I use a 200mm Crescent I've had for years, and my dad years before that, when I'm doing valves on the old air cooled VW's. Dunno about this low torque jobs talk, I've put a pipe on it to break off nuts that were tight enough to shatter my breaker bar and never had an issue.
What I really notice between the old US made and the new Chinese versions, the slop in the movable jaw. Too much wobble makes it easier to slip off and round a bolt/nut. When my beat up 40 some odd year old Crescent still has tighter clearances than the "new" crap off the shelf, something is seriously wrong.

1956 GMC 370 dump " 'Tater "
1970 VW Volksrod "the Black Bomber"
2007 Chevy Avalanche
2020 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk,
2005 Harley Davidson FLHTCUI

I dig all cars, old and new, whether they were hammered out of American iron, German steel, or Japanese tin cans. Being unable to appreciate them all is missing out on a world of great things.
But thats just MY opinion! :P