IXDAO just made their best watch ever! | Full Review | The Watcher 

Thank you!

Thank you for explaining that.

Thanks for explanation. Really cool meaning!

IX DAO is a translation of 九纛 (9 banners), itself an abbreviation of 九游白纛 (Nine White banners, a symbol of the might of Mongol Empire) [pasta from another comment section]

Google Translate says the meaning is " 9 Banners". Awesome

Supply and Demand. I have come from the big brands having owned Omega, Rolex, Breitling, Tudor, Heuer and JLC. In March I saw some RU-vidr talking up the San Martin SN0107 and there was a sale on, so on a whim I bought it, thinking I'd check it out then gift it to my nephew. Fast forward about 7 months and I now own 4 San Martins, 2 Steeldives, 1 Seestern, 1 Boderry and 1 Thorn. There are at least 2 other San Martins I can see myself getting, as well as this IXDAO. I have sold my Omega and Rolex. Am selling my Breitling, Tudor and Heuer (heritage reissue). I will keep the JLC, as my one token Swiss piece. But I'm basically all-in with the better Chinese brands, peppered with a very small selection of microbrands (Ginault, Christopher Ward, Zelos, Erebus). 8 months ago I wouldn't be seen dead wearing a Chinese watch. Now I own 9 haha. Once the mainstream catches on that the Chinese have turned the corner on quality, I think demand will shoot up, which will put upwards pressure on prices.

What drew me in was the ability to buy a Seiko engined Chinese watch pretty much direct from the factory, seems the best of both worlds. Now they have moved the game up with Swiss movements like the SW200, so probably £300 in the sale versus say a grand for CW with the same movement and crazy money for some of the Swiss brands.@@thegorn

The interesting thing is, that when a product is really really good you begin associate the name with quality and start to not care about how it sounds - no matter how odd it is. If you're older you would remember when Japanese company names were considered very strange, now names like Toyota, Honda, Seiko, Sony etc are synonymous with quality. It's all in our heads

Fair comment, at least this brand name actually means something. Not the usual pick an English language name for no reason.

@@Raggamuffin010 what does the name mean and are we pronouncing it correctly as IX.. DOW?

​@@tikkathreebarrelsdao is correct but, can't find any translation for ix. Wonder if UTC watches would tell us on seller page

@@K_j_M if it's anything like XO sauce the 'x' is pronounced like 'z' I think

You're damn right, best thing in ages!

Have you compared the aqua color with the real one? Any difference or distortion? Thanks

@@tolamwayne - I haven't, sorry. I only had access to a white dial.

Same here

Ah noo, dnt be one of those. Trust me it fits right for its size even on my smaller wrist!

Is the color being reviewed here teal/blue or gray?

Bro this is why i didnt pay it much mind early on, not a fan of the design but the level of finishing here...damm Lmao yeh my sons tractor. He wont be happy seeing me use it 🤣

It's because IWC believe that the economics of veblen goods applies to all watches designed by Gerald Genta. What's sad is that it's not even true to Genta's Ingenieur. He would have a fit if he the saw crown guards on it! They look like an afterthought, and I was so disappointed they had kept them on when they released this new piece to much fanfare.

Yeh perhaps, i didnt pick up on that because i found a perfect fit on my 6.5" wrist and usually my wrist is quite difficult to get a snug fit from normal bracelets. But totally valid point

Keep spreading the word. Half-links are so important on butterfly clasps. Also I think are a must for oyster style bracelets and I would dearly love them for some of my San Martins. They are not necessary for jubilee, beads of rice or even "engineer" bracelets, since the individual links are much shorter. I measured my San Martin oyster and it has 10mm link sections and I think the OTF microadjustment clasp gives exactly the same if not a little shorter, so I'm either with the link in, and adjusted all the way in, or link out, and adjusted all the way out. It's a bit frustrating because it renders the OTF adjustment clasp almost useless without half-links.

yes I have the same wrist size and got a perfect fit on my Tandorio with the same clasp, might be the average size in China...@@TheWatcherReviews

I get along just fine with a well done butterfly clasp, but that kind of clasp needs half-links unless the removable links are already quite short. If they provide half-links, I don't know what would stop me from buying one of these anymore.

Brilliantly said

Pt5000 vs sw200 isn't a huge difference is it?

Because it has a butterfly clasp, and those rivets on the bezel is the whole point of this watch lol

4 grand per letter

Yeh ur right there is a logo only. Might link that too

Its a deep teal

Yeah its one of them witht the name. They took the & out now its even harder to say IX DAO

Its in the video my man, wrist shot section. Il add it in description for u my guy 👊🏽

🤣 yeah just about bro, shud have planted a crop instead, no need for YT then 😂😂

@@TheWatcherReviews feel like that's what I need to fund my watch addiction 😂

@JasonTheWatchGuy from what I hear theres lots of warehouses by you which are perfect 😂

Yeah id be interested in seeing the gray. Are you going logo or text? I wonder if it will still have the same definition. Il check ur review when u get it.

