Cheap Chinese Watch Review #2: Megir M2002

This is a review of the Megir 2002, or M2002 quartz watch. I bought the watch from GearBest. Here is their website, the Megir website, and Sunon’s website (movement mfr.):

MEGIR 2002 GearBest.com
MEGIR Watch official website (Model M2002 is not on their site).
Sunon International Group Limited

Before I begin, a word about this company/brand. Accurate information is difficult to come by on the Megir company. Internet website claims place them in London, while reality seems to place them in Guandong, China. There are also claims that they are a supplier for Citizen and Fossil watches. Current internet lore also speaks of lawsuits from Guess for claiming the same thing. Nevertheless, the internet marketplace seems to be covered up w/Megir watches. There is also talk of some Megir watches (M2713 & M3206) with higher-end Sea-Gull (Automatic 2525) movements, which might be bargains if found for low prices.

^ GearBest website pic ^

So, here we are with yet another mushroom brand, many hyped claims, and questionable beginnings/history. But…what are their watches like? I purchased this Megir M2002 2 months ago, and along with the Naviforce NV9040M that I reviewed earlier, it is in my current EDC rotation of between 5-7 watches.

^ My Megir M2002 ^

The first glance at GearBest website pics make this watch look pretty cool. It is a semi-Russian diver style, but the price (about $16) tells you it wouldn’t last at any depth underwater, and fortunately does not try to make that claim.

^ My Megir M2002 ^

I will start with the overall size of the watch. It is BIG…not Invicta big…but still pretty massive. I definitely felt as though I was over-compensating while wearing/testing…lol.

^ It is BIG ^

^ Yeah…BIG. Although the angle of this pic makes it look even larger ^

The crown and pushers are the major reason for that. IMHO, they extend much too far to the 3 O’clock side of the watch. The crown protector extends it even further, and requires you to wear the watch further up the arm. I’m just not comfortable doing that. Since I wear watches on my left arm, I prefer that this style watch have the stem/pushers at the 9 O’clock position. As is, with the controls located where they are, the watch can be uncomfortable when bending at the wrist, typing etc. I will say that the silicone band does an adequate job of keeping the watch from migrating toward the hand, which helps. The strap itself is interesting. It attaches normally to the 6 O’clock position. The buckle side, however, attaches to a 16mm long plate/section, and the silicone strap clamps to this plate via 2 screws. It also has a slotted/open section for pin access. There is already some wear on the plate where it swivels back & forth between the lugs. There are 2 loose silicone loops/strap keepers. The pin/buckle is stainless steel.

I like the flat black case and style, but the size, shiny pushers and orange accents say “check me out”. If you are into that, you might be interested in this watch. To me, it is a little too fashion-y…too gimmicky. The watch, however, has function to it. The pushers/dials actually work and move…a surprise at this price. Chrono sub-dials are located at 12 O’clock (1/10ths second), 6 O’clock (seconds) and 9 O’clock (minutes). The watch needed to be zeroed when it arrived, and I was able to do that w/the 1/10ths (top pusher) and seconds (bottom pusher) with the stem pulled out. However, I was unable to figure out how to reset the minutes sub-dial. If anyone knows how, please share

The dial is flat black, and doesn’t have any hour markers. Those items appear to be imprinted on a raised, inner bezel. This inner bezel is toothed like a gear, and only has Arabic numerals at 2, 4, 8 & 10 O’clock. The other hour markers are non-existent and have seconds/minutes marks on them. There are what appear to be 4 black screws that hold the inner bezel to the dial, but this might be purely for aesthetics. All numbers are in a dark orange, unfortunately. Against the matte black, they can be hard to see. The stick shaped hour, minute and second hands are also trimmed in orange, and change to black toward the center. They are squared at the ends. The date window is fairly easy to see, and is at a shallow depth below the dial, which has almost no shadow. ‘MEGIR CHRONOMETER’ logo appears to the immediate left of the date window.

The case is also matte black, some sort of coating (PVD?) over some type of metal. It looks similar to what Naviforce uses, which they call a Vacuum Ion Coating. I fully expect it to scratch and wear off over time…but perhaps I’ll be surprised. The lugs extend in an attractive, angular fashion towards the strap. However, there is not enough curvature to them to make the case wrap comfortably around the top portion of the wrist. The case-back is a SS pop-off/press-fit style, and is rather cheap looking.

Removal reveals a Chinese Sunon PE903 Chrono movement and a generic LR920 battery. The GearBest listing says this is an ‘imported’ movement. Hardly.

PROS:
Diver style.
Attractive, matte back case and dial.
Protected crown.
Working sub-dials (Chrono).
Date Window.
Pliable silicone strap.

CONS:
Huge.
Cheap feeling movement with too much ‘slop’. Also not imported like in website listing.
Pushers, crown and protector extend too far out which makes it potentially uncomfortable.
Watch has a cheap ‘tink-tink’ sound, instead of a more solid ‘thunk’.
Movement is not an import movement, as far as I can tell. It is a Chinese Sunon movement.
Dark orange numbering is somewhat hard to read.
No luminosity.
Not enough curvature of the lugs.
Cheap case-back.

DIMENSIONS:
Width: 60.5mm
Case Diameter: 47.5mm
Lug to lug: 56mm
Crystal: 37.5mm
Height (top of crystal to caseback): 16.5mm
OAL: 26mm
Weight: 124gms

RATING:
Cost: 4
Looks: 3
Durability: 2
Function: 4
Comfort: 2
Average: 3/5

In conclusion, the Megir M02 is just an OK watch with some interesting appeal and attributes. It definitely looks different than any watch I own. It seems to work fine, at least in the short time I have worn it, and has kept time as well as just about any other quartz watch. My issue is with it’s bulk, lack of comfort and little-known movement.

Thanks,
krono