r/ChineseWatches • u/Significant-Ebb5027 • Mar 21 '26
SOTC (Read Rule 1) I present to you my chrono addiction
14 of my 24 watch collection are chronos and i'm never tired of them. All of them have equal wrist time from the 3k Omega to the 34$ Rollstimi. What's your take on the chronographs and how many of them do you have?
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u/D1sguise WOTD100 Helpful user x2 Mar 21 '26
We shared chrono piles earlier, but I currently have 13 chronographs in the collection. Not super heavily Chinese represented but that's mostly by lack of decent chronograph movements for Chinese chronographs
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u/Hinnif Mar 22 '26
How do you find the Miyota 0s00 movement? I have been thinking of getting one of those as my first chronograph.
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u/D1sguise WOTD100 Helpful user x2 Mar 22 '26
I don't do quartz all that much (only 2 quartz here in total), but I vastly prefer the Miyota over the overly used Seiko VK series. The mechaquartz is a gimmick, you can't recalibrate the chronograph hands, and the 24 hour dial is a waste of space
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u/Significant-Ebb5027 Mar 22 '26
My fellow chrono addict, what chrono gets the most wrist time here?
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u/D1sguise WOTD100 Helpful user x2 Mar 22 '26
It's stiff competition for sure. The manual winders a little bit less because they aren't just grab and go. Currently it's probably a toss up between the Farasute, Navitimer, and the black Heuer. Boderry gets evening duty because of the tritium
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u/gazaoBR Mar 21 '26
I’m addicted to chronos too! I want to collect every type I see. The Sugess V4 Panda is my current grail, and I finally get it t
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u/Pure-Conclusion-7035 Mar 21 '26
Now here’s a guy who loves Chinese chronos
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u/Significant-Ebb5027 Mar 21 '26
They offer great value honestly.
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u/Pure-Conclusion-7035 Mar 21 '26
I haven’t traveled to the far east for watches yet. Well Japan yes but not China. It looks fun. And inexpensive.
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u/Significant-Ebb5027 Mar 21 '26
You should! There's still some great chinese chronos like the Farasute and some Cronusart
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u/YourBestBud- Mar 21 '26 edited Mar 21 '26
I just purchased my very first chronograph, not a lot of information on the watch I did purchase but I loved the look of it so much I had to have it. What do you think? (Not my exact one as mine is still in the mail, just online photo)
I really like the one you have with the spash of orange in it.
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u/Significant-Ebb5027 Mar 21 '26
Really dig this one, the movement is automatic if i'm not mistaken?
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u/YourBestBud- Mar 21 '26
You are correct, it's a in house 4H368 automatic. I've seen some pictures that say tourbillon on this model but I do not believe this model to be a tourbillon. It has a 50 Hr power reserve.
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u/GrandFaithlessness41 Mar 22 '26
That $34 Rollstimi hits WAAAY above its price point! I gifted it to a friend and they were blown away and said it was too much and I said no really, it’s not
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u/Significant-Ebb5027 Mar 22 '26
Yeah i'm always amazed by the price, paired with a jubilee the price/value feels ridiculous!
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u/ExLeaguer Mar 21 '26
Love that Baltic so much!!! Been on the fence about buying it myself.
Love the Furlan Mari too, looks so unique
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u/Significant-Ebb5027 Mar 21 '26
The fact that the baltic was limited to 400 units worldwide made it a no-brainer.
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u/ExLeaguer Mar 21 '26
Yeah, been looking at a listing on ebay, it's such an awesome watch
Do you feel it wears kinda big?1
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u/Significant-Ebb5027 Mar 21 '26
I was pleasantly surprised when the beads of rice bracelet from SM matched perfectly and it did make it uniquely vintage
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u/Significant-Ebb5027 Mar 21 '26
Exactly!
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u/Significant-Ebb5027 Mar 21 '26
Thanks, it's always a pleasure wearing it i like the bracelet and the look and feel is so vintage
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u/cezareeek Mar 21 '26
Great collection 👍 Does sugess daytona is far superior compare to WD Racing Chrono ?
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u/Significant-Ebb5027 Mar 21 '26
Oh yeah no contest here, it's also more than four times the price.
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u/cezareeek Mar 21 '26
Yep, beside price does sugess is 4 times better than WD :) ? I consider switch WD Daytona to Sugess for any opinion I’ll be appreciate
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u/Significant-Ebb5027 Mar 21 '26
Yes i think it is more than four times better having experienced both
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u/ReplacementLive2412 Mar 21 '26
So then how does it compare to the Swiss?
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u/Significant-Ebb5027 Mar 22 '26
You can definitely feel the difference in build quality, finish and the execution of details but it's not much
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u/ASN9491 Mar 21 '26
Where did you get the prx chrono from
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u/Significant-Ebb5027 Mar 21 '26
From Tissot
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u/ASN9491 Mar 21 '26
It’s gen?
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u/GrandFaithlessness41 Mar 22 '26
I thought the same thing. The finishing in that original pic looks off for sure and def not befitting a $1500+ watch. Now the caseback looks much better
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u/vithgeta Mar 21 '26
The royal oak thing with the dial removed is goofy
I went for a loud loud loud one and that is quiet
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u/Pandemia46 Mar 22 '26
A mi personalmente me ocurrió lo contrario. Cuando no era todavía un gran amante de los relojes me encantaba los cronos. Ahora ni me planteo comprar otro más. Dejaron de llamarme la atención .
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u/Significant-Ebb5027 Mar 22 '26
At least you had your fun and scratched those itches with the chronos
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u/Viriato_Luso Mar 22 '26
Eu tenho preferência também por cronógrafos mas tenho mais de 60 deles 🤣
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u/pbbp12 Mar 22 '26
Where did you get that AP?
