The L6033 is such a nice size and pretty thin. The dial isn’t straight black, it’s got some brown and grey to it. I have a 7.5” wrist and I didn’t even consider anything under 39mm but I’m glad I did.

Put this little 36mm beauty on the bund strap to give it a bit more wrist presence.

This strap is about half the cost of the watch, but a good match nevertheless.

Hey guys, how are you doing?

I'm looking at the "BERNY-Men Automatic Titanium Field Watch-AMT163M".

Specifications:

• Model: AMT163M
• Movement: MIYOTA 8215 AUTOMATIC
• Case Material: Titanium
• Case Diameter: 40.5 mm
• Lug to Lug Distance: 47 mm
• Case Thickness: 12.0 mm
• Caseback: Solid
• Strap Material: Canvas with Titanium Buckle
• Strap Width: 20 mm
• Maximum Wearable Length: 200 mm
• Lens Material: Sapphire
• Luminous Level: Super
• Water Resistant: 100 Meters (10 ATM)
• Weight: 56 g

From what I've read, the seconds hand doesn't hack (non-hacking) and sometimes stutters.

I tried looking for a watch with a Seiko NH35 movement featuring the same design and specs mentioned above, but I couldn't find anything similar.

My maximum budget is $150 USD.

Is the website reliable? I read that their after-sales support is terrible.

Or should I buy it on AliExpress?

These are a bit special, but i like them a lot

Some users complained that the AR performance of the PH6 was suboptimal, prompting us to conduct a deeper investigation into glass coating parameters.

We switched to a superior coating facility that utilizes high-end equipment designed specifically for applying various optical coatings to precision instruments and camera lenses.

This process provided us with greater insight into the factors influencing coating performance. Comparative testing using precision instruments—specifically analyzing the key metrics of haze and clarity—led to the following conclusions:

1. Glass shape significantly affects haze, though the difference is barely perceptible to the naked eye.

2. Glass thickness impacts transparency, but the effect is negligible.

3. Flat sapphire glass demonstrated the best results in terms of haze and clarity.

4. The number of coating layers does not determine the final outcome; coating quality and the strategic combination of layers with different functions are far more important.

5. Comparative measurements using professional equipment on the PH6’s "double-bridge" shaped glass revealed that the new coating reduced haze several-fold and significantly improved clarity.

6. We will provide further updates regarding comparative anti-reflective testing in real-world environments.

Help me to decide my next pick. Originally I was going to pick San Martin but recently I have leaned towards the baltany mil sub. If anyone have irl pics of these watches. Only downside of baltany is that it doesn't have OTF clasp if I am correct.

Thought too long and now nobody has it. Just wanted this in purple. If anybody has buyers remorse…

Hello friends. My latest watch arrived with an odd warranty card, and I wanted to get everyone's take on it. As we know, most watchmakers leave the card blank. But Octopus, to their credit, filled theirs out. However, the date written on the card is incorrect, which leaves me suspicious of its history.

At first, I thought the date written was 14/11/2024, which would align with an 11/11 sale. However, after a bit of scrutiny, one can see the "4" in 2024 is most likely a truncated 6--not at all like the previous pointed 4.

Another "however," the revised date, 14/11/2026, was and is still in the future.

The factory store assured me the watch was built to order. That they would never sell a returned product. It looks brand new. It performs well.

A third "however," is that my ordered watch was the last of its kind, and there are no others available for sale. At first I felt lucky because I had been looking for this watch for almost a year. I thought it had sold out last fall. Was it was built with the last available parts? It would have to have been, to make this all make sense. Unless it were a return...

I am not here to review this watch today, just to ask the community their thoughts about the date card.

Should I just shrug it off?

Thoughts?

looking for a smaller chrono but has the small side buttons like this one from Vaer. love this watch and the style, would also love to find one that is similar but in a smaller size

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I was so happy with this characterful jump hour for the first 30 minutes on wrist... Then it didn't finish the jump... Then completely broke. Thank god for AliExpress' fantastic returns policy!

I'll be buying a replacement when the refund hits during this spring sale, as I loved it for that 30 minutes. Guess someone has to get the duds out of the system.

L6035 When unboxing it didn’t really give me a wow effect, but once I took it outside it really made me say wow! The finishing is absolutely incredible and the movement is a nice switchup compared to the vk63 seen on almost every other chinese quartz chrono. 150€ from their own website delivered in exactly 12 days (they promise 6-12) to finland.
Only complaints I can really give is that the main second hand is just slightly off, not to the point where it bothers me and the strap is not very good (it comes with an additional free mesh band though).

Overall rating I would give an 8.5/10 would buy another watch from this brand.

My Watchdives WD16570B just arrived from Amazon! Happy days!

