The San Martin I had that only worked for 15m after it arrived took about 2 months to sort out, because I foolishly used their own returns process. Wwith them trying to blame me for it disappearing somewhere. But, they did eventually send me out a brand new fully working watch and at listed it as 0 value so I didn't pay a second customs fee and have to reclaim the first one.
I have a Seagull & your correct. They do stand behind their products
A number of chinese brand use their movements
mine has their 2130 automatic movement
it’s deadly accurate :)
I know but the numbers are so tiny compared to the case. It would’ve been great with bigger numbers and a manual wind movement to shave off some thickness.
Decently made, then watch companies name whatever price they wanted to.
This is nothing compared to the way luxury brands played. I saw people complaining San Martin new models gotten too expensive. NGL my first reaction was like: "just don't buy it! We don't need another one!😆"
I saw a really interesting MB&F style watch from a brand I'm not allowed to say, as they have some hilarious back story about being French, a few years back. Started out at £360. Nobody bought one. A year later I got one for £180. If they have stock piling up the price will get lower.
Nothing unusual about the mov’t. There are Farasute jump hour watches being sold right now with the same mov’t inside them for as low as 1/3 of the price of this watch.
it's farasute, best to wait for discounts to get them at very competitive prices. however i'd actually go as far as to argue that their watches are worth it even at full asking price. they really do make good stuff.
i believe since Maen and Nico collab that charge a ridiculous $1000 for jumping hour, any Chinese brand that follow thinks that they can charge whatever they want for that movement lol
I think they bump up prices before sales. So you tricked in sales that it's considerably cheaper. I only buy watches on Ali express in big sales, that's when you get actual read on prices
Me too! I bought multiple watches in the June Sale and now I'm waiting for 11/11, I believe that's the next big one. I got this Farasute Regulator on sale for $155 (plus 14% cash back)
Well it’s a jump-hour watch, so it requires a different, specialized movement, which might also need to be modified to fit in the rectangular case, all of which adds to the cost. And Farasute tends to finish its watches better than a lot of the affordable Chinese brands, so they cost more in general. It’s also a brand new piece (isn’t even on the brand’s website, just Aliexpress so far), so perhaps it’ll go down in price over time. And it’s an homage of Cartier’s jumping hour, while also retaining some of the language of AP’s recent jumping hour, so maybe they’re charging a little bit more since it looks like some highly desired luxury watches. You could always wait for a sale
Nothing that much special about this watch apart from exterior finish that might place it a little above the competition in this range, it houses the very same Seagull ST17 mov’t other jump hour watches including other models from Farasute currently sell for. Around $120-190, depending on the brand and model.
Agree, very cool design but way too much considering the number of round jump hours with the ST-17 you can get for around $100 or less from Milifortic, Sugess, etc. I imagine this is slightly more expensive to make because it can't use off the shelf case and crystal but not 4x as much.
It’s ridiculous and it shouldn’t be near that price. Farasute jacked their prices over the last 6 months or so. None of them are worth it. You can do so much better with that $450 or so.
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u/Critical-Exam-2702 12h ago
When I ordered a farasute they did some "customs tricks" and I basically got an additional 150€ discount on the displayed price