@cisco_tech It could be true but I have not heard of any such known brands doing this. Sure they take mass market movements and slap them in their timepieces but they never use cheap parts for anything. Most of these aforementioned movements are Swiss made, Japanese, or usually the slightly cheaper, but good nonetheless, Chinese movements.
Now the question is, are mass produced Chinese movements bad, or made up of inferior parts? I would say no. I have a few Chinese make watches with popular Chinese movements within and they work like a charm. Time keeping is accurate, and inspecting the movements by opening up the case back does not reveal any poor substitutes for genuine parts.
Fashion brands exists because of what they represent. They will make watches that appeal to the casual and fashion oriented customers, and that does not mean that they use inferior or fake parts. Just stay away from the obvious fakes like people on side streets offering you 'genuine-original-real-OHMAGERD' Rolexes or any other branded watches and you should be fine.
Lastly it is obviously almost always better to buy a watch from a master watch maker. For example, if you were to buy a DSLR tomorrow you would prefer a known camera brand like Nikon or Canon, but that doesn't mean that Samsung or Toshiba cannot make good cameras or they use inferior materials to make their cameras. Just that if you are buying something, you prefer to stick to the known and trusted names who are masters of their field.
If you have a Kenneth Cole, Fossil, etc in mind, I say go for it.
Now the question is, are mass produced Chinese movements bad, or made up of inferior parts? I would say no. I have a few Chinese make watches with popular Chinese movements within and they work like a charm. Time keeping is accurate, and inspecting the movements by opening up the case back does not reveal any poor substitutes for genuine parts.
Fashion brands exists because of what they represent. They will make watches that appeal to the casual and fashion oriented customers, and that does not mean that they use inferior or fake parts. Just stay away from the obvious fakes like people on side streets offering you 'genuine-original-real-OHMAGERD' Rolexes or any other branded watches and you should be fine.
Lastly it is obviously almost always better to buy a watch from a master watch maker. For example, if you were to buy a DSLR tomorrow you would prefer a known camera brand like Nikon or Canon, but that doesn't mean that Samsung or Toshiba cannot make good cameras or they use inferior materials to make their cameras. Just that if you are buying something, you prefer to stick to the known and trusted names who are masters of their field.
If you have a Kenneth Cole, Fossil, etc in mind, I say go for it.
