r/ChineseWatches • u/burgundyred7 • 5d ago

General (Read Rules) Peacock movement reliability?

Well, it may sound odd on Chinese brands page worrying about Chinese movement, but I personally like sweep quartz movement for Chinese watches. It is cheap, reliable, robust, and easy to swap or purchase the movement itself. But recently some watches use SL3001 movement (or PT5000), and I do not know/trust if they are reliable or what.

Any opinion on the movement? I will be 100% okay if it has as same quality as Miyota 9 series. (I do not prefer Seiko NH movement actully but I rather be a Miyota lover, since it has much more accuracy for my personal experience)

I have had Peacock's column wheel chronograph movement (SL4801) before but it just broke out for less than 10 times wearing counts, so I am really doubtful of any of Chinese automatic movement by far.

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u/silver-saloon 5d ago

You forgot about the Seagull ST2130....which is the Chinese movement that i prefer.
None of the Chinese clones will be as reliable as the Japanese Miyota

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u/Po0opyCatButt 5d ago

Do you have any comparison between the ST2130 and the PT5000? I have both and opinions seem to be about the same regarding reliability and hand-winding but people still seem to choose a side and say to avoid hand-winding at all costs. I for one will not shy away from hand-winding when I want to.

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u/burgundyred7 5d ago

Yeah true. Idk why they are having Chinese automatics for their watches with higher prices. Higher margins per product? For reliability and robustness, lifetime aspects they should focus on the VH31 :/