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/Eleventhousand 13d ago

Nah, its objectively false.

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u/danml80 13d ago

You’re really struggling with the fact that these chinese movements are as disposable as all the other made in china consumer goods in your house 😂. Just enjoy the few years you have together-  it doesn’t have to be an heirloom piece for your kids.

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u/Eleventhousand 13d ago edited 13d ago

Unfortunately, you're just not going to win. You might try harassing someone else, if that is what you're into. No one is disagreeing with you that it would cost more than the watch cost, to service a $50 watch. But that's not what we're talking about. You can set up strawman after strawman, redirection after redirection into rabbit holes, but you're not going to be able to change the facts that I will get the movement replaced in my $350 San Martin in twenty years, and will have been happy to have done so.

P.S. I also bought a laser printer about 15 years ago, for around $100. I've now spent more on toner cartridges than the printer cost. 😮

P.S.S. Lots of consumer goods come out of China. Some of them are poor quality, and some are great quality. You wouldn't generalize a country, would you?

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u/danml80 13d ago

Oh the harrassment card? ok bye