Colibri

Colibri Pocket Watch Hunting Case Day Date 24 Hour Sub Dial Gift Box PWQ0956905S SALE

• Pocket Watch Chain Included
• Day and Date Indicator
• 24 Hour Indicator

Product Description

Colibri of London gift set comes complete with high tech looking pocket watch, pocket watch chain and handsome gift box. This Colibri full size hunting case watch features high polished silvertone case with unique design on covers, engravable area on front side and back, Japanese quartz movement, dark brown dial, lower second sub-dials of day, date and 24 hour, luminous markers and scratch resistant crystal. Mfg. Limited Warranty. Great Gift That Can Be Personalized!

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000YPCO8C
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,808 in Watches (See Top 100 in Watches)

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Elegant but basic watch, November 13, 2009

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Charles K. Summers (Alta Loma, California) - See all my reviews
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I got this watch as a replacement for a misplaced watch given to me by my sons. It is a very nice looking watch and the color scheme, with semi-luminescent dots, is quite striking and elegant. As mentioned by another reviewer, the clasp needs to be carefully pressed before closing as it does not close easily. I have found the knob (which has three positions -- two for setting, one for running) a bit difficult to place in the right position. My primary complaint, which lowers it from five stars to four stars, is that the three small sub-dials are basically unreadable unless one has VERY good closeup vision. I just ignore them and enjoy the rest of the watch.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Classy, Great-Looking Watch, December 8, 2009

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Baldtat (California) - See all my reviews

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I just received this watch, so I cannot comment on durability. I will say it is a very nice looking watch; very stylish. I like that it is a quartz function; accuracy without daily winding. We'll see how it holds up.
As one reviewer noted, the subdials are very small, so either young eyes or older with progressive lenses (in my case), would work best. The luminescent hands and second hand make visibility in the dark possible. It is a relatively small pocket watch, so it will not take up much room. I will be purchasing a case for mine even though it has a cover, for those times I wear pants that don't have the fifth pocket.

One other note about something else another reviewer said. You need to press the crown in when you close the cover; this may take a little getting used to. However, if you snap the cover closed, you will eventually ruin the latch closure on the cover. The instructions actually tell you that. Hope that helps anyone who might be looking at this as an issue.

Finally, the price it is offered for is quite inviting. Who doesn't love paying $50 for something that retails for $125?!? I've always liked pocket watches, but didn't have upwards of $150 for a fancier one, and I didn't want to go too cheap, so this fits the bill. A worthy first piece in my collection. I'll update about durability and timekeeping.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great value, easy to use, easy to read, August 14, 2011

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Bruce Warrington (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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I like what I consider the "correct" orientation of the dial for a hunter case pocket watch - where the stem is at 3:00, not 12:00. It's natural to pop the case by holding it by the stem on the right side (for right handed people), which orients the display the way you see it in the picture. Some others put 12:00 at the stem, which leads to having to open the case, then rotate it, or let it slip so it's hanging by the stem to view the time correctly, and that doesn't feel natural to do, or to close again. Also, since the display doesn't have numbers on it, it's nice to have the oversize triangle for the marker at 12:00, so it's visually easy to tell the time if it's not perfecly centered.

The display has a nice contrast of light hands vs. a dark face, so even in lower light it's easy to read. The luminous hands work well, but don't maintain light quite as long as some better quality phosphor I've had on other watches. Obviously with a hunter case, you'll need to make sure you expose it to enough light with the case open first and a little advance planning, since it's kept dark in the case at all times otherwise.

Overall, the case and movement mechnanism are not really high quality, they're a little loose and little sloppy, but overall, in line with the low price of this pocket watch. It's not so bad that you'll regret using it, but I definitely put this watch into the everyday use category, where I want something I won't worry about if it got scratched, or accidentally bumped or damaged.

It keeps time well, which you expect of a typical quartz movement, and you don' have to remember to wind it. Given that it's also showing the date, I like quartz for this, because if I switch wearing watches and don't wind a watch for a few days, a date watch has more to go through to get everything set correctly again. I really only prefer mechanical pocket watches if I'm going for a see through mechanism and I want to be able to look at the mechanical movement, and then I don't want a date display for the above reasons.

A decent choice for everyday use, low price, and a usable, functional pocket watch.