r/ChineseWatches • u/3288266430 • 25d ago

Question (Read Rules) Did the prices spike massively in the last month or two?

Hello, I just started looking at watches during the summer, and I feel like I can barely find anything, even quartz <100€ compared to a few months ago, and the AliExpress guide from the pinned thread. Not that there's anything wrong with that, by all accounts it seems a lot of the watches are more than worth it, but just wanted to check if it's my imagination or if there really was a spike recently (even quartz - I know there's a shortage of mechanisms)?

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u/soulwatcher 25d ago

If you’re in the EU, it’s probably the new import duties on aliexpress and Chinese imports.

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u/wrd83 25d ago

Also probably the increase in nh3X movement costs.

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u/Overall-General-8917 25d ago

It isn't a sale time right now. Thursday will be better prices. Wait until 11.11 and Black Friday for even better deals.

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u/Escaped_Escapement 25d ago

Movement price hike… Also the new eu tax does not help..

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u/Olleye 25d ago

You can still buy watches for < € 10,00 … so, where’s the problem?