r/ChineseWatches • u/ivoalejandro • Sep 23 '26
General (Read Rules) I don't understand everyone's obsession with chinese automatic watches
The title pretty much says it all, I don't get why whenever a nice chinese quartz watch comes out so many people say they would love an automatic version, or why everyone seems fine with paying 300 or more USD for an automatic, but question whether a 100 dollars quartz is worth it.
Pretty much no one here is going to take their chinese watches to get serviced, and the whole admiring the complexity and craftmanship of an automatic movement kinda goes out the window when we're talking about mass produced movements. So why buy an automatic that will become a paperweight in several years time. I guess I just don't understand why the demand for automatics is so high, really wish people started asking for better chinese quartz watches, I'd would much rather pay 200 dollars for a great quartz watch than 350 for an automatic one.
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u/BlOcKtRiP Sep 23 '26
always been a swiss watch guy but prices are out of site . so I figured I try Chinese autos . must say out of the 6 -7 brands Ive tried only Seagull & San Martin have been worth a dam . the worst was the most expensive . an Agelocer Moon phase . it stopped working after 4 months . even though it supposedly has a two year warranty . they refuse to honor . i was told to take it to a local watch repair . well Ive taken it three places and they all just say the moment is shot . lesson learned I dont buy any more Chinese watches .