Got quite a few watches during my years of travel, knockoffs and real. In some cases, the fakes kept better time than the real, but mostly (except for manually wound) they all worked fine.
I prefer simple field watches that fit the environment better up here....water proof, shock resistant, scratch resistant crystal, etc. Timex works fine, and are cheap enough, I don't mind when I break or lose one. Am now looking for one with the metal case covered with a tough, thin rubber/plastic, like an iphone cover.
It's the bands I have trouble with.