Hunting for the cheapest mechanical watch in Baselworld

The world's biggest watch fair is where luxury watches from the famous Swiss brands are launched Since the 18th century, the automatic watch is as good as it gets for watch aficionados One can enjoy the beauty and complexity of mechanical components working in harmony without the hassle of winding the watch.

Made completely on an automated assembly line, it made automatic mechanical watches accessible to the average Joe Journalists covering watch fairs like Baselworld could finally afford to wear a timepiece they were writing about instead of leaving their Quartz watches at home in embarrassment The average price of such watches is $10-$15.

"Automatic watches are usually expensive as manufacturers use high-grade materials like sapphire dials or Swiss Super-LumiNova pigment on the dial," says Evan Chan of Ching Chi Industrial, which targets the more "High-end" segment from $80 per watch Some are even infringing on Swiss territory by producing more complicated watches with tourbillons. . Source