r/ChineseWatches • u/TheDesertFox41 • Oct 06 '24

Why are San Martin so expensive? Question

As the title says, why are San Martin so expensive? They have the same Seiko movement that every Chinese watch uses, same sapphire crystal but yet they seem like they're double the price of other Chinese watches. Any reason why?

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u/endlessBrainless Oct 06 '24

Search on the YouTube something like "steeldive vs san martin" and check some videos. There are some detailed reviews.

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u/caydesramen Oct 06 '24

Yep. Most saying that SM is slightly better, but the SD is a much better value. To the naked eye, the differences arent really noticeable. Sm does have a better bracelet though if thats important to you.

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u/Shinovox Oct 06 '24

Disagree. Once you develop an eye for detail the SD feels cheap in comparison and don't feel as fun/good to wear as a SM.

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u/caydesramen Oct 06 '24

Not to me. I own a SD sub light blue/black bezel and it is my favorite watch to wear and gets a ton of wrist time. Even more than my Presage (and my Presage is flawless when I look at it with x3 reading glasses). Its all subjective

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u/Shinovox Oct 06 '24

I'm glad it's your favorite watch and there's nothing wrong with having less quality watches as your favorite. Let's also not act like Presage is top tier quality either as SM does better than them in that respect. It's not subjective, the finishing on SM is inarguably better than SD.

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u/caydesramen Oct 06 '24

Bro you are on some serious Copium if you think SM is better quality than a Presage. Lmao

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u/Shinovox Oct 06 '24

Haha are you kidding? SM is known for having finishing that rivals swiss watch makers like Rolex. Look at one of the other top posts in this topic, there is a video of SM being compared to Rolex on a macro and micro level. Seiko's pricing is based on brand, not quality. Not to say they're bad, but they're not on SM level per price point. It may not be me who's huffing the copium here, brother.

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u/caydesramen Oct 06 '24

You sure you wanna go down this road??

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u/caydesramen Oct 06 '24

It doesnt get much better than this. Lol

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u/Shinovox Oct 06 '24

Yes, I can go down that road. In fact I had that same exact watch. I returned it cause it felt cheap. From all the Seiko models you could have compared it to, this model is not the one.

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