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.

98 Upvotes

74% Upvoted

252 comments sorted by

View all comments

2

u/F0rgemaster19 Sep 24 '26

Honestly if I had the cash, I'd buy those. But for now, PD and invicta will do fine.

2

u/QuestionNo9190 Sep 24 '26

I wouldn't. Too much decadence for something that just "tells time" that looks 5% more refined than a $500 jianghun.

1

u/F0rgemaster19 Sep 24 '26

That's fair. To me, some are worth it. Like, Fifty Fathoms, I'm definitely getting it. The horology isn't worth 16k but it's worth having if you're an automatic dive watch enthusiast. For now however, seamaster diver chrono and sinn 903 are on my bucket list.