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The Americana Chapter 2 Railroad Watch from Brillier, a company striving to bring the watchmaking craft back to American soil, earns its name. Dedicated to the watches that helped shape the American railroad system in the second half of the 19th century, the watch incorporates the actual regulations of "the Railroad Standard" from the era Read More
Few things:
➡️ Strap needs to go
➡️ Price seems high for this quartz “Masterpiece”
➡️ I dig the dial design but one too many numbers on it imo so a bit busy
overall score: 4️⃣/1️⃣0️⃣
Hendrix-DKCorrection: It's called "Bulova Accutron II Men's 98B272 Quartz Silver Dial Two-Tone Bracelet 40mm"
But I thought the Bracelet was too "bling"
Question:
What do you get when you put a twenty-dollar, quartz movement into a six-hundred dollar, railroad inspired, pocket watch design, wrist watch?
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Yes it's true, this train wreck from the glory days of American railroading (from a watchmaker with zero connections to it), is powered by a Swiss Ronda 1069 quartz movement, versions of which can be purchased for as little as $19.95...
https://www.esslinger.com/harley-ronda-2-hand-small-second-at-6-00-quartz-watch-movement-hq1069-overall-height-3-8mm/Now some folks will tell you that movement is the little engine that could--and they'd be right, they work fine. But stuffing one into a watch and peddling them to the uninformed for just under seven hundred bucks? Well, that's no way to run a railroad in my book!
Might work for you though; here's a nice review:
http://www.watchisthis.com/brillier-americana-chapter-2/