“This is a very tough review for me to put down. First off, I absolutely love the watch, I love Long Island Watch and I love Marc. I started buying watches from him after seeing him on YouTube and I've bought several.
The problem is this particular unit that I received had a dealbreaker issue with it when I got it. I took it out of the box and it looked great. I wound it up and it seemed to work fine. Then I checked it several hours later (still on my wrist) and it had stopped. I was able to get it going again by shaking it. So, either I had failed to wind it enough - trust me, I wound it fully the first time... or it had a big problem. Unfortunately it turns out it was a big problem. I didn't want to believe there was something wrong with it at first, but after it stopped several more times, yes several, over multiple days, I had to admit that it was broken. So, reluctantly, I opened up the case back. The rotor seemed to move more or less ok so I tipped the watch over and out pops a tiny screw onto my table. I put the case back back on, wind it up and it's been working fine ever since. It winds fine manually. It seems to stay wound in the watch winder just fine. The date and time adjust smoothly and the date changes as it should. I did cut the outer gasket taking the case back off and putting it back on, but I can get another gasket.
I don't want to give this watch, or Marc, anything less than five stars. It hurts, but I have to give it two stars. If it wasn't for how absolutely gorgeous it is, if it was anything less than perfect style / design it would have gotten only one star.”
