Pulsar

Pulsar Men's PS2001 21 Jewel Mechanical Self-Winding Battery-Free Automatic Brown Leather Band Stainless-Steel Case Blue Dial Watch

• 21-jewel mechanical automatic
• Self-winding battery-free power
• On-dial aperture displays balance wheel

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An elegant leather band with white contrast-stitching adds a handsome touch to the Pulsar Men's 21 Jewel Mechanical Self-Winding Battery-Free Automatic Brown Leather Band Stainless-Steel Case Blue Dial Watch. This automatic timepiece boasts 21-jewel mechanical automatic movement that never needs a battery or winding. Its stainless steel exhibition case with a screw-down back is topped by a stainless steel bezel engraved with bars at select hour positions. A sporty blue dial displays an outer dial ring of white stick minute markers and Arabic numeral minute markers in five-minute increments. Silver-toned bar hour indicators complement luminescent silver-toned hands, while a skeleton cut-out window at the nine o'clock reveals an internal moving balance wheel. This watch is water resistant to 330 feet (100 m).

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Dress/Sport watch, Three-hand automatic movement displaying polished silver-tone hour and minute hands with luminous accents and polished sweep seconds, Applied and polished silver-tone baton hour markers, Silver-tone numbers and silver-tone/grey indices mark quarter seconds and outer minute track, Polished silver-tone stainless steel round bezel and case with brushed accents, Polished steel crown, Exhibition screw-down steel caseback, Mineral crystal, 100 meters/330 feet water resistant

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B002WN2I80
• Item model number: PS2001
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #60,817 in Watches (See Top 100 in Watches)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice looking watch, a few flaws, July 21, 2010

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Senor Zoidbergo (Washington D.C.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pulsar Men's PS2001 21 Jewel Mechanical Self-Winding Battery-Free Automatic Brown Leather Band Stainless-Steel Case Blue Dial Watch (Watch)

I was considering this watch as an alternative to the more expensive Citizen EcoDrive 5250, because I didn't need all the bells and whistles of the Citizen, and the Pulsar's lower price point was rather attractive. I'm no watch connoisseur; I was looking for a first-time semi-formal/formal watch, preferably one with a blue colored face. For those of you unfamiliar with Pulsar, it is a subsidiary company of Seiko.

OVERALL THOUGHTS: The most striking feature of the Pulsar is the blue face, which is a very beautiful blue hue in all types of lighting. I like the brown leather band, which exhibits white contrast stitching for a more sophisticated look (not unlike that of the Citizen). The face has a small circular inset near the 9 o'clock position, the inset being a window to the interior mechanism of the watch. This inset is an interesting and unique feature. The hours are not marked by digits, rather they appear as bars, which make time reading slightly difficult. However, the outer circumference of the watch face is ringed by seconds markings, which helps somewhat to discern the time. A watch at this price point could have used a calendar, but that's not a big dealbreaker.

Two additional things bothered me about this watch, besides the slight difficulty in reading the time. First, there is a noticeable heft to this piece. The metal used here is stainless steel, not titanium, and the weight is definitely noticeable on the wrist. Second, the luminous hour/minute hands don't work very well since the hour ticks are not illuminated at all! Only the hour/minute hands are luminescent, which isn't very helpful. A special light-absorbing paint is used to create the luminescent hour/minute hands, so if your watch isn't exposed to light for at least 10 minutes, then you will have difficulty reading the time at night.

PROS:

- Relatively cheaper price
- Beautiful blue face
- Contrast leather stitching
- Overall design is clean and simple
- Water resistant
- Elegant look
- Automatic operation, no battery needed

CONS:

- No calendar
- Bars instead of numbers make time reading difficult
- Watch on the heavy side
- Only hour and minute hands are luminescent, making time reading difficult at night