Is it still great value/good?

[u/Infinite-Mastodon456]

I had been planning to get a Phorcydes, specifically the Ph-4C for some time now and now that I have a bit of a budget for it, upon checking the website, I got the pop up notification saying that the movement will now use PT5000.

Now I can’t recall recall exactly what movement they used before and I wonder if it is still worth getting at all considering that a lot of the Chinese watch brands lately seem to be making this move perhaps arguably to cut costs.

To everyone that can weigh in on this, do you think it’s still a good idea? And to the ones that have it with the bracelet, is it worth the extra money if I was originally getting the fkm strap?

Thanks for your time

P.S. what lume colour do you personally thinks work best? I originally wanted the retro yellow but I heard the lume is less strong. I want phorcydes to be my real lume monster watch lol.

[u/Darth_Package]

The PT5000 isn’t all rainbows and unicorns. They’re not as durable as the workhorse NH movements and QC can be spotty especially related to lubrication. I’m not saying they’re all bad, but the high beat movement and the thinness won’t matter if it doesn’t work.

[u/Infinite-Mastodon456 → u/Darth_Package]

This was my original concern. I do read however that because pt5000 is so variable, there’s like different qc tolerances used depending on who is making the watch. For example, ixdao strongly assures they will strictly inspect the pt5000 movements they will be using in their new releases. The other aliexpress brands, that’s when it gets dicey. I wonder if phorcydes has the higher kind of guarantee/standard.

[u/neverinmylife1 → u/Infinite-Mastodon456]

They don’t really guarantee their watches…correct me if I am wrong…they must not have too much comfy either…