Stuhrling OriginalMen's Watch Dive Watch Silver 42 MM Case with Screw Down Crown Rubber Strap Water Resistant to 330 FT

Bought this attractive, solidly built watch for a very reasonable price. I’ve had it two months now and it keeps excellent time, looks like a watch costing thousands and so far has be lived up to the “Submariner” water resistance promise since I have submerged it in salt water and often shower wearing it and have had no fogging or leakage. The crystal is nice and the lens by the date window magnifies the numbers very well.

If you are like me and looking to completely unplug from all the digital chaos, but you still want a quality watch, this is it. Very simple and straight forward. Water proof tested to 25 feet by myself. I love the magnified glass section for the date. For someone like me with older eyes, a quick glance I have the date, and of course the time. Not much else to say.

I bought this for my collection of daily wearers around the middle of last year. I wanted a “SUB…….” homage like another one that I have. The price dropped to the good deal zone and I snapped one up.It came in a nice box with all of the usual trimmings and literature, a fairly big one as the watch was laid out flat not curled around a plastic holder of some sort. It’s a pretty light watch with a super soft silicone band that’s sized just right for a 7” wrist.Overall observations: Light for its size, possibly due to it probably being made out of plated base metal. The plating seems pretty thick and solid though, but the heft isn’t there like you would find on a solid stainless steel or brass case diver. Has a “Krysterna” crystal. Don’t know if this is good or bad but time will tell I suppose. So far it hasn’t scratched or chipped. No visible AR coating. The date cyclops seems well adhered to and centered but the date numerals are shifted to the center just very slightly. Sadly the lume isn’t very good. Shining a law enforcement-grade super flashlight directly on it for 30 seconds only gets its attention for about 5 minutes or so then it's back to sleep.Pros: Light for a medium-sized diver, very comfortable, soft silicone band. Has bright chrome plating and a useful date magnifier aka “cyclops”, a 120-click uni-bezel, a screw-down crown, and a square-lug case cover that your typical watch service kit's adjustable case back wrench can fit. Keeps decent time IMO. -mine is about 2 minutes slow per month. The bezel indexes ok except for a slight drag around the 6 o’clock position but that isn’t a bother. Tells time and looks sharp.Cons: It went dead on me about a month ago and I thought that the battery was just through and that I’d replace it. Off with the case back and into the watch I discovered dirt on the back of the dial, movement, and white plastic frame. Visible “soil?” and lint. I blew it out with a blower.On releasing the hold-down clamp for the battery, I notice that the module is resting at an angle and the plastic frame is pushed off to the side a little bit. I basically couldn’t remove the frame to access the battery from the side with tweezers. I unscrewed the crown, pulled it out to position 2 and the movement snapped back down inside the frame pocket only then was I able to get the frame out and swap out the battery. Closed up the watch, ordered a new battery, and went back into the case after I received it. Got everything put back into its correct place and the watch worked for about a day -then it stopped.At this point, I considered my return options for a day or so and decided against it. I gave it a couple of whacks with my hand and gave up. The potential length of time, possible cost, and the reality of reduced price homage watch ownership pushed me into putting it back into my case for a future watch modding project thinking this is what I get.Two weeks later I noticed that it was working and still is working!. After all of this, I think that there was some dirt lodged somewhere that stopped the thing.I summary, IMO it’s an “ok” watch. I know that the watch that I received may not be the standard of watch that someone else may get but I can only judge what I own. I would consider another Sturhling only if the price dropped quite a lot, to be honest.

Good watch for daily used

Nice looking watch, great price right now. I looked up the price at the Stuhrling site and it was over $300 for the same model. Comes packaged in a nice box if looking to give as a gift. I'll put the water resistance in the pool and kayaking soon, but I think it will stand up to that type of water.

Nice watch

El estuche donde viene, es genial, lo protege bastante, el diseño del reloj es muy bonito, la compra es para mi esposo y el quedo feliz, no es muy grande la caratula, realmente muy lindo

The most impressive things about this watch were: the packaging, and the overall look and fit of the watch on the wrist. After that it was all downhill. When I first glanced at the watch I thought that the company had made a mistake and sent me a one-off specially watch. The face of the watch appeared to have a 3 dimensional image of a cloud nebula embedded in the crystal. Wrong. Moisture had accumulated on the face of this faux dive watch! That was not a good start. I was prepared to send the watch back and have it replaced until I started noticing some other things.The back of the watch case had a strange mark on it that I could not rub out. It almost appeared that the watch had been run over by something prior to being placed in the box. Also not good.Then there was the phosphorescence.Just before I went to bed I decided to see how well the watch worked in the dark. The markers lit up just fine, though one marker (at 10 o'clock) looked as though the brush slipped during the application of the paint. More of an issue was that the fact that the hands did not glow at all, no matter how long I held them under a light source.The watch was sent back and I am asking Amazon for a refund.Stuhrling needs to get their quality control act together. I know it is not an expensive watch. But if my experience is any indication, this watch would not really serve anyone.