Which one is the 2 dollar watch?
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Brian
Recently retired and have the time for hobbies. Boats , watches and moonshine.
Regina Saskatchewan
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The DS is the 2 dollar watch.(and probably overpriced)
Price Difference: $68
Date function: $10
Better quartz movement: $10
Magnification bubble: $5
Wider hour and minute hands with lume: $8
Higher Swiss labour cost: $20
The words “Swatch” and “Swiss”: $15
Swatch movement under $30.00 no jewels full retail
date window moulded into plastic crystal negligible cost
lumed hands retail $3.00 full retail
Chinese watch has subsidized shipping cost to $0.00
Swatch movement under $30.00 no jewels full retail
date window moulded into plastic crystal negligible cost
lumed hands retail $3.00 full retail
Chinese watch has subsidized shipping cost to $0.00
No argument from me. The numbers I threw out were total guesswork. I was hoping that someone more knowledgeable would shed some light on this, and you did.
The one on the right is a tad more basic, and it's interesting to note that metal buckles are more basic than t good plastic/resin one.
I'd split the difference with a true Casio MQ-24 which may be centered between these on a logarithmic price scale.
I love the cheap ones for working on machinery around my equipment yard.
I had a Casio MQ 24 but gave it to my daughter.
So is the concensus the Swatch is worth the comparatively huge mark up!?
The Casio and the cheapie are surprisingly similar. Were it not for the subsidy they would be at the same price point. The Swatch gets free batteries and has a better movement but not by much. they are all throwaway when they die.
I have to give Swatch some credit here personally. They did design the SMART car line didn't they? The word is a mashup of Mercedes X Swatch?
I did own a 2009 ForTwo a while back. Loved it.