GuteMen's Watch, Mechanical Skeleton Steampunk Automatic Self-Winding Arabic Numeral Blue Hands Brown PU Leather Wrist Watch

I purchased my first Chinese mechanical watch for a trip I was taking to a foreign country. I wanted something that wouldn't be sorely missed if it was lost, stolen or didn't last long. Amazingly, after six months that $18 watch continues to be accurate within 5 seconds daily. However, with subsequent purchases I have found that about 50% of inexpensive Chinese watches are keepers. The remaining 50% are either (1) a minute or more fast/slow daily, (2) do not look good in person or (3) defective in some other manner, such as visible bits of dirt inside the crystal. In essence, the buyer serves as the quality control department, which isn't too bad considering the low prices and Amazon's free returns.The example of the Classic Winner I received is a keeper. After three days, this watch is running about 20 seconds fast daily - acceptable for a $23 mechanical watch. I find that the watch is even more attractive in person. The face and hands compare well with watches in the $200 range. I was concerned the watch might look too small on my wrist, but it came in a 42 mm case rather than the advertised size of 40 mm.At first, the rotor that facilitates automatic winding was very stiff and moved in tiny increments. After a few weeks it loosened and moves much more freely.As expected, the band is a temporary, disposable piece that simply allows you to wear the watch until you find something better. Fortunately, better quality bands are available starting around $12, and a new band is a great way to personalize your watch.In terms of longevity this watch comes with Amazon's 2 year Asurion warranty. In comparison, a watch with a quality Japanese movement will cost four times the money and offer a one year warranty. However, the Japanese watch has a good chance of lasting 20 years, whereas I would be surprised if a Chinese watch lasted 5 years.

While I was initially impressed by the watch's attractive design and the apparent high quality of its materials, I unfortunately encountered significant issues with its timekeeping functionality.Specifically, the watch's mechanical movement failed to maintain accurate time overnight, requiring manual winding. Even after manual winding, the watch consistently lost several minutes each day, rendering it impractical for everyday use. This significant deviation from expected performance is deeply disappointing and makes the watch unusable.

Very nice watch bought for my husband that wanted an old fashioned wind up watch. Did not disappoint. Would purchase again.

Cheap watch from China. Wind-up mechanical. Seems to keep relatively good time.Whe first received, it seemed to stop randomly even when properly wound. Now that I‘ve had it a while, and run it awhile, it seems less prone to stoppage.I bought this watch for occasional use, not for all day wear, somewhat to experiment with. It’s far more accurate and dependable than a similar low cost watch from China I bought 7 years ago. That earlier one ended up in the trash within a month or two. This one, early on, shows more promise.

It dies in the night if you sleep too long and over all the automatic part of the movement doesn’t spin well, no where near anything more expensive. They really cut corners everywhere to get the price so low. The band is just bad I get it’s not real leather that’s fine but it’s all stiff and doesn’t fit nicely. The nicest part about this watch is looks nice and stands out and more people have noticed this one over my more expensive and nicer watches.

I always read the reviews of items before I buy them and I have to admit that I was a bit skeptical about this watch after reading some of the comments. The low price also had me a little concerned. But I have to say that so far none of these concerns have turned out to be true. I have been using the watch for three days and so far it keeps excellent time and has given me no problems at all. I wanted a simple wind up watch and that is exactly what I got. Time will tell how it holds up to daily use, but so far it has turned out to be a great value. Maybe my standards aren’t as high as other people’s may be, but for the price I don’t know how anyone could complain.

My husband loved it when he first got it. Quickly it started losing time. Next thing you know it stopped working. Now it sets in his drawer. He told me that the self winding mechanism stops working unless you're constantly moving your arm. So unless you're weilding a hammer all day this watch will stop working.So disappointed because i wanted him to continue to love it longer than a couple of months.

This is a handsome watch with what seems to me be a magnified crystal that makes it easier to read the time the hands on the watch are a blue steel with a off white background that has a classic pattern. if you take it off for several hours you should wind it five or ten turns unless the winder is stiff don't force it.