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Fortuna Chronometrie Automatic Watches
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Fortuna watches are precisely crafted in Germany. With a slight retro lean, they harken back to the golden age of the 1950s, when sporty, bold watches could be found on the wrists of big-time stars and common folk alike Read More
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keyboard_arrow_downT.willy
463
Mar 4, 2020
Wow I do feel a bit stupid now. I just ASSUMED all the product descriptions were written by Drop.😲I apologize for the misdirected blame towards MD. However and this is no excuse for my mistake but like yourself I do believe it was a poor choice to use there description at all. I will agree it seems like you get a lot for the price these are selling for witch just makes the other stuff all the more ridiculous in IMHO. Thank you for letting me know about my mistake I appreciate that. 👊😎
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Snowgooseflight
51
Mar 4, 2020
Good looking watches and you certainly get a lot of watch for the $$. Sapphire, automatic, signed crown from a micro brand could typically set you back some $200.
What confuses me is that, in the Drop photo's, the Cliff and Phill models have a better placement of the date window (not eating out of the numeral 3) than the other models. But on the manufacturer's site, the date windows are different from the Drop photo's....
Glen8
671
Mar 2, 2020
Massdrop please correct the last option, it says 'Liam' but shows the same picture and part number for the 'phil' model that directly precedes it
Aleskb
449
Mar 2, 2020
Overall a decent looking timepiece, even though I don't find anything particularly exciting to it I can see why it may speak to others.
What I can't see and hate though, is the use of terms such as "chronometrie" on a watch equipped with an NH35, wich is as far of a "chronometer" movement as one can get. Just write bloody "automatic" if you need to place some text there!
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Aleskb
449
Mar 4, 2020
"Chronometrie" is rather a French word, and French being my mother tongue, I know it doesn't mean "chronomoter" but the term is, at best, confusing even to French native speakers like me. I don't believe 1/10th of a second that this was not intended by the designer to give it some sort of quality related marking, without having to assume a blank lie by writing "chronometer". I mean come on, a Seiko 4R35 movement...
Aleskb
449
Mar 4, 2020
I'm not sure the blame is on MD though, as I believe they didn't design nor produce this watch? I'd rather place it on the Fortuna company owner who took the decisions on using such language. But again, what can one expect from someone who creates a company that assembles watches that cost 150 USD, and names it "Fortuna"? How about he justs adds the drawing of a diamond on the dial and call it the "millionaire" model? :)
Ok, enough shit-talk, other than that the watch doesn't look bad though, and the NH35 is a workhorse. Just not a pur sang! :p
Cornwallj
37
Mar 1, 2020
Is the black with mustard indicies just a little too vintage-wannabe, or tastefully representative of aged radium?
Not seeing too many people talking about this one. Is it new this time around?
And did they get something wrong with the last two options being identical? Im almost certainly picking one up once I figure that part out.
JohnnyCredit
469
Mar 1, 2020
I don't believe these are made in Germany, because on the Fortuna website the more expensive models have " MADE IN GERMANY" on the dialhttps://fortuna.watch/collections/taurus-automatic
JohnnyCredit
469
Mar 1, 2020
Not saying it's a bad wstch or necessarily a bad deal, but if the Made in Germany aspect trumpeted in the listing is important to a buyer, I don't think this model qualifies. (My understanding is that a movement from another country isn't a disqualifier, but it would still need to be cased in Germany.)
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TipsyMacScotchslurpen
379
Mar 2, 2020
JohnnyCreditOh, I agree. The first thing I did when I saw the "precisely crafted in Germany" claim in the Overview and the lack of any markings on the dial to that effect is go searching the 'net for the NH35 movement. A lot of old, generally lesser-known, German or Swiss watch companies have had their names bought up by companies that are now making watches with cheap Chinese mechanical movements. I always kinda cringe when I don't see "Swiss Made", "Made in Germany", or "Japan" on the dial of a watch whenever I see an ad for one that is advertised as having been "made", "designed", or "crafted" in one of those countries. In this case, it appears that the watch is assembled in Germany from mostly German parts (by cost), but uses a Japanese automatic movement.
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