Review on Mondaine Classic A667.30314.11SBB Mens And Womens Watch 36Mm - Official Swiss Railways Wrist Watch Day And Date Black Leather Strap 30M Waterproof by Arunprasath Elliott

The styling and finish is absolutely gorgeous in an efficient Swiss way, combining all the aspects I love about Germanic and Romance cultural aesthetics. However, I have to rate this watch poorly because the fundamentals--its function as a watch--are just so poorly carried off.This does not run "like a Swiss watch". A close inspection of the movement reminds you of some cheap Chinese-made quartz analog. The hands do not sweep out proportional distances as time passes. What this means is that when the minute hand is at the half hour mark (30 minutes) the hour hand should be exactly half way between two full hours. It's off by as much as four minute marks. Another way to explain it is to think about the hands' position at midnight. All the hands should stick perfectly straight up, but the hour hand will point out awkwardly to one side or the other.The mechanics of the watch leave much to be desired as well. There is so much slop in the crown that you can wiggle it back and forth considerably with no movement of the hands. Pressing it in or pulling it out also causes the hands to jump by as much as two minutes. It just feels cheap.It's a beautiful looking watch but it's incredibly disappointing once you actually start using it. Either avoid this brand entirely, or look to one of their higher end automatics. Although for the money you'd probably be much happier with a mid-level Japanese automatic.