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Fantastic watch for the price!! Well made and beautiful

This watch is shockingly good for the price. I don't know what the Swiss are going to do in 5 years. It has a classic, vintage style that is reminiscent of 1960s watches, with a "top hat" domed crystal. The best feature, however, is the Seiko/TMI VH60B "mecha-quartz" movement, which ticks about 3 times a second, so it genuinely looks like an old-school low-beat mechanical watch--just like my Vulcain Cricket. The case, hand and dial finishing are very good. The bracelet is also very nice with solid end links. It does have some sharp edges in spots, so if that bothers you, you might just want to lightly file or sand around the clasp area. But I plan to wear it on a leather NATO strap. Lastly, I purchased the sand colored dial. It has nice depth that looks great outdoors in the sunlight. You can see the shadows on the dunes by holding it at different angles.

Decent

When you’ve spent a lot of money on expensive watches and become “watch poor,” Addiesdive can scratch an itch. If you’re just watch curious, I would recommend these Chinese watches as a nice pace to start. Doesn’t need to be Seiko or Orient. The Chinese are catching up! Beautiful dials, indices and case finishing makes it punch above its weight. The Seiko V31 movement is great so it doesn’t have the quartz “tic, tic, tic. Their automatics are nice reliable Seiko movements as well. Yes the bracelet will rattle but once wearing it doesn’t matter. You can’t expect better at this price point. So if you’re watch poor or watch curious, give them a try.

(Update: The seller contacted me immediately after I submitted this review to make sure I was happy with how it turned out. Very nice.) Normally I prefer 40mm divers, but I do love this watch. I used to wonder why I didn't really like Explorer style bezels at 40mm and finally realized that it's because they seem out of proportion to my eye. I think 36mm for a bezel of this style is just right on my 7" wrist. I bought the white one a few months ago and it was perfect. Then I bought the blue version a few days ago. It was shipped in a box that had been opened and the watch had already been sized for very small wrist. The removed links were in a sandwich baggie and there were fingerprints all over the watch and bracelet. So I shipped it back and got another one. On this one, the plastic wrap on the clasp had clearly been removed and the reapplied. And the baggie that should've had two tools was empty, and one tool was moving around freely in the box. The other was missing. That's no problem since I have watch building tools, but the point is that this was a second open box. I kept this one and I'm happy with it. I think the blue version is even better than the white one. The bracelet has a nice satin brushed finish. And the smooth movement of the Seiko VH31's second had gives it that automatic look. Lug to lug is 46mm.

Beautiful time piece on its own merits. Almost unbelievably nice for the cost. However, without realistic expectations you may be disappointed. The watch wears even smaller than its tiny (by modern standards) case size. It also won't compare favorably to entry level luxury watches, as many people are claiming online. Similarly, I'd doubt claims regarding durability, divability, etc. However, none of those factors should prevent anyone from buying the watch if they like it. It mates well with other jewelry because of its small size, it presents waaaaay above its weight class, and 99% of watch wearers don't need the extreme capabilities they're paying for.

I love this watch. I put it on a brown leather strap and it look great on the wrist. It has kept accurate time, has taken a beating, been in water and still looks good. For the price this is one nice watch.

Love the look, has a great movement but the pin that holds the clasp closed came off and of course it was the day after when I had the ability to exchange it.

the best value for money watch with sweeping hands. 36mm is bit smaller for big wrist..

Muito elegante, recomendo a compra de uma pulseira de couro

Es un reloj bellísimo, se nota de buena calidad, viene dentro de su estuche con esponjas y embalado para que no se raye, y además cubierto por otra caja, por lo que llegó en perfecto estado, en mi caso ya venía trabajando la manecilla, me gustó mucho y sin duda lo volvería a comprar, es elegante y bonito.

Beautiful watch and inexpensive.

Precioso reloj. Parece un Grand Seiko de $2,500 dólares. La corona es atornillable como todos los relojes finos. Lo recomiendo ampliamente.