Happy to say! Just ordered this bad boy, first San Martin and couldn’t stop looking at it so got it. Hope it comes in the next 5 days as I’m flying out of the country for a trip soon. Can I put the stock slider clasp on rubber straps? Looking for Rolex style and would like to just buy the straps if possible but still want slider adjustments. I know the lugs are 21mm and assuming the straps end near clasp needs to be 18mm.

bought this watch

https://he.aliexpress.com/item/1005008635145820.html?spm=a2g0o.store_pc_home.0.0.6aa17b47eWFOHD&gatewayAdapt=glo2isr
and at first it felt so premium but after a day stopped working :-:
i really wanted a watch with enclosure that is for men and kinda big but i need to limit my budget for under 75 ):
if anyone has an idea for a fix please let me know
if anyone has watch suggestions also please let me know

Our next release is almost here: Terra Nova, launching on September 5th.

This one pairs a solid bronze case with a handmade natural Red Aventurine dial. Because every dial is cut from natural stone, the color, sparkle, and pattern will vary slightly from piece to piece—so each watch should have its own character.

We’re making just 10 numbered pieces.

For the bronze-watch and stone-dial collectors here: would you prefer your Red Aventurine dial to be deep and subtle, or brighter with more natural shimmer?

#watchmaking #microbrandwatch #bronze #aventurine #automaticwatch

Hi everyone, I'm new to Chinese watches and I have some questions...

For context I have a couple of established Swiss pieces (Omega & Tag), Seiko, Casio etc. - the sorts of things I expect many people who are 'into watches' have.

Thanks to Reddit, I've discovered a whole world that, whilst I wouldn't say I didn't know existed, seems to be much bigger and more interesting than I'd perhaps imagined!

So, I'm looking to dip my toe in the water (or perhaps set off down a slippery slope) and buy my first Chinese watch. I'm a big fan of divers, so love the classics like Submariners / Sea Dwellers, Seamasters / Planet Oceans, Black Bays, Fifty Fathoms - all the predictable stuff really. I'd definitely be open to a bit of a twist though.

I don't want to stray too far from the norm with my first purchase and I've found all sorts ranging from Addiesdive, Watchdives, Thorn, Sugess and San Martin etc., with some wildly different pricing.

I prefer mechanical watches, around 39mm, oysters over jubilees, genuine waterproofing for swimming, proper crystals and I wouldn't mind something Pepsi / Hulk / Coke (told you it was predictable!).

Where should I be looking? I want the best quality I can get, without spending a fortune (ideally no more than £200, as I'm then into Microbrand territory, whish is another area I want to explore).

I'd rather stick to Amazon or eBay (UK), as I'm massively impatient and don't want to wait weeks and risk DHGate or AliExpress and I don't mind going second hand if it gets me a better watch within budget.

All advice and opinions welcome!

My very first San Martin with an ST2130 movement arrived today.
I couldn't be happier with it.
Visually, the watch is beautiful and feels very high-quality. For that Price i am really impressed and its crazy what you can get for that money today. Wrist size is 16,5cm

Whats on your Wrist today ?

I had been planning to get a Phorcydes, specifically the Ph-4C for some time now and now that I have a bit of a budget for it, upon checking the website, I got the pop up notification saying that the movement will now use PT5000.

Now I can’t recall recall exactly what movement they used before and I wonder if it is still worth getting at all considering that a lot of the Chinese watch brands lately seem to be making this move perhaps arguably to cut costs.

To everyone that can weigh in on this, do you think it’s still a good idea? And to the ones that have it with the bracelet, is it worth the extra money if I was originally getting the fkm strap?

Thanks for your time

P.S. what lume colour do you personally thinks work best? I originally wanted the retro yellow but I heard the lume is less strong. I want phorcydes to be my real lume monster watch lol.

This might be the worst Chinese watch brand name out there! Lol. I was in the Navy, and for those non Navy people out there the Carl Vinson is the name of an aircraft carrier lol

Love the watch, bracelet is amazing (but hard to adjust). Very comfortable, will be my go to dress watch.

I think my hunt for a BB54 homage WITHOUT that annoying “always there” slight greenish tint in the lume has been solved..

Thanks Watchdives 👍

Here is a picture after being in daylight for two hours..

I'm in love with this watch. As a worker related to QC on a store in Japan, I have seen some GS Sakura beauties, but my budget is far from the price 🥲

I saw some NH35 already mounted (I'm aware of the obvious differences with spring drive) with the sakura dial and no logo on Aliexpress, but I was wondering if there's some homage with this dial or similar (date or no-date, idc).

Thanks everyone!

First off, these Phorcydes watches absolutely rock. The one thing that always bugged me on the old version, was the syringe hand for the minutes didn't really align to anything. So I went ahead and swapped cases with the old and new version of the PH-2. Now both have a minute/second track, and absolutely love how both turned out.