Customer Reviews

Victorinox Swiss Army Men's 241196 Alpnach Chrono Watch

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3 star:		(1)
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This is a Beautiful watch! It's one the best chronographs I have out of 27 chronograph watches, and they are almost all Victorinox.

It is a FOUR HAND, FOUR Function Chronograph. ETA Calibre 251.262. Probablely their best QUARTZ Chronograph. It is deadly accurate, and the hands are spot on their marks.

The price has gone UP, not down since I bought mine, and I'd still buy it at it's new price.

It has a slightly magnaifing Sapphire DOMED crystal, with a blue-purple cast that is simply elegent. The numbers are bright silver and change their cast as you move the watch.

The Red Dial hands and Red Victorinox Shield contrast beautifly with the truely Black face.

The case and band are flawlessly polished Stainless.

Now as to zeroing marker hands, the directions for all that are in the manual. It's simple to do.

"WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS, READ THE DIRECTIONS!"

If you're looking for a great Chronograph, This is it. (IMHO)

I selected this watch for my 30 year company service award 12 months ago. After reading reviews and researching this model, am very glad I selected it. I get lots of compliments on the style and look.

I looked at other, similar watchs, but this watch just blew me away! I "almost" bought an Air Boss, but this watch has SO much more to offer. I love that it has the Air Boss - style of full size second and minute hand chrono. But it ALSO has a standard second hand, which the AB does not. So, if you are trying to synch your time with a computer down to the second, how would you do that with an AB with no second hand? Also, the watch is drop-dead gorgeous. I really like the counntdown bezel, which is often what I use to time the grill, etc, but this is so elegant, without the big "handles" or protrusions of other Swiss Army models. The hour up-or-down is a great feature, too, and not every model has that. In short this model has it ALL.

I can't ever recall being so happy with a purchase. Amazon makes it so easy, too.

Harry

ES MAGNIFICO DE VERDAD HE USADO OTRAS MARCAS DE RELOJ PERO ESTE EN PARTICULAR ME ENAMORO TENGO 5 MESES USANDOLO Y DE VERDAD QUE LA MICA ES ANTI-RAYADURAS Y MUY RESISTENTE LO RECOMIENDO AL 100%

To start off, the only reason I'm giving the item three stars is because of the small hassle I had when I received my watch. When I received the watch I noticed, to my dismay, that the second and minute hands for the chronograph were zeroing out at the 11 o'clock position rather than at 12. I was able to file the warranty instantly, and ship this to Amazon's service provider for the corrective work and received it back in roughly 10 business days.

As for the watch itself, it's very beautiful and I have received plenty of compliments on it. I would caution anyone looking to buy this watch thru Amazon. Even though you're paying close to 50% off market price, you may be getting a lemon and as such, you may need to end up getting the watch serviced before you can actually enjoy it. Having said all that, actually getting the watch serviced is pretty painless.