@@TheWatcherReviews I went for the logo version. I'm just hoping the gray isn't too full, but I have no gray in the collection, so why not? 🤷

Yeah fair enough

Thanks, i thought that too

Yeah, build great thumb muscles.

Yeh we must have similar taste!

Glad I could help!

Fair enough!

I need to look into them

Let's face it, we are language snobs. Everything doesn't have to cater to the English speaking people. There are a lot of language's on this planet not just English. We need to get over our biasis and not hate everything that doesn't sound right to an English speaking ear.

@@sinjinadams2862 actually I'm Hungarian, and it sounds really weirf to me :) like total nonsense

... I can deal with addiesdive, even Parnis 😆

My point is, okay it sounds a little weird now. Eventually after hearing it over and over for an extended period of time it will sound normal. Think of all the brands makes of companies and products from Japan and Germany and many other countries. All of those names/words sounded perfectly normal when you first heard them. I guarantee you there are many brand names that you have seen for years that you are still mispronouncing today.

@@sinjinadams2862 of course, here in Hungary especially :)

I used to be exactly like you, I hated most of the names but what I've found, is as the years have gone by and I have gotten used to them, they all sound normal to me now. I don't even give them a second thought. Most names sound normal to us because we have heard them our whole life but if not and we were hearing them for the first time, they would sound weird too. I guarantee you, if you had never heard the word or knew anything about the brand and hype, Rolex would have sounded weird.

@@sinjinadams2862 I definitely get it, but I do think their sales would be better with just a good logo or better names.

Theres no plastic on the watch, thats called shiney shiney

And it doubles up as an outdoor survial tool for cutting shit up

@@TheWatcherReviews or peel potatoes when cooking outdoor and cutting the fishnets when entangled during diving😂

Its a beast mate

That's what she said....

🤣🤣

Iwc ingeniur

@@TheWatcherReviews thank you!

I left it on, they applied that tape to stop those links scratching prior to aseembly

@@TheWatcherReviews wow. That makes it even more impressive! Thanks for the awesome vid!

🤣

I might hold on incase any other brand come up that may need comparison. No matter how nice this is, i have minimal room for watches anymore. So majority of reveiw pieces i now sell. This one will be sold eventually as it owes me money so need that cash flow like a river

​@@TheWatcherReviewswell, you have my email bro. When wanna sell, let me know and, if I'm still looking, I'll take it from ya

Drop me a mail, i cant remember if i have yours?

​@@TheWatcherReviewswill do brah...

You are a legend, let me know how the white is!

The thing is CW is really well thought out and all aspects are done really well due to their end cost, this is finished as good with just the bottom of the case profile which is edgy and wasn't bevelled.

No way? How come we didnt see that!

@@TheWatcherReviews go to any IWC boutique and try the watch yourself while wearing the so called "homage" there.. And looks what will happen after that.. Keep me posted.. Hehe

@NurulShahrilMdIsa what do you mean man? I had no idea this is a homage to the IWC u say? Wow. Exact replica too? Wow this watch must be good then. And if i did that, what will happen to me man?

@@TheWatcherReviews you have the homage.. That's why I'm asking you sir to try to get their reaction on the homage watches nowadays..

Ah ok, you want me to go to IWC boutique and show them this watch? Cool, where is it?

Welcome aboard!

How has it been holding up?

Theres a logo only version available too

Yeah. I see that now. Tempting watch.

They have just a logo version

@@TheWatcherReviews Appreciate the reply. I didn't see that. I like their logo and would definitely pay another $10 to have just that. I am turned off so many really interesting watches on AE by the brand names.

For sure

I ordered it !

Try telling them that, but when i sell the watch, eventually it makes up for it, bud.

It fits better than prx 40mms and the like

How has the watch been holding up so far?

I didn't experience any sizing issues to be honest and fit snugly to my 6.5" wrist. I think something inbetween may leave it open for half links to be added.

so it's a question of luck then??

@julianb1474 i really don't know, usually i think my wrist is difficult to get right, so if i had no issues then it should be fine. Hard to answer exactly without checking a variety of wrist sizes.

Yeah soon enough

Havent seen it, but try and see close ups, looks for polished highlights along case and crown guards

Unfortunately, I didn't see the difference from the photo. :(But according to reviews, it seems that IXDAO is better. But I like the Hruodland logo better@@TheWatcherReviews