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Mechanical Watch: Exploded View

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1168 points fellerts | 2 comments | 22 Jun 25 14:56 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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alexjplant ◴[22 Jun 25 18:47 UTC] No.44349304[source]▶
I was pleased to see that the author used the PT5000, one of my favorite calibers. As pointed out in the article it's a Chinese clone of the ubiquitous ETA 2824-2; this movement is used in a lot of affordable watches that are sold on AliExpress. You can get a Submariner homage with a sapphire crystal, ceramic bezel, lume, and full water resistance powered by this movement for $100 that keeps time just as well as a Swiss watch (i.e. within COSC standards). Before I sold it mine was running at +5spd... the Chinese watchmaking industry is truly something to behold.
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perdomon ◴[22 Jun 25 23:35 UTC] No.44351158[source]▶
Do you have any recommended resources for buying mechanical watch clones on aliexpress? Im interested in grabbing something but would love to get an idea of where to find the best value before pulling the trigger on one.
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1. alexjplant ◴[23 Jun 25 00:01 UTC] No.44351279[source]▶
There's a long and winding thread called "Best of Ali-Xpress" [sic] on WatchUSeek that has a bunch of ideas. Outside of that I'd recommend searching either by movement name ("NH35", "PT5000") or popular watch model diameter ("40mm" for a Sub, "41mm" for an SMP) and sorting by best selling. From there you can go to the storefronts and see all of their models.
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2. perdomon ◴[23 Jun 25 03:25 UTC] No.44352213[source]▶
This is EXACTLY what I was looking for. Very, very helpful. Thank you!