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This Affordable Titanium GMT Avoids The Typical Microbrand Watch Formula
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this post was submitted on 25 May 2026
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Thanks a lot! I'm curious about those micro-brands and how to deal with their watches over a long period of time (say, 20 years), if there's a risk they go out of business or just completely drop the old stock. I guess the brand can be micro, but the price is not guaranteed to also be micro, right? :D Anyways, thanks a lot again for the explanation 🙏
The thing is, as far as I know, people where meh/judgey about microbrands (if not Swiss..), but in the end it became part of the watch community. Microbrands may start with Japanese/Chinese movements, but if they go well, they tend to include Swiwss movements too (like Yema and Baltic).
In general, they are not Patek Philippe, but for a €€€, you can get a pretty nice watch that will hold for many years.