expiredTakoyaki524 posted Apr 09, 2023 12:16 AM
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expiredTakoyaki524 posted Apr 09, 2023 12:16 AM
Certina DS Podium 38mm Stainless Steel Men's Swiss Automatic Watch (Grey Dial)
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Love the aesthethics.
Basic powermatic 80 auto movt. (lowest grade ETA C07.111, but heck it will work just fine)
100M water resistant is great... doesnt day if the crwon is screw down, but looks like it. if it is, thats a win. Display case back is nice for aesthetically.
The case back isnt a screw back.... would have been great if it was.
All in all an awesome go anywhere do anything beater automatic.
Theres no reason to ever repair this thing once is useful life is over unless for some strong sentimental reason. Movt is literally disposable. Swatch themselves replace the movements when ever a Tissot, Certina, Mido etc etc go in for repairs.
Im not knocking these, i use them myself, they look great, and built incredibly well, and when bought on the gray market for well less than the asking MSRP, they are a great value proposition.
I would personally look for something with a screw dwon crown and a screw back... but thats just splitting hairs.
Certina is know for their double security against tumbles and spills.. real world use. Hence the DS moniker.
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I personally had 2 encounters (full me once kind of thing)... On one occasion, I received the Breitling chronograph from them that would not reset to 0. When trying to return, they promptly blamed me for bad handling and refused to accept a return. Luckily I bought via ebay who forced them to accept the return. Even then it took me almost a month to have them pay for return shipping.
On the other occasion, they sent me a Tissot with modified bracelet missing 2 links. Again - they tried to blame this on me and play a no-return game. This time I had to threaten to dispute with credit card, before they agreed to accept the return. And just like the last time I had to fight them on the return shipping.
Their customer service is rarely responding the the phone, so most communications, at least for me, were done via leaving a voicemail and them calling back. It feelds like they are running a bot farm here, so any message mentioning their bad practices gets TD immediately by multiple accounts. So do yourself a favor. Do you own research, and buy a vendor/seller, not a watch. I personally had good experience buying from Ashford. Many people were happy with WatchMaxx or WOW.
I personally had 2 encounters (full me once kind of thing)... On one occasion, I received the Breitling chronograph from them that would not reset to 0. When trying to return, they promptly blamed me for bad handling and refused to accept a return. Luckily I bought via ebay who forced them to accept the return. Even then it took me almost a month to have them pay for return shipping.
On the other occasion, they sent me a Tissot with modified bracelet missing 2 links. Again - they tried to blame this on me and play a no-return game. This time I had to threaten to dispute with credit card, before they agreed to accept the return. And just like the last time I had to fight them on the return shipping.
Their customer service is rarely responding the the phone, so most communications, at least for me, were done via leaving a voicemail and them calling back. It feelds like they are running a bot farm here, so any message mentioning their bad practices gets TD immediately by multiple accounts. So do yourself a favor. Do you own research, and buy a vendor/seller, not a watch. I personally had good experience buying from Ashford. Many people were happy with WatchMaxx or WOW.
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