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Ingersoll Trenton Quartz Chronograph Watch
ButthurtTumbleweed
4
Jun 3, 2020
Alright, someone give me the rundown. Is this a good watch or not?
Tsar_Bomba
228
Jun 4, 2020
ButthurtTumbleweedIt’s a mushroom brand. No way they go for the “list” price. Supposedly they’re using Seiko movements now, but Ingersoll has become just a name, to be honest. Originally it was American, then it became two companies - one American (with Timex), one British (with Smiths). The brand has changed hands a lot.
At the moment, it is a British company owned by Zeon - but Zeon is a subsidiary of a Chinese company.
JAone
999
Jun 4, 2020
ButthurtTumbleweedIngersoll has been around a long time, initially American, with American and german design tones, from what I can tell around 40 years or so it dissolved. Whilst some offices remained in the U.S. (they state New York)the company moved to somewhere in China,probably Hong Kong there is a bit of info. from various internet sites; but as with a lot of these mewby Chinese watch companies the actual history is vague; suffice to same different forums do come up with different variations on the subject.
As I own or have owned five of these watches I can say that the movements so far have been , mainly Miyota, autos from the 8215 variants and have been quite good. The one quartz is Ronda , a swiss made movement which is also good. I am not sure on this one, but even if it is Chinese at this price point I would not worry , the watch guys on this site do say that Seagull is a reasonable make.
Just because some label it as a "mushroom brand" doesn't mean it's not any good. There are some of these "micro " or "mushroom" brands that are excellent , and sometimes quite expensive. Personally for a company that produces so many watches I would not consider it this type of brand.
For $79 just try it,if you like it.
ButthurtTumbleweed
4
Jun 10, 2020
ButthurtTumbleweedSounds to me like it's just a watch for a reasonable price if you like it. I was looking for a watch anyways, so I just went ahead and bought a watch I really wanted from Amazon for around the same price instead (Seiko 5 SNK if you're curious). Thanks so much for the detailed replies.
I don't know how if I even can reply to multiple posts directly, so I'm just replying to myself here.
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