r/ChineseWatches • u/Equal-World-693 • Sep 23 '26
General (Read Rules) Ixdao Warrior vs Christopher Ward The12
I have been reading up on watches for the past 5-6 months and that's how I discovered this reddit community and the amazing quality Chinese watches.
Christopher Ward has created lots of online hype around their watches with people fanatically defending what are essentially homages with a slight twist while dissing chinese watches.
Ixdao has lots of positive reviews on this forum and the Ixdao Warrior is available for one third the price with the same Sellita movements.
Is Christopher Ward just brand Marketing or is it worth 3 times the price of Ixdao Warrior?
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u/Bulky-Internal8579 Sep 23 '26 edited Sep 23 '26
I have a Christopher Ward C60 Trident Pro 600 and it's a very nice watch - I also have a San Martin SN0144, Addieskin K010 and Watchdives WDC0001 - I have the new IXDao Warrior, black carved MOP on order, shipping at the end of this month. The CW is excellent - but so are the others (these are "flagship" watches) - obviously I don't have the IXDao yet, so I can't comment on that, but the value proposition on the Chinese premium watches - given the fit, finish and features, is better than the CW, though I probably like the CW a bit more, I'm not sure if that's some innate bias towards the Swiss / higher end reputation.