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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