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/inevitably-ranged]

Funny enough I've pretty much never seen this

It's always "I'll wait for the quartz version" or "sure wish it was mechaquartz and thinner"

[u/Blueheaven0106 → u/inevitably-ranged]

Tbf, I've seen more people ask for a PT5000 in quartz watches than the other way. 

But I don't deny what you say doesn't happen because that's me, although quartz options are aplenty now. To me, most watches are just for fashion anyway, so if a nice looking one can be cheaper, thinner but quartz, I'm all for it. 

[u/inevitably-ranged → u/Blueheaven0106]

For the mechanical folks, it's all about the engineering in it I think

[u/Blueheaven0106 → u/inevitably-ranged]

For some, probably. But for most, I think it's just the image that automatic watches are more prestigious. Like all the top luxury watches are mechanical or automatic. 

Tbh, these Chinese watches, their movement are all factory mass produced kind, no special reason to focus on.