On my blog, I have introduced several San Martin watches, in one of my oldest posts about San Martin, I also talked about the background about San Martin, where are their watches made in and other information. I know many Chinese watches now, they can be classified into different types according to their ways of development, most of them chose the same way, which is copying the designs of Swiss watches and Japanese watches, many people call these watches homages, but San Martin is not simply a homage brand, if you have followed this watch for a while, you will know they were famous for making homages in this field, but now they have watches with their own independent designs, and look very nice, especially the new watches San Martin published in spring of 2025, they got a lot of praises and also shows the path forward for homegrown micro watch brands. Today, I will take one to show, on San Martin’s website, the reference is SN0148. Please see pictures below.
What do you think about this watch? Actually I have not seen such a beautiful watch from China for a long time, I have been tired of those homage watches, you know, this San Martin watch’s design is truly eye-catching, it boldly uses clashing colors in its design, which is blue on the bezel and gradient green on the dial. The gradient green on the dial and the blue color on the bezel perfectly match, both go well together and nothing feels forced. The sunburst finish on the gradient green dial has an intentionally rugged look, it is not refined, but I like this finish very much.
The second selling point on the watch lies in its bracelet, which is a five-row stainless steel bracelet with narrow three links on the middle and two wide links on both sides. The middle three-row links have a higher arch design than the links at both sides. All links on the bracelet have nice polished edge to guarantee a good wearing comfort. By the way, the clasp has a micro-adjustment extension.
At last, the watch is equipped with a Japanese Miyota 9015 movement, which has 24 jewels and beats 28,800 times per hour, the central second hand will stop when you pull out the crown to adjust time. The movement has an inaccuracy of about 10 seconds to 30 seconds per day. This movement is good and best option for San Martin watches, it usually does not have issues and very durable.