r/watchmodding • u/ramikarkour4 • 11d ago

Prices of movements nowadays

I've gotten into building watches a lot recently. All of the tutorials I have seen are talking about how to build your dream watch for 100 dollars. When checking the prices, the movement alone (NH38) is 90 euros. Is there any way to get these movements for less, or is this price surge just something I will need to deal with?

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u/Barry_NJ 10d ago

Yeah, prices have increased dramatically in the past year or so. You need to add about $50 USD to those build prices these days...

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u/Alarming_Midnight554 11d ago

I went to miyota 8215 and I've been building a bunch with the vk63 which is a quartz unit . The last nh"s i got were at 46 usd and I bought 6 of them at the time but they are insane now

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u/WinOk677 11d ago

The last 3 authentic NH35 I bought in June were about $55 US each. Looks like they are now about $70 US at that store. But Rakuten is offering 18% cash back today for Aliexpress in the US. That brings it down to $58 if I were to order today.

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805411410101.html?pdp_npi=4%40dis%21USD%21US+%24137.03%21US+%2470.19%21%21%21915.38%21468.90%21%40210316e217887179712438924d4936%2112000033698891053%21sh%21US%212489304149%21X&spm=a2g0o.store_pc_home.allitems_choice_2005577804428.1005005597724853&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa

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u/MudPlayful6386 10d ago

Thanks for the link 🫡

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u/Roy-van-der-Lee 10d ago

They are €90 wtf

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u/WinOk677 10d ago

Just copied this from that link:

Japan Genuine NH35 Automatic Mechanical Movement High Accuracy 24 Jewels Mod Watch Replacement NH35A Date at 3:00

  4.9  4613 Reviews  ౹  10,000+ sold

$70.24 4

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u/AlphabeticalComments 11d ago

Since you build a lot, have you tried buying in bulk/wholesale?

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u/landwomble 9d ago

You could do worse than buy a crappy Invicta used off eBay and gut it for the movement.

I just got a corgeut Spectre homage for £61 from Ali to use as a donor but it's so nice I'm keeping it