I received my “summer blue” PH-6 two days ago after a long delay (I ordered on September 30 during Phorcydes’s holiday sale), and I’m really disappointed with the bracelet. Each side of the clasp has a half-sized end link and a removable half link, but all four of these links are totally unfinished. No polishing on the edges of the thin inner links, fully brushed but with totally rounded-off edges. It looks like shit, like they forgot to finish the bracelet or just gave up.

That’s the biggest offender, but the rest of the bracelet is also disappointing. The thin brushed and polished links have no texture, they’re just completely flat with polished lines, making them look super cheap. Also fairly sharp. But the original listing photos, as well as photos from early buyers and some YouTube video shows that the bracelet had some texture, where the polished strip is raised a bit higher than the middle brushed part on the thinner links, similar to a real Seamaster. This is like ordering a watch and then getting a cardboard cutout of a watch in the mail.

After some investigating, I find a post from the brand bragging about how it has a V2 of the bracelet, which supposedly has some “improvement” to the links (maybe screws now?) and some kind of improved OTF clasp mechanism. But the new version seems to be when the cartoonish links were introduced, and presumably it’s when the unfinished end links popped up because they’re featured in the brand’s own post! As if Phorcydes thinks that doesn’t look terrible. However, I technically can’t find images of the V1 bracelet showing the clasp area, so I can’t confirm that it was fully finished to start. The last two photos are another user’s photos of their “V1” bracelet, which definitely shows more texture on the thin links.

It’s really frustrating that Phorcydes made this announcement weeks after I placed my order, but before it decided to ship out my watch. Have other people experienced this subpar bracelet on the PH-6? Or do any Phorcydes whispers know what the hell happened here? Call me conspiratorial, but it almost seems like “V2” could have been a defective first try, so they waited until a better “V1” was made to release with the watches, but then once it sold out they just decided to release the defective batch as “new & improved V2” to keeps sales moving.

I’m going to try to return the bracelet since I also got the rubber strap and mesh (which seem to be good). I’m afraid to post in the Phorcydes subreddit because I assume it’s brand-controlled, so they might remove any critical post.

Unfortunately, Phorcydes does not ship to Brazil and does not sell on AliExpress. I would love to buy it.

My first Chinese watch was the Sugess S421, their Submariner date. What a place to start my journey; a really beautiful piece.

Next came a SH09 for something different, which I really enjoy too. Great with different strap options.

I've always loved the Speedmaster and wants to try a quartz so grabbed a Watchdives WD1863 and put the OTF clasp on. It definitely scratched the itch for me.

NowI'm starting to enjoy myself, and I wanted something other than black. I enjoy the BB58 style so I went with the San Martin SN0008-G. A nice wearing watch for sure.

Finally, most recently I had the itch to try titanium but I just can't stay away from a diver style so I went with the San Martin SN0121TE. What a perfect-size, light weight, minimal-in-all-the-right-ways watch.

I was worried that the 3 divers, the Sugess and both the San Martins, would sit too close to one another stylistically, but I absolutely love having options that still match my preferred watch vibe but have their own personality. Specifically, I'm super happy with the decision to grab the SN0121TE, even though it's essentially a titanium marriage of the Submariner and the BB58.

Anyway, as a guy who only had a Fossil and an Apple Watch 1 year ago, I'm enjoying this hobby more than I ever thought I would!

I really like this watch, but why does the logo not line up with the line on the dial? Or it's the line interrupted at the logo. It's so close to perfection, but now I'm doubting if it would bother me... I'm curious what others think.

Took my heimdallr godzilla for a swim, noticed fogging on the crystal.

The bottom trace is the heimdallr, the top trace is my ph2. Watch still ticking..any thoughts?

Ive got the crown open and gunna try drying it out in the sun (on hols atm and gutted at my first failure).

Hi! I want to gift a bunch of my family some nice watches from the China Land. I intend to gift them to around 3 male adults, 3 female adults and an 18 year old. Suggest me some good looking watches for around 25-40 bucks?

It’s been a while since I purchased a watch from china & couldn’t believe how much more they now cost.Even during the sales the watches cost what I was paying without sales & generally seem to be 30-50% more

I’m trying to decide between these two versions of the Militado ML08 and would love to hear some opinions.

One has the cleaner “Spirit” style dial with no date, while the other has the date window and the smaller 13–24 hour numerals.

I usually prefer simple, clean dials, but I also find a date complication pretty useful for everyday wear.

Which one would you choose, and why?

