Thoughts on Norqain Watches

[macluven]

I have a friend that was gifted a Norqain Independence Skeleton watch a while back. I've been intrigued by it and have always loved skeletonized watches (ie. Cartier Santos, VC Overseas, AP, etc).

I was wanting to know if anyone has heard of the Norqain brand and what your thoughts are on their quality and brand history.

https://norqain.com/

[PT_91]

Just my two cents: Boring brand with an undeserved hype (especially amongst young people in Switzerland) due to a few Swiss NHL players involved. No heritage and quite ambitious pricing for a brand that came out of nowhere. Somehow Breitling-family (Schneider) related though.

[macluven]

Originally Posted by PT_91

Just my two cents: Boring brand with an undeserved hype (especially amongst young people in Switzerland) due to a few Swiss NHL players involved. No heritage and quite ambitious pricing for a brand that came out of nowhere. Somehow Breitling-family (Schneider) related though.

Thanks for the honest review! That's exactly what I was looking for.

[WatchTimes]

No Heritage, they have only been around 6 years.
Somehow JC Biver is on the board, then there's a Swiss hockey player and some guy whose family owned Breitling.
If you like it I guess its not that overpriced (4500 for a skeleton is not bad) but I hope you really love it as I do not think it will have a good resale value or be a quick sell when you get tired of it.
Not something Id buy but Im kinda a snob and I know it.

[kunlun]

I would say these are overly harsh takes. The watches seem well made with an excellent movement from Tudor's movement manufacture.

Yes, the company is new and most watches from all brands have poor resale. However, watch people are terrible, terrible, terrible at assigning value to their watches, bizarrely over valuing hype and name. The pricing at msrp is about where it should be, given the market as we have it. Of course, the market as we have it is its own topic...

That's my counterpoint, just an opinion.

[sherrill]

The other thing about Norqain is, only 4 of their lineup models have the Tudor movement. The rest of their watches are Sellita movements.

[macluven]

Originally Posted by kunlun

I would say these are overly harsh takes. The watches seem well made with an excellent movement from Tudor's movement manufacture.

Yes, the company is new and most watches from all brands have poor resale. However, watch people are terrible, terrible, terrible at assigning value to their watches, bizarrely over valuing hype and name. The pricing at msrp is about where it should be, given the market as we have it. Of course, the market as we have it is its own topic...

That's my counterpoint, just an opinion.

I think you have a very valid point there. "One man's trash, is another man's treasure."

Who knows, since it does have a Tudor movement, it could end up rivaling Tudor, Tag, Longines, Rado 10, 15, 20yrs from now.

[kunlun]

Originally Posted by sherrill

The other thing about Norqain is, only 4 of their lineup models have the Tudor movement. The rest of their watches are Sellita movements.

Good point, the tudor movement models are the ones I'd look at.