Are Swiss Watches Really Better Than Japanese Watches?

What Japanese watch would be at the same level of an Omega Seamaster 300, for example?

I had around 18 watches all japanes brands and most well known swiss brands all of them had some plus points and minus points in the end i gave most away to my Family members.

I am sure the Germans have something to say who is better. The Koreans are also coming up

Too much generalisation. How to compare the Grand Seiko watch with the plastic Swatch watch or the quartz Casio Watch for 100$ with the mechanical Omega watch for 10000$?

Japanese watches are made to be used and admired, Swiss made watches are only made to be admired,no one with normal means doesn't wear a $100k+ watch for daily use.

On your wedding day, to the girl of your dreams come true……
In front of many honored respected guests….
Would you prefer a Grand Seiko on your wrist or a ROLEX?
case closed.

With my Experience Japanese are better.

I like the High End japanese Watches more then overhyped Swiss Watches like Rolex or AP
Grand Seiko can easy compete with the Quality of Rolex and AP.
IMHO Rolex Watches are not so Special that the Hype and No1 Status is justified, Rolex has the best Marketing and a clean Lineup which never changed much since the 70s. I can respect that.
For a solid Watch under 500€ I would go allways for a japanese Watch like a Seiko Presage, Orient Star or Citizen. If I want a High End Daily Watch I go with a Grand Seiko SLGA007, if I want a Diver ill stick to a Blancpain Fithy Fathoms, If I want something really expencive with Fancy Design and Complications I would go for a Vacheron Constantin or Breguet.

Japanese automatic watches are not even close to Swiss watches. Seiko movements are not as precise as Swiss ones. My Seiko alpinist looses 20 secs per day, my chepaest Swiis watch with Eta looses max 5 secs.

Are Swiss and Japan the only two games in town or are there other nations who make top quality time pieces? Thanks

If you want to make money, buy Japanese. If you want to spend money, buy Swiss.

Very informative 🎉

Every Seiko Sports is meticulously miss aligned to top standards 😂

Nope.

Rolex is NOT Swiss!

Agree 100% on aesthetics proposition. Until recently Japanese analog watches, apart from the divers, were a bit incoherent, missing the mark and stale in the over all design.

swiss ... indigenous people ... what?

How is this video longer than 4 seconds? Just say "NO."

Swiss watches are jewellery and Seiko are accurate, elegant watches. The significant price differences are about branding of course !

Better made doesn’t mean better brand. Seiko’s are good but Rolex’s have the X factor.

Too much cuts scenes. Every second

No the best are the Chinese that are making 600-700 dollars almost perfect copy of big brands like Rolex etc

Japanese is sure better then сhiпаmaп's made, but still has a long way to rich the Swiss quality !

I still have my grandfather seiko watch with no repair nor maintenance fine working till now

Swiss watches company do their best in marketing because they cannot compete with japanese watches in price ranges

There's NO SOUL OR CHARACTER in Japanese watches. Only Westerners can do this century after century. Just like luxury cars.

How about German brands like JUNGHANS?

❤ my Longines! affordable and very accurate.

When I see that the second hand on a new Seiko Titanium does not match the lines on the dial, then my question is answered.

Swiss watch best wold alberto

I love my Lexus and i wear my Swiss watches

Swiss people are not indigenous

I beg to Differ, I like German made Watches.

'Occult' following? And why the apostrophe in 1950s?

Interestingly the first wrist watch was from a French company, Breguet, which produced what were considered the finest watches in the world, they pioneered the self winding watch, and invented the tourbillon movement that increased accuracy. Since 1999 Breguet have been a part of the Swiss Swatch Group so are now a Swiss/French watchmaker.

Correction the original Mecca of watchmaking was England and France. Production began to move to Switzerland a poor country at the time to cut costs. Swiss fakes were a thing too.

similar to Japanese cars and European cars. Japan makes practical and reliable cars, and European companies makes higher image.

Come on, Now a day a watch is just a piece of jewry, the most expensive mechanical watch can't tell time as accurate as the cheapest phone. Why care about the accuracy of the moment at all.

Rolex is British 😑

RELIABILITY AND ACCURACY ARE THE BEST WATCH QUALITIES. FASHION COMES NEXT... WHO IS BETTER?

BIG ERROR. quartz was first marketed in 1969. it was seiko that drove swiss watches to near extinction. IN 70'S. NOT 50's, 60'sas you stated!!!!

Japanese watches really are more for budget minded & practical buyers, while Swiss watches have moved further upmarket. Luxury Swiss watches generally are as practical as using a Bugatti sports car to drive daily to work in a busy downtown city; while most Japanese watches are as practical as instead driving a Honda, Toyota or Subaru.
Lets face it, Swiss can't compete dollar for dollar, so they have gone upmarket, catering to those that love the cachet of the "Swiss Made" watch.
Honestly, I can't imagine the hassle of servicing Swiss brands like Arnold & Son, F.P. Journe, Etienne Schwartz, & other micro lux brands with in house movements.

Toyota vs Mercedes. Choose well!

I recently visited a friend of mine who is a Patek/Rolex watchmaker. After looking at my Grand Seiko with a loupe, he said that if Seiko can do such good finishing of the dial on an $8500 watch, it is inexcusable for Patek to do inferior finishing on watches that cost 10 times as much.

the japanese do make great watches but overall the swiss watches are higher end and provide more features with possibly A LANGE & SONNE the best for hand finishing.

S E I K O

Sir namaste

The Citizen AQ4030-51L, must rate as one of the best watches ever made. The most accurate watch ever made with quality equal to the very best the Swiss can make.

Like my Apple Watch

The simple answer to the question posed in the video title: “of course NOT!”.
What are you - crazy?