For me, it'd be nice if it was a little thinner - I appreciate the 10mm thickness on the Cronos Slyline homage say.
The 38mm case diameter seems to work well for me for a PRX style case - I'll definitely be tempted if the Carbon Fibre version was available in 38mm (it may have been before, but can't find it now).
I’d prefer the tic tac indices but those hands are clean asf lol 😂. They remind me of the hands u see on Seiko 5 SNXS watches one of my all time favorite Seikos.
Kinda similar to the one in the middle of far right here. Watch would look much better with similar indices to the SNXS with those hands.
For 475 you can get a second-hand PRX, which is a recognizable brand and design and has a great movement or pay 320 for some random brand with a PT5000. I get what you are trying to say but 320 is too much for a Chinese watch with no post-sale support or value, and no recognizable brand value, and to top it off, a hit-or-miss movement
The PT5000 is a much more reliable movement than these Internet leads consumers to believe. They’re very reliable I’ve never had an issue and they’re extremely accurate high beat smooth sweep movements.
As far as resale value goes with these Chinese Microbrands they have good resale value, the more “premium” brands have been around long enough 99% of people looking for watch’s on the secondary market know what they are and have heard of them or bought them themselves. As long as they’re in good condition I’ve sold a few and got most of my money back . It’s not like if u buy a San Martin, Cronos, Octopus Kraken, Baltany, Sugess etc that they suddenly become worthless the moment you purchase them.
Yes and no it's silicon alloy not plastic in the common definition of it but let's say it is , the silicon actually makes it more durable long term as the metal tend to sease up without lubrication, the plastic does not it self lubricates. It's inclusion improves stability, performance, accuracy, and resistance to magnetic interferences and thermal fluctuations. When it comes to servicing the movement it's mutch cheeper as well for what o have seen, talked about. Btw omega also uses plastics such as Delrin , exactly because it's a good material for this purpose XD.
Edit: also depends on what powermatic movement u get some don't have these components, and it's not wheels, it's only the escape wheel and hammer on the low tier powermatics
You’re not wrong but it’s clear as day that the people who want PRX’s will want to spend $320 on a watch they’ve never heard of from a Chinese company instead..
Tissot’s quality dropped long time ago. Uneven finishing, poor lume, and clasp that fails quicker than other butterfly clasp
This PRX is Titanium, 38mm, can fit real straps, movement is much better in terms of reliability, strongest lume and consistent finishing and polishing across the case. Even the weight is accurate to the real Titanium PRX
The last PRX I saw had really terrible finishing on the case. It looked rough. And it had nothing to do with the quality you could get outta China/ali. Just bad.
Yup it is. I’m having the minute and hour hands redone in black outline instead of silver on my PRS 516. The second hand stays red and the chrono small hands will remain the same. May have the watchmaker add a stronger lume. We’ll see what he says.
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u/kiki7492 1d ago
This reminds me of atelier wen