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K.T.N
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Apr 13, 2018
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I got my CHR yesterday and just set it up this morning.
Wow, am I impressed.
Great industrial design, and the execution and finish are so clean and absolutely flawless. Great manufacturing quality. Really top notch.
It looks better in person than what the photos convey. It has a dimensional quality to it that don't fully come across in the pictures.
Some nice touches are the two straps. one leather, one silicone. Each strap has a tiny pull back lever for one side of the spring bar pins, so it's super easy to install. Super nice and classy.
I feel like they really thought it through and went above and beyond with the straps. And the straps seem really nice quality, too; well integrated into the design of the watch, and not an afterthought.
Sometimes you spend this much or more on a watch and feel like they cheaped out somewhere. With this, I just felt really good about the purchase. Everything was as good or better than I expected.
I'm testing the accuracy now. But so far this has been great. I will definitely be purchasing more ROUE watches in the future (in fact, I just jumped on other the one that is dropping now).
I got the model with brighter case and dial finish. The all black was also appealing, but it looked just a little too "stealth bomber" for my style. Of course I haven't seen the black one in person, but in the pics it seems like the lighter one shows off the detailing somewhat better.
If there's one nit to pick, and this is a tiny, tiny one, it's this: because of the way the straps are packed, each set tucked into one corner of the box so it kind of wraps around on the inside of the box, if the strap isn't oriented just right when packed, it will pick up an upward bend instead of a downward one.
This happened to my silicone strap, but not my leather one.
What happens is once the band is installed on the watch, instead of the band curving down on both sides to mirror the curve of the wrist, the band will, instead, slightly curve upward (so when the watch is taken off and laid flat on a table, the two ends of the band curl upward a tiny bit).
This isn't a functional problem at all because the silicone is quite pliable. Once on the wrist, the issue is non- existent.
So just a tiny nit pick, almost not worth mentioning.
Overall, I'm very impressed. I think this is a watch brand to keep an eye on.
Apr 13, 2018
rouewatches
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Apr 16, 2018
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K.T.NThank you for the very positive review ! The more you use, the more you like it.
Apr 16, 2018
smallberries
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Apr 23, 2018
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K.T.NIf you like that strap design and want more, have a look at Barton quick-release straps (amazon carries them).
Apr 23, 2018
K.T.N
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Apr 23, 2018
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smallberriesGreat! Thanks for the tip.
I'll definitely check it out.
Apr 23, 2018
Bleakravenloft
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Apr 27, 2018
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K.T.NAny lume on the watch?
Apr 27, 2018
K.T.N
1264
Apr 27, 2018
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BleakravenloftI haven’t been in an environment where the lume was necessary, so I haven’t noticed.
But this review indicates that only the chronograph hands are lumed:
https://www.ablogtowatch.com/roue-chr-ssd-watch-review/2/
Apr 27, 2018
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