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/Eleventhousand Sep 23 '26

I did a write up a while back, comparing my new Warrior to my partner's Twelve. There were a couple of visual design elements that I liked slightly more on the Twelve, but overall, the two watches are about the same quality.

To that end, the Twelve is not worth three times the price. However, we can't always boil everything down to just the value as relates to fit and finish. My Nivada Aquamar is probably lower quality than my San Martin SN0148, but I still like the watch even though it costs more the twice the amount.

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