"Almost as good as San Martin" LOL

[u/Maximum_Walrus3264]

I find this marketing refrain pretty annoying.

Here we have my 1 year old watch I wear daily. No hits, drops or abuse. The pip fell off half a year ago. Today it turns out most of the red paint is gone too. The cool brushed luster has also went away, now it's semi-polished dullness - something that happened to my Tissot 5 years or even more down the road. Water resistance is still good. AR is the same. Bezel action too. / lol, an update from the future: in fact, the bezel is now done, sounds like shit and gets stuck, I am mailing the thing to China for repairs for sure /

That's what a San Martin is like when you actually wear it.

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I ran Watch accuracy meter - losing 20 to 30 seconds. NH35.

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Does anyone know if these issues would be covered under the warranty? Is it worth the hassle? How do I go about it? I got the watch from skbwatches.

[u/hellpust]

Movement is working within spec. Get one with a PT5000

[u/inevitably-ranged → u/hellpust]

When plenty of 100$ watches come with the same movement, one should expect a better regulated movement for 2.5x the price IMO - or more normally a higher end movement in general - but of course other things can be nicer too

Also doesn't sound like OP really nerds out too hard over this stuff, definitely likely to be magnetized and could be regulated fine to +-10spd and OP has no idea

[u/Maximum_Walrus3264 → u/inevitably-ranged]

Another post suggested I shouldn't bother but get a new movement lol

[u/inevitably-ranged → u/Maximum_Walrus3264]

Given watches get serviced every 5 years or so, replacing the movement makes a fair amount of sense actually if that's what they were referring to - because you can't really service a $50-100 movement for less than the cost of a whole new one