Akribos XXIV Men's AK410YG 'Saturnos' Skeleton Automatic Gold Watch Review
For a chinese made mechanical watch in a low budget range it seems to hold its own fairly well. The dial is easily visible with precise, easy to read numbers. Other than a slight misalignment of the 12, 9 and 3 dials for the most part it is perfect.The band is a bit smaller than standard American bands and fairly narrow. The synthetic sapphire also seems to hold true to the name and after a few scrapes into things has been fairly scratch resistant.
It seems to use an unknown Chinese etched cover for the parts that is found in several other brands such as Armitron and Stuhrling (Also owned by the owners of Akribos). This watch mainly has the advantage of the very visible dial when compared to other "generic Chinese skeletons"
However it does have a few flaws
1)The oscillating weight is fairly stiff. It takes quite a bit of force for it to move when compared to other automatic watches. It also makes a fairly audible cranking sound in a quiet room. Sometimes it sounds as if the watch is broken. The escape ticking is also fairly audible, although again it needs to be fairly quiet to be heard.
2)Contrary to what is written in the manual; pulling the crown does not stop the clock, it only allows you to turn the hour/minute wheel, and even they continue moving. At first I thought it was a defect and a quick e-mail to the company was responded to informing me that this is part of the way this model works. This makes it difficult to assess the accuracy of second loss and makes it quite difficult to set the watch without the time being off by 20-40 seconds.
3)Winding this watch can also be an annoyance as the mechanism is quite stiff even when the watch has completely run out of kenetic energy.
Akribos XXIV Men's AK410YG 'Saturnos' Skeleton Automatic Gold Watch Feature
- Rose gold plated stainless steel case, Screw in exhibition case back,
- Skeleton rose gold see thru movement
- Rose gold hand and hour markers with inner ring GMT indicator
- 2183 Automatic movement
- Water-resistant to 100 feet (30 M)
Akribos XXIV Men's AK410YG 'Saturnos' Skeleton Automatic Gold Watch Overview
The Akribos XXIV Men's 'Saturnos' Skeleton Automatic Gold Watch showcases a golden skeleton-key dial with engraved scrollwork detailing for a sophisticated appearance that transitions from business casual to stylish evening wear. Constructed with a stainless steel case, the timepiece includes a stationary gold-tone-stainless-steel bezel and a brown leather wristband secured with a buckle clasp. A durable krysterna window shields the intricate gold skeleton dial. Two white bands encircle the dial. The outer band includes gold-tone Arabic numeral hour markers, slim black minute indexes, and black Arabic markers in five-minute increments. The inner band marks the 24-hour clock cycle. Featuring gold-tone watch hands, this handsome timepiece is powered by automatic movement. It is water resistant to 99 feet (30 M).
*** Product Information and Prices Stored: May 03, 2010 07:50:15
