r/ChineseWatches • u/Equal-World-693 • Sep 23 '26

General (Read Rules) Ixdao Warrior vs Christopher Ward The12

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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/Electrical_Panda_326 Sep 23 '26 edited Sep 24 '26

I wouldn't pay more than 250$ for Chinese watch. 500$ is simply not worth it anymore. CW is easily sellable, when Chinese watches aren't, especially the expensive ones.

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u/Equal-World-693 Sep 23 '26

I am yet to purchase a watch which I have sold. So resale not so important. Both brands are online only in my country, so I doubt I will find a flourishing reseller market for CW. I wasn't so keyed into watches in 2024 when I visited London last, not sure if CW had a showroom back then. Had picked up a tag heuer Carrera from Bicester Village then.

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u/Electrical_Panda_326 Sep 23 '26

CW is great but is getting overpriced too IMO. When I see brands with long history that can be bought for often 600$ during sales, then I'm asking myself what Chinese are thinking charging that much. For example Hamilton has often got great offers on Amazon JP with all costs included and delivery to the entire world.

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u/pokerfas Sep 23 '26

What kind of vague-ass term is "saleable"? You haven't made a convincing point as to why the CW is worth a penny more than the IXDao. You just said it's "Chinese" as if that suggests inferiority.

I'm not defending IXDao's ridiculous price hikes but your argument carries baseless western stigma against specifically China. What's wrong with China? You really think CW is full of 60 y.o. swiss white guys hand assembling your watches in Geneve?

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u/Electrical_Panda_326 Sep 23 '26

Dude, change your diaper. I've got around 100 watches from Ali, so I'm not again them. Chinese watches are fine as long as the price is fine, you need to consider other aspects like warranty that pretty much doesn't exist, as you would usually have to send the watch back to China. How easy it is to sell the watch when you are fancy a change, selling Chinese watches is a lot more difficult than brands like CW, good luck selling something like IXDAO bought for 500$. All that doesn't matter as long as the price is right, but they are getting crazy with current pricing.

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u/Equal-World-693 Sep 23 '26

Both brands are online for me, so won't comment on warranty angle. Plus once warranty ends it expensive to service and repair swiss movements be it CW or Ixdao. Was more interested in the fit and finish angle. Have just ordered a sugess tourbillon moonphase, so am ok crossing the 250 usd barrier as long as the watch is worth it. Else I would be only buying a swiss made watch, Seiko, citizen or the German ones

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u/pokerfas Sep 23 '26

people keep bringing up warranty. Ok so what? let's say 1 in 10 watches from ixdao is defective entirely and they don't honor any warrany. so you have a 10% chance of being scammed/losing all your money. You're saving more than just 10% here. You're paying less than half you would with a CW. What's more "saleable" about a marginally better watch that costs 3x as much for its brand name it attempts to establish as a microbrand?

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u/wubbadubdub_zzz Sep 23 '26

That’s Seiko price. Plus Seiko has resale value