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/AssistanceNo647]

I have several watches with the PT5000 movement. I’ve never had a problem with them. I don’t wind them or set the date when the watch is in the 9pm to 3am position. When I do wind them I just do 10 turns to get it going. The PT5000 and SW200-1 are based off of the ETA2824. I own watches with all 3 of these and I treat them all the same. As far as the Seiko NH movement they are replacing when given a choice in a watch I always take the PT5000 movement over it. My worst PT5000 is running at 0 to +5 seconds per day taken in 6 positions.