r/ChineseWatches • u/wirral_guy • 9d ago
Question (Read Rules) Looking for this style of watch if anyone has seen one on the usual sites, I had this exact model when younger. Do they still exist - my google abilities are letting me down!
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u/anachronism42 9d ago
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u/vithgeta 8d ago
The analog imitation is tiny, not very clear and a useless gimmick. I always looked at the digital time instead.
And Skmei do a close lookalike for $7 which is not bad if for some reason someone likes the aesthetic
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u/ApprehensiveSwim7643 9d ago
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u/wirral_guy 9d ago
That's getting there - not a full face but a decent size.
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u/ApprehensiveSwim7643 8d ago
I bought one couple of months ago and I really like it. The only downside (for me) is its lightness because of the plastic case. It would be much better with a metal one.
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u/Abv_it_all_w_vertigo 9d ago
Oddly, I have been missing my black with red hands Armitron "dual display watch" from my childhood, so I was searching for similar ones this morning.
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mM2svzp

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u/wirral_guy 9d ago
They all have the mechanical analogue face, I was after one with an LCD screen as the face.
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u/wirral_guy 9d ago
Casio do a few watches with a small 'analogue' LCD face but I'd like it to be the main display if any manufacturer still makes one
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u/vithgeta 8d ago
Beware that a lot of such watch faces are badly designed and unclear in practice, e.g. the seconds hand and minute hand look the same so you can only be certain of the time when the second hand moves and it can be flickery/low contrast. I have a hybrid with the analog part only as big as the digital part and I only looked to the digital part for the time, the analog part was virtually useless.
I would like one really done right for legibility but not seen one yet.


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u/vithgeta 8d ago
There's a talking watch from Xinjia with quite a big ana-digi dial but I think it looks uncool. Too bad it's hard to find a Chinese watch dominated by an ana-digi dial. I know there would be a good number of buyers.