As an engineer, I have a fascination for purely mechanical watches. Sure, a $3 quartz watch will be cheaper, lighter, more accurate, and generally all around better. But it won't contain an intricate assembly of wheels, springs, and levers that regulate the hands in a purely mechanical way. The second hand will only beat once a second, instead of 4 or 8 times like an automatic. In our increasingly computerized world, the one reason to own a mechanical watch is obvious.This was my first mechanical watch back in 2014, and it is a pretty decent one. I wish the dial had hours on the outside instead of minutes. I wish the watch could be manually wound instead of only automatically. Some people might wish the watch was a little bit bigger, but I prefer smaller dials personally. For a Grant note back in 2014, this was a great deal. The current price at time of review is more than twice that, at which point I'd strongly consider picking up a used Orient Mako, which was in fact my second watch.
Rating:
[5 of 5 Stars!]