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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful Timepiece, December 8, 2009
This review is from: Akribos XXIV Men's AK406SS 'Davinci' Stainless Mechanical Watch (Watch)
This is a beautiful watch, and is one that keeps accurate time throughout a day. Extremely satisfied with this purchase, however I took off one star for two minor reasons:
1. This watch is not an automatic watch, meaning that it has to be wound to keep the time. A full wind will keep the watch running for about 40 hours (according to an Arkibos Representative), however I've noticed that is more like 30 - 35 hours. You can wind the watch during the course of the day, in which case it wouldn't stop unless you forgot to wind it. This is the case will all skeleton watches, however I just wish that the wind lasted for a little longer that what I have experienced.
2. The second negative with this watch is that while it is keeping time, the second hand creates a fairly loud ticking noise while on the hand. Don't get me wrong, it can easily be tuned out, and I rarely notice it throughout the day, however during those quiet times working on reports, it can become a bit of an annoyance.
Overall, I would recommend this watch to anyone who has an appreciation for a quality timepiece. I have received several comments on it so far, and if you are looking for something a bit outside the box than your standard fossil watch, definitely buy this.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Broke within a week, January 29, 2010
This review is from: Akribos XXIV Men's AK406SS 'Davinci' Stainless Mechanical Watch (Watch)
This watch stopped working for me within a week of owning it. As other reviewers have already said, the mechanics in this watch are faulty, and the watch will often just stop, regardless of how wound up it is. Eventually, my watch stopped and never started again, so I was forced to return it.
It really is a beautiful watch, so it's a shame it's so flawed. Additionally, not having number markers of any sort of the watch was a bit irritating, but it's easy enough to get used to it and learn how to guesstimate the time. And this watch is LOUD.
I replaced this watch with an almost identical Adee Kaye watch ( Adee Kaye Mechanical See-Thru Skeleton Watch Model AK-4005), which has been working perfectly for the past three months. This is odd, since both the Akribos and the Adee Kaye seem to have the exact same mechanical design, but the Adee Kaye doesn't seem to have the same design flaw that causes the Akribos to stop working.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Akribos warranty is bogus, September 17, 2011
This review is from: Akribos XXIV Men's AK406SS 'Davinci' Stainless Mechanical Watch (Watch)
If you want to choose Akribos XXIV watch in part because it carries a warranty, please be warned that Akribos XXIV does not honor its warranty. It's been 1 year since I made a request for warranty replacement and I still have not received a response.
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