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Main Forums => Watch Reviews => Topic started by: pwfoon on May 12, 2017, 09:08:20 PM
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Hi, what are your thoughts about this watch? Appreciate your comments.
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Nice blue dial. Go for it
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Hi, what are your thoughts about this watch? Appreciate your comments.
This is a wonderful watch. I love the Santoni strap and it really is a very versatile watch. The brown of the strap is casual, smart. But it is not for everyday wear. So I switch it between a black alligator from my 3717. The 3717 has a 21mm lug width, but it fits. I have somehow come to prefer the watch with the black alligator strap as it makes the watch look more "classic" and the blue of the dial is more subdued.
(http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z157/dualcarb/Watches/C9CDF5DE-207C-4141-B0F3-0B17D735DBFC.jpg) (http://s192.photobucket.com/user/dualcarb/media/Watches/C9CDF5DE-207C-4141-B0F3-0B17D735DBFC.jpg.html)
This watch is just the right size. Unlike the mark XVII which was 41mm, which I felt was too big and the Mark XVI which is a little difficult to procure as not many would want to part with it. I love 40mm as this is the sweet spot for me. I have very puny six and a half inch wrists and anything more than 40mm would have the lugs hanging off the sides of my wrist.
I chose the leather strap version over the steel bracelet version of this watch because I feel that this watch is meant to be on leather. I have previously owned the pilot chrono 3706 and 3717 respectively. I have bought both the previous references in steel and a leather bracelet separately. And I always ended up wearing them on leather more than anything else.
So to this Mark XVIII LPP version, it is no different, it really looks much better in a leather strap. And the fact that it comes in a brown leather strap makes it more distinctive. I wear it with my jeans and t-shirt. I wear it with a shirt and tie and also Bermudas and polo shirt. I just goes with everything.
(http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z157/dualcarb/Watches/39CB1D49-5E54-4DD1-82B3-41B6A3EF31D3.jpg) (http://s192.photobucket.com/user/dualcarb/media/Watches/39CB1D49-5E54-4DD1-82B3-41B6A3EF31D3.jpg.html)
The blue really looks great under the sun. And the date aperture is in white, while the black dial version has a black date aperture. It really depends on what your preference is. I just feel that this is one watch that I can keep for a long long time to come. Good luck and I hope you get one soon.
Cheers
Patrick
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Very pretty!
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Hi Patrick, thank you for sharing. I am all excited to have this watch. Just want to know how is the accuracy? Tq.
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Hi Patrick, thank you for sharing. I am all excited to have this watch. Just want to know how is the accuracy? Tq.
Accuracy of a watch is really a lucky draw. Sometimes you get a real accurate one which is plus, minus one or two seconds a day. Or it may be up to five to six seconds. Mine is two seconds fast a day. Which is well within COSC standards. Even within the grand Seiko standard. Then again, the movement is a very reliable workhorse from ETA. So that being said, I would not worry too much. It should perform flawlessly out of the box.
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Thank you Patrick. I am still new to mechanical watch. Still have a lot more to learn from Sifus.
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Did they make a version of this with an in-house movement?
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Did they make a version of this with an in-house movement?
No. Mark series are all with ETA.
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