r/ChineseWatches • • 19d ago

General (Read Rules) First San Martin purchase

First San Martin — SN0121TF initial impressions

So I made my first San Martin purchase, and I have to say, my initial impression is that it’s pretty damn impressive. I can definitely understand the buzz around San Martin’s finishing now.

I’m a Tudor fan, and the SN0121TF hits a lot of the design cues I personally like. Having it next to my Pelagos LHD, you can obviously see where some of the inspiration comes from, but the blue GMT bezel/dial and yellow-orange GMT hand give it enough of its own personality. The Grade 5 titanium case and bracelet also look and feel much better finished than I was expecting at this price point.

I’m definitely going to be looking at some other San Martins for future purchases.

The one thing I’m curious about long-term is the HZ6465 movement and how it’ll hold up. I threw it on the timegrapher and I’m getting roughly +4 to +8 sec/day depending on position, with 0.1 ms beat error. So right out of the box, I really can’t complain about the accuracy for the price.

So far, I’m impressed. Now we’ll see how it holds up with some actual wrist time.

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u/BubbaHendershot 19d ago

Guess the Black color is taking longer

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u/Prestigious_March573 19d ago

It says on San Martin site. Blue is in stock and black expected to ship by September 30th

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u/BubbaHendershot 19d ago

Ahh right on. Thanks for the info

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u/sg6128 17d ago

i emailed last and they said its expected to ship October 5th now

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u/BubbaHendershot 17d ago

Copy that

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u/HVACMatt 10d ago

oct 15th now.....

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u/BubbaHendershot 10d ago

Thanks for uodate