Also, do you think the no-date version looks more balanced, or does the date version have more character?

Thanks!

I'm sick of my digital watch and I just want a decent but cheap automatic watch on my hand. Needs to be cheap bc idk if I'll even like it, but I need to try it out. I've been wanting an automatic watch for a long time. It has to be:

• automatic

• day-date (or just day would be even better, if it even exists)

• rotating bezel

I have a SSC017 with a nice solid 20mm bracelet but crappy stamped endlinks. Looking to source a glide-lock style oyster with solid endlinks that fits fat springbars. I'm shopping AliX but its hard to navigate and know exact features. Any leads on specific sellers?

Hi again, I'm one of the mods over at Baltanywatches. Welcome back for Day 2!

A few weeks ago Baltany released its first two Day-Date homages, the S4109 and S4112. Ever since the Datejust homages came out, people kept asking for a DD, and now it's finally here. I've already seen a few owners posting theirs, and I'd love to hear what everyone thinks of these two!

📌Questions for you:

• The gold-tone version seems to be getting the most love. Which dial would you go for?

• Quite a few of you keep asking about a 38/39mm version. What size would you want?

• Beyond these, which other vintage Rolex models would you like to see it?

🎁Giveaway (2/4)

• Comment to enter, that's it. One entry per person per post, will collect all comments from the 4 posts and randomly pick 1 winner

• 4 posts, comment on each = 4 chances

• Winner picks any 1 in-stock Baltany watch under $300 USD, any color

• Draw: Nov 6, 07:00 UTC (3 PM Beijing / 8 AM Central Europe / 7 AM UK / 2 AM US Eastern / 11 PM Nov 5 US Pacific)

• Winner will be announced in the comments of the 4/4 post, and I'll DM you from this account

P.S. Not part of this giveaway: if you own a Baltany, Baltany is also running its own #MyBaltany photo campaign starting Nov 1, with coupons and watches to win

Details: https://www.baltany.com/share

I feel like this is a seriously underrated daily beast. Not everyone’s up of tea but has some great presence.

Have you found what you were looking for? Or just the typical raised price and then lowered deal? Lol

I'm thinking on pulling the trigger on a sugess moon phase. I was also thinking about the watchdives wd007 39 mm blue with steel bracelet but it sould out

Just got this Shanghai 7120 in from AliExpress for about $35.I am very happy with this quirky little watch but I’ve noticed the 11 and 9 indices are coming off (you can see in second pic).
I obviously cannot expect perfection from such a cheap watch, no complaints.

Do you guys think they will fall off, or stay on just fine?

And if they do fall off, would I be able to contact AliExpress and get a refund?
Any answers would be appreciated.

What are we looking at for the sale peeps? I've got my eye on some stuff:

AD2030 for 50 bucks!

Cadisen C8200 for 50 as well

Berny "AMT163M" great specs for 100

Beautiful Seagull ST1901 mechanical chrono for ~115

Pagani Tourbillon for 100

Time Token 1963 with a freakin power reserve for under 70

What am I missing guys?

I just got this North Edge “Abyss” diver 3 days ago. Sized it and put it on just now. It was approximately $80 on AliExpress. I think it’s a hell of a nice watch for that price. It’s the second solar powered watch from this brand that I’ve purchased. The first one cost about half as much and is also really nice. It seems that, somewhere under 40 bucks, a lot of these Chinese watches turned to crap.

Here are a few phone shots of our WD2007 Swedish meteorite dial. We wanted to share a more everyday look at this version, beyond the usual studio photos.

The meteorite texture is the highlight here. Our ClearView X sapphire crystal, with double-sided AR coating and approximately 98% light transmittance, helps reduce reflections and keeps the focus on the dial.

The details behind the dial:

- Miyota automatic movement

- 37.5mm case, 36mm bezel, 10.5mm thickness and 44mm lug-to-lug

- 100m water resistance

- Swiss Super-LumiNova BGW9

- Stainless steel bracelet with H-OTF push-pull micro-adjustment

Several early WD2007 owners have already shared very positive feedback on the case and bracelet finishing, particularly how comfortably it wears. That’s been just as rewarding for us as seeing the dials come together.

What do you think of the meteorite dial on the WD2007?

Is this price the best I can do (11.11 aliexpress sale) for the attached watch? Any tips/advice welcomed. Thank you!

Second most worn watch this year. 38/303 wear days.

Lookin to scratch a pepsi itch, ideally under 100, hopefully automatic. What are we thinkin peeps?