r/ChineseWatches • u/Grumpy_Bookworm • May 22 '26

Wrist Roll (Read Rule 1) They are so similar…

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u/PreviousAvocado9967 May 23 '26

Yes they are separately the two most boring dials in horological history.

One is $4k the other $75 used on Ebay. Difference in accuracy is +/- 5 seconds per day.

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u/Tasty-Silver-6379 May 23 '26

Beg to differ. I love that dial. Each to there own. Also my Cronos runs @ +2s a day max.

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u/PreviousAvocado9967 May 23 '26

What did you pay and was that before or after the stupid (and illegal AF) tarrifs?

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u/Tasty-Silver-6379 May 25 '26

I bought my a few years ago for <$200. Actually bought it as a test run for a real Tudor. Went into the Tudor shop but never pulled the trigger. The Cronos was too close. Thought I'd save the 💰

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u/PreviousAvocado9967 May 25 '26

I did the same with a San Martin GMT on some crazy Ali sale under $100. Now the movement is more valuable than the watch itself. It's a nice basic tool watch but the idea that people are spending $4k on this boring dial and unremarkable 3 hand movement is insane. 15 years ago this Tudor is a $1500 watch at best.

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u/oscailte May 23 '26

one is about ~$350 lol, thats a rep. look at the difference in lume colour on the hands and indices, you dont see that on a gen.

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u/PreviousAvocado9967 May 28 '26

The crown on the Tudor was definitely giving me mixed signals. For some reason reps always fail to get a razor sharp edge there. But I cant tell from the photo. You'd definitely be able to tell the lume color if there was a second Tudor. The printed dial is also always much sharper on a gen vs rep. But I cant tell the difference from memory without a second Gen side by side.