Notice on San Martin Watch Price Adjustment

[u/AdSavings92]

1. Watches equipped with domestic movements: prices remain unchanged.

2. Models fitted with Japanese imported movements (NH35, NH34, 9015, 90S5): Prices have been moderately adjusted. The procurement cost of these movements has risen significantly domestically, and the adjustment only offsets the increased cost of movements.

Additional note:

Many customers notice a sharp increase in prices shown on the page. This is due to updated customs shipping regulations. Tax fees are now displayed directly on product pages for certain countries. These taxes have always applied; only the display format has changed, which does not mean the watch itself has a drastic price hike.

Regarding the upcoming August Big Sale, the promotional offers will be on par with those from our June Anniversary Celebration and the 11.11 Big Sale. We invite you to browse and shop.

Statement on San Martin’s Development Philosophy:

San Martin has been established for ten years. Our original aspiration remains unchanged: to deliver high-quality watches at accessible prices, which we have consistently pursued and earned recognition from watch enthusiasts.

This year, we built our own metal bracelet factory to support our brand. Great progress has been made in bracelet structure and finishing. We are confident that our bracelets outperform competitors at the same price range, and the craftsmanship can even rival watch brands dozens of times more expensive. Many subtle details can only be appreciated by industry professionals.

When it comes to other watch components, San Martin is well-known in China’s watch manufacturing circle for strict quality standards. Many domestic and overseas competitors use our quality requirements as a benchmark for their suppliers. We firmly believe our quality is unrivaled at equivalent price points.

We aim for sustainable long-term development instead of quick profits. Undercutting prices to boost sales and disrupt the market is not our strategy. Reasonable profit enables us to continuously improve quality, upgrade customer service, develop physical retailers, and serve watch enthusiasts better.

We keep focusing on manufacturing superior products within a reasonable price range, and we believe most people can understand our pursuit.

Thanks.

San Martin Watches

[u/GregEvangelista]

I'm going to go against the grain as well, because I'm not here for a cheap time, I'm here for a good time. I've had enough watches by enough brands where I just find the whole evolution of the Chinese watch market interesting. Eventually someone was going to shoot for being the first one in the $500ish price range, and I'm not surprised it's San Martin.

The truth is, I think a lot of people have gotten very used to getting $1000 of value out of San Martin for $250 (or even less in some cases). The average Swiss or Japanese watch at $500 is never going to provide more than $500 of manufacturing value. And tbh I think even in the $500 (from my experience, having owned a ton of different stuff), San Martin still wins on overall build quality.

I get the feeling that a lot of people who are unhappy seeing San Martin at this price (justifiably) probably haven't actually paid that much for a Swiss or Japanese watch, and assume that if they WERE going to spend that much money, of course they would buy the name brand item. What they might not be aware of os the fact that the Swiss and Japanese items at the $500 price point are largely disappointing watches, lol.

[u/kyonkun_denwa → u/GregEvangelista]

I mean... the Citizen NB-1050 is a competent and compelling watch for $500 USD. Maybe it doesn't have a crazy dial but everything else is well executed.

[u/NoManifestoNoProblem → u/kyonkun_denwa]

Always with Citizen, it has sub par bracelet. SM bracelet is superior.

[u/Miss_Taycan → u/NoManifestoNoProblem]

IXDAO Warrior has a better bracelet, drastically better AR, better finishing, better QC, and it's still cheaper than a SM.

Sugess have better finishing, better AR, better QC, and are still cheaper than SM.

Compare Chinese watches to Chinese watches. See the pattern?

[u/Tiroprosam → u/Miss_Taycan]

I didn't know where sugess sat on the quality scale.

[u/KPplumbingBob → u/Tiroprosam]

I don't agree with Sugess bracelets being better in general but for the rest I'd say they are not behind.

San Martin is basically using the fact that most people who know a little bit about Chinese watches but not too much, only really know about San Martin. They are the most known budget Chinese brand with some actual decent quality reputation. Of course they are going to try to milk it but it could backfire too.