Helson Watches

[mnielse]

willy Skrev:Helson are what is called a boutique brand , like Deep Blue and hundreds of other brands . All you do is design a watch and huge factorys in China make it for you . They even do the quality control .

They put a basic ETA or Miyoto caliber costing a few dollars in it and Wupti you have a quite well made watch that has cost you next to nothing to make .

Then they get the sales bullshit machine started up , and when they have finished some people do believe they are a serious watch brand . I am not one of them .

Okay , if the watch was made in europe it would cost more , and maybe the quality would be the same . But basicaly they are just quite well made copy watches , with a few design elements added now and again .

Try to go to a serious dealer who knows his watches and he will never even give you a price for it . He will just tell you to sell it yourself . Unless of course he sells this type of watch , then he might give you a price if you buy another model from him .

There are many brands who are serious , and develop their own watches out there . And they do not cost much more than these China copys . My advice to anyone new to watches would be to buy from a real brand . Willy

Du er ikke 100% forkert på den i forhold til din beskrivelse og en af de tanker jeg har gjort mig er at de her firmaer egentligt ikke behøver at ansætte nogen urmagere for at producere denne klasse af ure. Disse "garage" producenter har dog altid eksisteret i i "urenes tidsalder" eller hvad det nu hedder og har været starten på nogen af de eksklusive seriøse mærker vi kender i dag. Hvem ved, måske vokser nogle af disse mærker sig store og bliver fremtidens nye seriøse mærke!! Disse producenter dækker på sin vis heller ikke et high end marked, men holder sig på en prisniveau der gør dem interessante. Indrømmet, kvaliteten er svingende, men så er det godt at vi har urforum'er, hvor vi kan udveksle erfaringer:-) Et Rolex vi køber i dag, vil med stor chance overleve de næste 40 år, på en eller anden måde bliver det næsten sjovere at støde på et gammelt Helson om 40 år:-)