Big, cheap, and a little dumb. I mean that nicely.
By Dave Kowalski, Chicago ยท
Two hundred to two hundred sixty bucks gets you a LOT of watch here. 44 mm by 14 mm with 22 mm lugs, 300 m, rotating bezel, Seiko NH35 automatic with 41 hours. Comes on a fabric strap.
That's a hefty watch. Two inches across, more or less, and as tall as a stack of quarters. On my wrist (seven and a quarter, thick) it'd be fine. On anybody slimmer, it's going to look like a kid wearing his dad's watch.
The other knock is the mineral crystal. At 300 m, they obviously want you to take it in the water, but mineral scratches and on a watch this tall the crystal sticks up and catches everything. Annoying.
If you like big watches and want a cheap, tough automatic to beat around, sure. I'd still lean toward a Zelos Swordfish for about $150 more, which is smaller and has sapphire.