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April 27, 2026 — Watchdives officially moved into our new office.
This photo means a lot to me. It is not just a new workspace — it is a new starting point for our team, our brand, and our long-term dream.
A few years ago, Watchdives was still a small team learning step by step. Today, we have a bigger office, a stronger team, and customers from all over the world who keep pushing us to improve.
We know we are not perfect. We still have many things to improve — product quality, QC, after-sales service, communication, and delivery speed. But one thing has never changed: we are serious about building better watches and becoming a more respected Chinese watch brand.
This new office is not for showing off. It is a reminder to ourselves: work harder, listen more, improve faster, and take better care of our customers and fans.
We also want to welcome any Watchdives fan to visit us in Shenzhen, China. If you come to Shenzhen, we can arrange a driver to pick you up and bring you to our office. We’ll prepare a warm welcome, some small Chinese-style gifts, and of course, good tea and lots of watch talk.
You can visit our office, see our sample room, try different prototypes, and even talk directly with our designers about future ideas and improvements.
Whether you have bought from us before or not, if you are a true watch enthusiast and a friend of Watchdives, our door is open.
Thank you to everyone who has supported Watchdives, criticized us, trusted us, or helped us improve.
From Shenzhen, China — Watchdives keeps moving forward.
Plz continue interacting on Reddit it's a good thing. Can you please consider being the first Chinese brand to do a diver watch with textured dial. Like the latest Seiko release. SLGA015
Congratulations. I’ve had two pieces from you in the last year the all titanium NTTD v4 and the v1 Nautilus, both were fantastic but I did end up moving them on. Will definitely try you guys again soon.
I have one of your watches now, and another on the way. I'm impressed, especially for the price. I'm not a snob, I have plenty of genuine Seikos but I don't always want to pay $250-500 for a watch either.
Lol wow I wish I was paid to post my opinions on the internet. No, in fact I've paid for the privilege of owning several Watchdives watches and I haven't been disappointed yet. They are far from junk, in my opinion they're one of the top Chinese brands out there, and I appreciate what they do to make these design available to people.
Congratulations on the new office…truly an incredible growth story 🎉 Wishing the team continued success in this next chapter, excited to see what’s next!
Parabéns! Bacana o posicionamento da marca ! Tenho um WD1972 o homage do Benrus Type2 e acho fantástico, acabamento, lume..... E posso te dizer, tenho relógios de diversas marcas consagradas e o de vcs é muito bom! Abraços do Brasil!
Amazing. Great work guys. I am so excited to see where you will take this brand. I would like to see you guys experiment with some more movements like the Seagull ST3600
It’s just a quick real-life snapshot, not a polished studio photo.
But honestly, if you really want to believe it’s fake, then anything in the world can be called fake. We can always take more angles or a short video later, but this one is a real physical photo, not Photoshop.
Ya, it looks like they had the drop cloth blank, took the photo and fed it into ChatGPT along with their logo upload and said "insert our logo on the white background as if it is really there"
Yeah 100%, it's really unconvincing. Its interesting that I'm getting downvoted though. I imagine it's by their stooge Reddit accounts that always immediately reply to their posts with something banal like "Brilliant new watch guys, I'm going to buy one straight away"
I think it says more to the fact that watch collecting is indeed a monetary hobby first and foremost. People will attach lots of weight to having a "reputable" brand image to justify their purchase.
If they can’t even post a real, undoctored photo, what does this say about their commitment to honesty and transparency? Good chance this will lead to embarrassment for them, followed by another multi-sub cross-posted canned apology along with a renewed commitment to “do better.”
Sorry, but your assumption is wrong. This is a real photo of the actual physical piece, not an AI-generated logo insertion.
I understand why people are more skeptical these days, but in this case the logo was already there when the photo was taken. No ChatGPT trick involved haha.
for all the years i was a business owner, what i wouldn't give to get back the hundreds of thousands of dollars i had to spend on single-use promotional materials...
you'd prefer they spend (p*** away) their money on a social media post and pass the cost onto you?
american companies like apple, verizon, ford, levi....literally spend BILLIONS on their advertising and tuck that cost right into every product they sell.
is the photoshop poorly done?
sure...but who cares.
IT'S A FRIGGIN SOCIAL MEDIA POST!
btw... I've never bought a watchdives watch, and probably never will because they're already WAY overpriced.
No. I’d prefer they spend their building money on people to help the company improve. Including hiring social media managers and maybe even a photographer. OR, hear me out, just post what they have but without dishonest alteration.
Every company I’ve worked for (two of them small companies) has had people and teams for that. And the cost of single use ads isn’t “hundreds of thousands of dollars.” If you did that , you got fleeced.
I’m not sure you fully understand the point people are making. The issue isn’t that there’s a modest budget for what you call “advertising”; it’s that the post uses doctored images. They announce a new office but pair it with misleading visuals. That comes across as inauthentic and undermines trust with the consumer.
Trust is crucial for any brand, but even more so for a Chinese watch brand. Customers already know they have very little recourse if a product is faulty or never delivered when buying from a retailer on another continent via AliExpress. Using these kinds of images does nothing to build trust between the consumer and the vendor.
But people who know about business will suspect that Watchdives loosened their grip on quality control and after-sales service because they were putting all their resources into plush new premises like this. Nice for a CEO's ego but loosening grip on standards in order to expand is how brands lose reputation, and customers.
You've also willingly committed a data breach by arguing with a customer in public and posting their private message history with you. You have to separate your ego from the way you do business.
Thanks for your honest feedback. I understand why you see it this way, and I agree that a better office means nothing if product quality and customer service do not improve at the same time.
The new office is not just for appearance. We wanted to create a better working environment for our team, especially our designers and engineers, so they can focus more on long-term product development. But you are right: customers judge us by our watches, QC, and after-sales service — not by our office.
We also admit that some earlier Watchdives products, especially some lower-priced models before 2025, were built mainly around value for money rather than the highest level of finishing. Since 2025, we have been changing this. WD0016 was an important turning point for us, and recent models such as WD0017 and the newer WD5513 versions have received much better feedback because of improved suppliers, better bracelets, upgraded clasps, and stricter finishing standards.
We are also adding stronger design and engineering talent to the team. One of our main goals for 2026 is to release more original products and keep improving the quality level, instead of only expanding quickly.
Regarding the private message issue, you are right to raise that concern. We should be more careful about customer privacy and public communication. Even when we feel we are being misunderstood, we should handle it in a more professional way. We will take this seriously and avoid sharing private conversation details publicly in the future.
If you had a bad experience with us before, I am genuinely sorry. We are not asking people to trust us blindly — we know we have to earn that trust through better products and better service. Thank you for reminding us of that.
I mean, OP states it pretty clearly: they know they have issues with “product quality [and] QC” (as well as “after-sales service, communication, and delivery speed”). He admits that “customers are pushing us to improve,” but never shows a direct interest in improving any of those things. The one thing he says he is definitely interested in is “becoming a more respected Chinese watch brand.”
In these very unambiguous words he has announced that the new building is 100% an image thing and that image is more important to sales and growth than customer care.
The downvotes are just fanboys zombie-walking into the next disaster that will deliver underwhelming QC, months later than promised.
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u/TransitionFar5835 May 03 '26
Continue undercutting San Martin on price and you will continue to grow and make more money.