 "Only One Major Flaw (IMHO)" | 2009-10-26 |
| - Reviewed By User: A121QHYA5K6HPT |
| I love the fact that it never needs a battery, and with the strength of titanium and the durability of scratch-resistant mineral, I won;t have to buy another watch for a long time. This is an amazing watch that is incredibly light weight, loaded with features. I have found one flaw so far, and unfortunately, it's a big one. It keeps track of the date, but only in the time zone displayed on the digital window. Unless you want to keep track of your local time both with the watch hands and the digital window showing the same time, you'll have to remember to pretty much remember the current date on your own. Personally, I think an oversight like this can be a deal-breaker for some. For all of its technology and such, it doesn't have a dedicated to keep track of the date locally. |
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| "Good watch, but keep away from salt water." | 2009-08-18 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2P8G3GANFX9MA |
My wife got this watch for me 8 years ago when I was traveling to Asia a lot. The dual time zone function works great, and titanium material makes this watch much lighter than the stainless steel model which is very easy to wear. I love this watch and wore it everywhere over the years, and you can tell because the titanium will get scratched over time. The watch is very durable; it has stand up to all kinds of abuse including contact sports and skiing. But until recently years when I started to go snorkeling with this watch, that is when I started to see some moisture build up getting inside of the display. The moisture seems to come and go for a while, but not long after the watch just died completely. Since the watch has already passed the 5 year warranty period, I decide to go ahead and troubleshoot it myself. I purchased a watch opening kit from Amazon.com, open the watch, and found that the sea water somehow got inside of the steel parts that is in the turning knob and corroded that area. I can see that there were some rusting going on and eventually that part broke off which the water can get in.
Since this watch has taken so much abuse and still lasted this long, I feel that I got my moneys worth, so I would definitely buy this watch again. But the next time I buy a watch like this, I would probably try to avoid contact with water at all cost.
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 "an odd watch" | 2009-06-19 |
| - Reviewed By neurasthenic |
What's to like: I find the watch to be attractive, though not everybody agrees (my wife, for one, thinks it looks cheap). It's surprisingly light, given the size, and it keeps good time.
What's not to like: Setting the time and other settings is an almost comically elaborate process, compared to other watches. It will involve at least a few of the following steps: make sure the 'zero' setting is accurate, fix it if needed, set your city and time zone offset, set the time digitally, and swapping the digital and analog times. Though there are three inset dials on the face, one shows what mode the watch is in, and the other two both show the time (one in 24 hour mode, and the other in UTC). It's a waste of two complications, showing the time in three places at once (four, if you have the digital windows set to show the time also). Also, if you wear a suit or otherwise wear long sleeves much of the time, your watch may not get enough sunlight to keep on working. You may have to take it off your wrist and set it under light for a few hours each day, which eliminates any advantage this watch might have in convenience over battery-powered alternatives.
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| "great light watch" | 2009-06-05 |
| - Reviewed By ngufra |
pros:
-great looking
-light. compared to seiko SNA, this watch is really light.
-never need a battery.
-the crown is protected so it does not rub against your skin, like on my seiko sna which causes skin irritation.
cons:
-no light. hands are luminous though not all night long.
-The time zone is used for both date and time, i wish i could set the other timezone to paris, but still have the date local.
-The timezone setting is too easy to change so my tz is sfo but when i date mode i need to make sure it's in a different time zone.
-some features are night though i never use them: GMT time and 24 hours clocks; slide rule. the slide rule is a little difficult to rotate. The instructions could include a few pages to explain how to use it instead of letting us search the internet for instructions on a circular slide rule.
-the alarm is not very loud.
Bottom line:
great watch. i have many watches but use this one most of the time.
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| "Love it after 4 years, but band broke." | 2008-09-19 |
| - Reviewed By User: A221PVHTEM4FDD |
| I have throughly enjoyed this watch, it has been accurate to +/- 60 seconds per year. It has taken a beating and held together (I am hard on watches). I finaly broke the band, the first failure was just a pin which was hard to find a replacement for. Now one of the solid pins sheared. The watch diffinently needs to be Titanium otherwise it is too heavy. I have a nice Pulsar made of Stainless Steel, but I never wear it because it bangs my wrist hard when hammer or hit things. I would have made one feature change though, the Day Light Savings Time must be set for each time zone On or Off twice a year. I would have added a global Off option to take all time zones out of day-light-savings. It is a bit of a pain to set all the various time zone to and from this. I also have several scratches in the crystal, but still like the watch. It does glow in the dark well enough to read the time in a movie theater, but no light on the watch. I understand the reason (solar power). |
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 "Best watch with greatest price!" | 2008-07-06 |
| - Reviewed By xingw |
I have owned this watch for about 5 years. With the Eco-drive system, as you can expect, I've never pay a visit to a jewelry store for replacing battery.
Despite the user manual didn't mention much about the scratch resistant, but my watch hasn't had a single scratch on the surface with it great for watch under 500 dollars.
No matter you are professional diver, office personal, or what ever your occupation is. This is the watch for you. |
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