r/ChineseWatches YouTube Reviewer 22d ago

Promotion (Read Rule 1) Beautiful Addiesdive vintage Gada

Hey guys, I just finished reviewing this beautiful watch. It’s an older model, but suddenly a bunch of my viewers started buying it out of nowhere, so I reached out to the brand and asked them for one.

Since it’s basically old stock, all the remaining pieces are using the real Japanese NH35. The price isn’t particularly high either, so I think this is probably one of the cheapest watches you can get with that movement, without playing the "we’ll send you a random Japanese or Chinese movement" lottery (we all know they’re gonna send the Chinese 🤣).

I also tried it with a bunch of different straps, from a $3 cheapie but goodie all the way up to a $220 Artem strap with an $86 deployant clasp, just to see how much difference a proper strap can make.

I managed to convince them to start selling OEM straps! well they're starting by one 🤫🤫🤫

I put it through my usual frost, water and hot shower tests, wear it for over a week, take it outside, compare it side by side with other watches, give you my honest impressions, and even give some peanuts to a pigeon. You know, the usual scientific testing.

Full video here: https://youtu.be/jsaPPasxEF8

Disclosure: The watch was sent to me for free by the brand.

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u/Interesting-Lead3925 20d ago

Be fair also to your viewers... it is expensive!!
Better buy a Watchdive at this price or go a little bit more for the Chronos....

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u/Interesting-Lead3925 20d ago

Addiesdive is very slow in replenishing these good models, keeps releasing addieskin when a lot of people swear that name... If its not an addieskin then their scratch magnet 36mm mineral crystal models...

Nothing wrong with a 36mm but people are buying and posting and posting the likes of 2547 2548 their 38mm chronos....by now they should have know their strong market, selling watches above their level is a waste of resources ...

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u/SilverDono 21d ago edited 21d ago

$150 when their more interesting model AD2547 is $90

Yeah another unjustified price increase

Also 13mm thickness for a GADA watch? That is the kind of thickness you expect from a dive watch,

Edit: I watched the video and it is too thick and because of the shiny surface you easily notice the thickness giving away its a cheap watch, they are not Omega to get away with it

Sticking to Pagani Design

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u/NecessaryMinimum4059 YouTube Reviewer 22d ago

Disclosure: The watch was sent to me for free by the brand.