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What does Japan movement mean when pertaining to a wrist watch?
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∙ 14y ago
It means the part of the watch that moves the hands are from Japan.
Absolutely true.
Japanese watch companies are using lots of plastic in their watches. It makes them very cheap, but they don't live for too long. They are definitely better then Chinese ones, but not even comparable to Swiss-made or even Russian.
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