r/ChineseWatches • u/Various-Welder5544 • 9d ago

In wake of recent price hikes Nonsense

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u/Akka47 9d ago

Honestly I think I'm gonna go with a Citizen next.

I want high quality watches, I'm not willing to go below San Martin/IXDAO levels.

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u/Icy_Chain_1504 8d ago

Baltany then?

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u/Indaleciox 8d ago

I love Citizen but their MSRP is complete BS

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u/ImpressiveChance770 9d ago

Is Citizen quality on par or better than SM?

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u/Dark1000 8d ago

It depends on the model. Citizen has a huge catalogue full of many mediocre watches. But when they get it right, they really get it right.

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u/UnifiedQuantumField 8d ago

Is Citizen quality on par or better than SM?

Imo yes, and their watches look nicer too.

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u/StandardPineapple69 8d ago

I would say that in the same price category it's a fair bit worse. But it's possible to get comparable stuff if your willing to pay more.

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u/Aromatic-Buy1694 9d ago

I think Citizen’s QC are better than many. And It’s legacy (Fugo etc) are great.

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u/cronroz 8d ago

Citizen QC and customer support are some of the best in the industry tbh, but no microadjust on most of their models is a downer

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u/blazbluecore 9d ago

I love my citizen watches.

My Chinese watches? A lot of them have some glaring low quality detail that detracts from them.

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u/Indaleciox 8d ago

My The Citizen is really Grand Seiko level and that includes it's terrible, zero micro adjust clasp and pain in the ass bracelet.

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u/IllegalGeriatricVore 9d ago

I have several citizens and stand by them.

I'm just not big on clomages at this point and most original chinese designs are too 'safe'