No date option which is a bit disappointing for me, unusual for a GMT!! Otherwise okay!! Unfortunately not as excited as you are about this watch seen much better for a fraction of the price!!
Nice looking watch for the price. And the movement seems much better than the Seiko that is in Baltany military chronograph, for instance. I have the Baltany and the movement is lousy and annoys me, because every time I push the chronograph reset button, it moves the minute hand slightly for some reason, so it messes up the minute hand alignment.
I must admit that on your videos watches look great. I recently bought new San Martin SN 0129 with oil pressed dial. On your video this watch looked stunning but in reality this watch looks only ok. Most of the time dial look very flat and only in direct sun i see details. I bought purple one and maybe there is a contrast problem with this color.
Very nice watch, though I wish the sides were brushed. I agree about the movement, the Miyotas are good alternatives, especially for the VK64, as the "Bicompax" version 6S21 has a running second where the VK64 has a 24 hour complication. By the in terms of customer service Cronos tops San Martin imho.
Oh wow. I genuinely like this one. And for the price, it’s almost a no brainer. Bet it would look great on a vintage bracelet also. And I’m good with the movement also. Thanks!
I have the Zenith watch, and while there is really no comparison in terms of the movement, I think Chronos has done a really good job of capturing the spirit of the watch. The case and hands look really good! And the 1/10 second hand - excellent! I could see getting one of these as my travel watch!
Pricezed like a st19 for a quartz movement. No matter how many times you call it mecha-quartz doesn't make mechanical. I bought a 7753 cloned Monaco in the last sale for less.
How do the chronograph pushers feel? I find quartz chronograph pushers sometimes feel very mushy when pressed. I do appreciate having the other two watches in the lume comparison at the end as references, and I also appreciate how you position the watches so they are not covered by the title cards for the "recommended" videos.
Love the 4.30 date position. Very handsome watch, could be the first Cronos I buy as I have tended to stick with San Martin and in automatics lately. Beautiful box Crystal too. I don't personally find the dial text too much although maybe smaller fonts would have been preferable and the Sapphire marking around the bottom sub dial looks reasonable to me clearly homaging the Daytona sub dial text. Thicker applied markers and hands look good. Already have 3 mechaquartz in Pagani format watches so will be happy to try the Miyota movement on this occasion. The screwed on back is not a deal breaker but screwdown always to be preferred even though this is not a watch for swimming. The strap is a rather poor choice though with the faux crocodile appearance, needs a hand stitched unpolished leather option in grey possibly, maybe Ostrich Leather some of which look amazing. Would likely choose the rubber strap out of the available options. For an extra £10, a better strap should always be made available and also a bracelet in Stainless Steel but no fiddly butterfly clasps thank you. On reflection, I will be buying this watch and a grey or red/orange Ostrich Strap to suit and binning the faux Croc strap, I wouldn't even fit that to a £10 Plastic WangBang special off eBay.
Hello Miyota movement! Whrer have you been my whole life? Inhate that VK series with the useless slaved 24 hiur subdial. My original chronos is one of my favorite watches. I think I'm picking this one up. Does Chrinis participate in sales?
Kerning on the P-H of SAPPHIRE is wayyy off. Make's it look like a much cheaper watch. When a brand doesn't bother to pay attention to details that would cost nothing to fix, it's a hard no.
I've had this watch with the brown leather strap for a couple of weeks and I love it.The quality as always with.Cronos is superb. I happy with the quartz movement makes a change from the mecca-quartz. I would recommend it to anyone. 👍👍👍👍👍
@@chrispenn715 it's not completely pointless, if you're in the arctic circle, caving, in a submarine, or just drunk you can not know if it's am or pm. It's also handy for setting the time without doing a revolution of the hands.. it's just weirdly out of place on a chronograph.
Quick question, sir - I'm not generally an Aliexpress user. If you include an affiliate link, does that mean you consider that particular seller to be reputable/trustworthy? Thanks.
