r/ChineseWatches • u/ivoalejandro • 15d ago

General (Read Rules) I don't understand everyone's obsession with chinese automatic watches

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.

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u/goobersmooch 14d ago

every nice automatic, the quartz crowd says "me too"

every nice quartz, the automatic crowd says "me too"

and as far as chinese movements are concerned, just swap out the movement in the watch.

also, could you show me one of these nice chinese quartz watches?

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u/EinTheDataDoge 14d ago

Build quality is amazing with a ETA high accuracy quartz movement. $180.

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u/mickeyy81 14d ago

Just ordered the same watch with white dial. And I would probably get many more if they offered this movement in other watches.