Chinese timepieces often get a bad rap in the watch collectors community. They are often associated with replicas or fakes, but this doesn't mean there are no good chinese watches out there.

Pragmatic people, like you and I, realize chinese watches are affordable and have an outstanding price/quality ratio. Even though a lot of the brands offer homages of swiss watches, there are also a lot of original chinese pieces out there.

The following list will give you the best Chinese mechanical watches, ranging in prices from $100 USD to $500 USD.