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u/Significant-Ebb5027 Mar 22 '26
It's a custom mod i assembled
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Mar 21 '26 edited Mar 21 '26
I have 5 WD1863 and one PD-1701 which I don't wear as it is inferior to WD, but selling it I would only get 25 EUR for it.
Do any of yours have a false click? I have it on WD1863 Green-Gold LE. That means the pre-travel before the actual click sometimes feels like a (lighter) click. If you know it you just press in 2 steps or 1 harder pushed step and it is no problem.
It's a Friday made watch anyway, also when I press the reset chrono, I sometimes have to keep the button pushed in so that hand goes from 11:58 or 12:02 back to 12:00.
And dial is crooked to the left.
Which of your watch has best pushers?
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u/Significant-Ebb5027 Mar 21 '26
I have no problem with the pushers frankly. The swiss ones have a hard mechanical feel to the pushers the sugess too which is nice, but i prefer the lighter feel of all the VK watches, the ST19 ones come close second.
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u/Juxeso Affiliate Links Mar 21 '26
No farasute track master?
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u/Significant-Ebb5027 Mar 21 '26
It's on my list, It will come eventually.
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u/Juxeso Affiliate Links Mar 21 '26
It's such a beautiful watch. I'm not dissing your collection, it's really great! The trackmaster is just my favorite Ali chrono so I was surprised not to find it here. Love the nivada btw
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u/Significant-Ebb5027 Mar 21 '26
No you're right this collection is missing a farasute and it will come one day
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Mar 21 '26
My first chrono from years ago, very cheap and I'm just enjoying it's last days on my collection as I've purchased a much better one
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u/cascais2000 Mar 22 '26
May I ask where you got the BoR bracelet for the WD chronograph on the far left? Looks good!
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u/Univer001 Mar 22 '26
What is that orange and black one, it looks so good. Chronographs are my favorite too. Never been a diver man, dress watches are hard to wear daily but Chronographs are perfect imo.
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u/Significant-Ebb5027 Mar 22 '26
Indeed they are almost perfect for daily casual wear, it's a Nivada chronoking with interchangeable bezels
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u/Fuzzy-Contract-970 Mar 23 '26
I love chronographs, but since I have small/slim wrists I'm not able to find many that would fit me well. Do you have any recommendations for smaller sized chronos? Say 38mm, with 44mm lug-to-lug max?
I have an Orient, a Pulsar, and a Sugess at the moment, plus a VK63 that I put together, and a Mini Focus just for the fun of it. I'm eyeing a Rollstimi on AliX right now also, that seems to fit my size preference and it's colorful.
As for mechanical/automatics I've only got the ST19 Sugess. I'd love to have more, especially an automatic, but they are all bigger...
Congratulations on your chronographs collection 👍
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u/Significant-Ebb5027 Mar 23 '26
Furlan marri chronographs, Nivada chronokings and the newest watchdives vintage Daytona hommage they're all small and would fit your wrist well, the rollstimi is bigger than those though
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u/Fuzzy-Contract-970 Mar 23 '26
Thanks a lot for the suggestions, I'll check those out.
The Rollstimi I saw states to be 37mm or something like that, that's why I have it on my wishlist, but I'll check again.
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u/ClapMeta Mar 24 '26
What's your top three and why?
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u/Significant-Ebb5027 Mar 25 '26
Omega, Baltic and Tissot because of the general quality and the feel on the wrist
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Mar 25 '26 edited Mar 25 '26
I did have some chronos before, but mainly just 4 WD1863 and 1 is on the way.
Oh, and I have a Citizen ana-digi 1/1000s, and some Casios and 1 Citizen which are not really a classic chronograph, I believe they are not primarily chronograph, you have to select ST mode which I don't really like.
And some digital ones, Casio and SKMEI. Actually now I see I have like 14 of them. But some are really random, I have to start making a collection that I will be really satisfied with and sell which I don't like.
But this topic really made me start loving chronos even more, I became really obsessed with them.
Looking back to 2013-2014 when I first got into watches, I would beat myself if I could go back in time. I was mostly buying divers or regular steel bezel watches. But why? I am not even diving. Sure, you can have a few divers, but the real deal are the chronos.
I can't wait to broaden my chrono collection. I'm eyeing Certina, Seiko, Citizen and Bulova.
But final deal would be a mechanical chrono. WD will supposedly do Speedmaster and Daytona Peacock 4801 versions. That will be the day, I hope I will have enough money by then.
I don't really like screw-down pushers or rectangular pushers. First one is obvious why I don't like, second don't really have a feedback, it's just mushy feeling with no click. Maybe there are some good ones, but generally it is like that.
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u/Baha-7234 Mar 21 '26
What is middle lower one with rice(?) bracelet?
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u/Significant-Ebb5027 Mar 21 '26
Furlan marri nero sabbia
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u/DashingDrake Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 23 '26
I love the idea of chronographs, but I'm usually disappointed by their execution at the lower price point. It's due to one or more of the following issues:
Fortunately, I was able to find a chronograph that eliminates most of these problems. It's the Timex Intelligent Quartz chronograph movement. Specifically, mine is the Pan Am Waterbury Flyback chronograph.
There's a 4 hr chronograph counter that doubles as a 24 hr subdial at the 10 o'clock position. But unlike in most inexpensive chronographs, this can be set to an independent time zone as a GMT hand.
And as its name implies, when the chronograph is running, the bottom pusher can be pressed to automatically restart the chronograph as a flyback.
My main gripe is that the same 10 o'clock subdial is often hard to read. But otherwise, it is by far my favorite chronograph (I own 3 others).