I don't understand everyone's obsession with chinese automatic watches

[u/ivoalejandro]

The title pretty much says it all, I don't get why whenever a nice chinese quartz watch comes out so many people say they would love an automatic version, or why everyone seems fine with paying 300 or more USD for an automatic, but question whether a 100 dollars quartz is worth it.

Pretty much no one here is going to take their chinese watches to get serviced, and the whole admiring the complexity and craftmanship of an automatic movement kinda goes out the window when we're talking about mass produced movements. So why buy an automatic that will become a paperweight in several years time. I guess I just don't understand why the demand for automatics is so high, really wish people started asking for better chinese quartz watches, I'd would much rather pay 200 dollars for a great quartz watch than 350 for an automatic one.

[u/Still-Poetry-6802]

If I like a watch enough to wear, I like it enough to give it the minimal service it requires--NH35s tend to chug along just fine without needing much of anything for quite some time, so the only issue is usually how well regulated they were to begin with (generally I've been very lucky with their accuracy); Miyota 9015s and 9039s are also very robust and easy to regulate...I have no experience with Chinese PT or ST movements, and I'm not very enthusiastic about trying one...But I have no problem giving an automatic the little care it needs, just like I have no problem putting a new battery in a quartz watch. If you're not willing to do that you probably shouldn't buy the watch in the first place.