“I purchased this pocket watch for my son-in-law for Christmas. I was so anxious to see what it was like and it's soooo nice. My husband is getting ready to retire from the fire department after over 30 years, countless deployments to hurricane hit areas and New York 911. I've been wracking my brain trying to think of what to get him and after seeing his reaction to our son-inlaw's watch, I now know that this watch will be among his retirement gifts too.”
“I am extremely happy with my new time piece being an avid collector of pocket watches this was a must have to add to my collection. I have wrist watch from Stuhrling and get many positive comments about its unique design. I can't wait to show off my new purchase. Thank you Stuhrling for creating such wonderful time pieces.”
“This is a fairly in-expensive hunter (open) faced, mechanical (hand wound, no battery) pocket watch. It's 47 mm size makes it close to the old size 16 watches, but much lighter due to improvements in materials. The gold tone watch is electroplated over unknown material. The watch is non-hackable (if you need that sort of accuracy, get a quartz watch or use your phone) with 19 jewels and runs for over 30 hours when fully wound. It has Sturhrling's version of a sapphire crystal called Krysterna and is water resistant to 100 feet. Who showers with a pocket watch on? What this means to the average buyer. You are getting a great purchase for your buck. Good mechanical watches start around $70 in the antique market, many modern watches are priced higher but don't offer more. The 19 jewels is 2 more than railroad watches needed and the accuracy is on par with most mechanical watches today: +/- 1 minute/day. Recall that metal will expand and contract with the weather. If you want a mechanical watch that you can set to the exact second try a pilot style wrist watch, but metal is metal. This is a skeleton watch which is nice if you want want to watch the guts doing there thing, BUT it does make reading the time a bit difficult. However, this is a dress watch, therefore you should be having a good time and not checking the time! All in all this watch is worth the $75 dollars or so for a gift. It is non-engravable.”