More a way of guiding you to the particular seller or business that the channel owner bought from I would say. I find it useful as these will often be a reliable supplier selling at the most reasonable price with a good buyer experience. There is sometimes a kickback to the channel owner but not all such links are affiliate links, more a convenience to save people constantly needing to ask in the comments- 'Where did you get this watch from?' Ali Express are actually a good platform to buy from though it took me until last year to decide to set up an account with them. Many people are hesitant to buy from them but in all honesty, they are just as reliable as eBay or Amazon to buy from. You can select European warehoused products on certain things should you need quicker shipping, other than that, much of the stuff ships from China and with better tracking than eBay. Had my fingers burnt a few times on eBay with non shipped items and then other items 'Lost in post' allegedly. Not experienced this so far with Ali Express after ordering probably in excess of 100 items this last year. Watches in particular, if you put them in your basket and then wait for their Sale Offers which are always very well advertised and 4 to 5 times per year, you can make some great savings on them. Had some very nice deals so far on watches including higher brands such as San Martins, etc., and the choice is fantastic.
Very nice, like it a lot BUT who made the choices regarding the dial text? They were SO CLOSE on this one. It is *NOT* a dive watch, get rid of the "Sapphire 100m/330ft" over the sub dials, move the "Chronograph" to that position. Cronos seems to do this every time, they make a nice watch and then make some silly mistake(s).
It does look good, even in closeups. I like the movement they use. Why dont other microbrands use that, instead of Seikos VK63/64? All that said, I still dont trust fully chinese brands.
Still can't get over the quality of the (not a CW), the 39mm (not an Explorer with 60h power reserve) and the (not a GMT Master) I have in my collection. The finishing on all of those is outstanding.
Sorry, but it's the usual from me - love the watch, love the brand, but where is the 40/41mm version, FFS? I and many others will not consider anything smaller (not for fashion reasons, but for wrist reasons). But, man, look what you get at a quarter of the price of the Seiko Speedtimer!
I prefer the Miyota 6S20/21 chrono movements over the Seiko mecaquartz every time. Just don’t like that Seiko movement. Otherwise, the only items I think detract from this watch is the text “Chronograph” (yeah, I can tell by looking at the watch and the extra pushers) and “Sapphire” (yes, that crystal is a selling point, but no need to point it out on the dial). Otherwise, a beautiful watch.
Well, everyone has a opinion and i see many people wanting or missing the second hand and asking for quartz. However, as a watch collector and enthusiast i have seen many watches and this one is (near) perfect as is in my eyes. Quartz would make it less desirable, but it wouldn't be wrong if they would have that option for the customer. Yet, the second hand missing is a stroke of genius. It goes perfectly well into the minimalistic design. Just the brand logo and 2 hands. i love it. Think about it, does it matter if the time is 15:40,12 or 15:40, 38 ? Without distractions its clean and simple easy legible telling the 15:40 time. This is style and elegance. The bracelet all brushed, superb this way. I ordered it and it will be immediately within my 3 top picks. I prefer this over a Rolex, no joke! Who wants to come across a snob wearing a € 20k watch ? Especially considering the way Rolex deals with their customers shows red flags all over. The Arsenale is not cheap, but certainly affordable for a enthusiast. Easy to maintain / service the Miyota movement. This watch to me is spot on! My 3rd Venezianico watch and it will not be my last with offerings like these.
It is a beautiful piece. I increasingly care less about the movement, and more about the finish, and materials. One thing that always persisted is the intolerance for misaligned seconds hand. You can stick a 2 pound quartz movement for me, if you get the alignment, finish, and use decent materials! Thanks Gary. You always keep videos fresh.
Out of my collection of Chronographs, only 4 of them have the usually static second hand resting squarely over the 12 o'clock marker, the other 2 are annoyingly off centre. On a less expensive quartz, this would be supremely annoying watching it tick forwards onto each half seconds position when using the chronograph. Have a couple of manual wind mechanical Sea-Gull ST1902 movement watches where the alignment is bad too which is very annoying one being the Sugess Breitling Deus homage and the other, the Cadisen homage of the same watch but with square pushers. Why they always seem to mess up alignment on the Chrono hand is beyond me, the other hands are exactly as they should be. Thankfully these watches are mechanical and beat at 4 times per second or thereabouts so fuctional wise, I just add ¼ of a second to the measured time 😂.
I bought the watch once it’s released, I love it. The detail on the hands is superb for its price. I actually prefer the movement compare to seiko vk64 because there is a running seconds hands sub dial. I am actually wearing the watch while watching your review 😂
