Customer Reviews

Skagen Men's 331XLSL1 Steel Brown Leather Multi-Function Watch

5 star:		(30)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

I owned this watch for 2.5 years. It is nice and slim (although not in Citizen Stilletto territory), has a nice looking dial and can be worn casually and at work. The date/week/hour little hands readout is poorly designed as the print is too small to read easily, and white-on-white hands, while attractive, lack contrast needed to tell time quickly and I often find myself doing a double-take. need a double-take. However, I this is the real reason I cannot recommend this watch: within a month of use, the watch crystal cracked with the slightest of impacts, and had to be replaced by Skagen. The band itself is very stiff (even after leather conditioner treatment) and started to discolor with use, turning a near-black shade of brown and frayed/disintegrated at clasp point after less than 8 months of use. Skagen has a ridiculous proprietary screw-down watch band system which no one else stocks and sells replacements for, and the only way to get a replacement is to fork over $35 to Skagen and wait for 2-3 weeks for them to ship you the same stiff, problematic watch band. I am toughing it out with the old watch band for now but would have not purchased the watch had I known about the proprietary watch band.

A slick looking watch, that can be worn with any attire. I wear it on the golf course with shorts and a polo, then to dinner with a suit. An inexpensive watch that looks sleek, yet simple. The function are all practical and easy to read. The comment about needing good eyesight to read the day/date display is not true. If the multifunction displays were bigger, they would seem gaudy. Good watch, good price.

My thoughts/observations:

- love the packaging. very nice. (see the pictures I uploaded)
- looks sleek and sophisticated.
- It's very nice, but isn't an all-out dress watch... so can be worn with more things (business casual OR dress).
- Extremely easy to set the date / time
- The band is a bit stiff, though it isn't a big deal. It loosens up.
- It's comfortable to wear because it's so light. I have another dress watch that I dread wearing because it's so heavy. After a few minutes I hardly notice that I'm wearing this one.

Not much else to say. Overall I'm just very happy with this purchase.

My Skagen arrived this morning and I am overly pleased with what I found.

To start, the packaging is clean and interesting, something you could display if you're into that sort of thing.

The watch itself is beautifully executed Scandinavian design with very nice subtle details up close. It looks better on your wrist than it does in the pictures.

The only issue I have with the watch is the leather band. Out of the box it is very stiff, and strangely enough has a very strong odor of fish. It didn't impact my star rating as I know it will break-in and loosen up over time, and I'm sure the fishy smell will disappear as well. Using a nice leather conditioner might take care of both.

You could spend twice as much and not find a more refined watch, this really is a great deal.

I have had this watch for about 4 months and it is an excellent timepiece. It is very light and comfortable to wear, so that I often forget I have it. The white face stands out nicely and the leather band is of excellent quality. I often receive compliments on this watch. My only complaint is the face crystal is a little soft and shows a few scratches.

I have owned 2 other Skagen watches that have been flawless, but this one out of the box has incredibly loud watch movement. You can hear it ticking away just wearing it even in a not-so quiet area, and in a quiet room, from several feet away!

Very disappointed at this point, going to be calling up Skagen to see if this is normal for this model (if not, I'll try another one). If they tell me it's normal, this is going back! Having had 2 other nearly identical Skagen watches (different color and band) that were dead silent, I have to say I'm disappointed in the quality of this watch having just owned it for less than a day.

Update: According to Skagen, audible ticking is not at all normal for any of their watches. This one has a defective movement.

Love the look of the watch, love the fit of the watch, love how slim it is.

But the crystal cracked spontaneously one day while the watch was sitting in the display case. I have owned the watch about four years.


I have read many reviews describing similar occurrences, many in a much shorter time from purchase, so I am unwilling to take a chance on a replacement. Plus the cost of replacing the crystal is roughly half the cost of the watch, so I am putting that money towards a different watch.

I have another titanium Skagen watch which is still fine and beautiful.

I love this watch. It's very nice and very thin. You have to get used to read the time but it comes very quickly. I recommend it!

I bought this watch as a gift to my friend. He just loved it from the beginning he opened the watch.

I liked it when I saw the display and the dial which gives a very sleek/clean look and also very professional.

Needless to say, the watch is very light weight which is another plus.

I have worn this watch every day since I got it, and am still surprised at how expensive this watch looks. It keeps great time for a mechanical watch, less than 1 second variance per day. I already want another Skagen, my next watch purchase will definitely be a Skagen from Amazon.