ShoppeWatch PWMSK19 Skeleton Black Dial Pocket Watch

The pocket watch arrived well packaged. A combination of black chrome plating, rose gold roman numerals, black face and white hands, makes for an eye catching piece of horology. The front cover is perforated to show off both the gold coloured skeleton movement and each roman numeral. It opens to 90 degrees on a strong spring, and on its inner appears to have a form of engine turning decoration. The front glass feels like plastic, whilst the back of the watch is decorated and has a glass window showing the mechanical inner workings. The chain is black chrome plated and of a reasonable length, but is something I have yet to use. The watch gains by about 3 minutes a day and fully wound has run for about 43 hours. All told I consider this to be a gem of a pocket watch, and worth every penny I paid for it.

Die Taschenuhr war ein Geburtstagsgeschenk, kam super an. Sie ist wirklich schön verarbeitet und ein echter Blickfang.

Ich habe diese Taschenuhr für meinen Anzug gekauft und war sehr sehr sehr positiv vom Detail überrascht. Sie ist zum aufziehen und sowohl das Ziffern Blatt als auch das Uhrwerk ist hochwertig verarbeitet . Das Metall ist robust und zeichnet sich durch den Schliff edel und doch Retro aus ... Klare 5 Sterne von mir und ich würde die nächste auch wieder hier kaufen ....

Ottimo prodotto, ben fatto ed elegante.

I have carried pocket-watches for more years than most of you have been alive, both Quartz and mechanical/wind-up styles. I was pleasantly surprised to find that my watch is almost a gun-metal color, rather than the stainless appearance shown in the pictures. I have never before had a "skeleton" case and sort of like being able to see the time without having to open the cover, thus saving wear and tear on the latch and hinge, yet still having the protection of a cover. It is neat to be able to see the innards doing their millions of little jobs. Everyone I have shown this to is impressed and they think I paid much more than I did; I see no reason to enlighten them. I read some comments that the chain and clasp are a weak point. Not so on the watch I received; mine looks like a log-chain for a Tonka-truck and should long out-live the watch. The "crystal" may or may not be some cheap plastic; but, at least on my watch, it fits firmly and does not have a "cheap" appearance. For the first few days, it gained a minute or so per day. After a few weeks of use, it has settled into remaining as accurate as any other time-piece I have carried. When winding the watch, for the first time, wind until ONLY the slightest resistance is felt; going farther will do more harm than good. Don't expect this "resistance" to feel like torqueing the lug-nuts on a R-model Mack; this is a delicate time-measuring instrument. Don't "ratchet" the winding knob back and forth like a socket-wrench. Turn and release; turn and release. After the initial winding until slight resistance was felt, I have found that 14 of my "winds" every 24-hours is plenty sufficient to keep things going; your own "winds" may differ a bit. I don't recommend winding as far as it will go every time; wind only as much as necessary to keep things moving for 26-hours of so; thus, one has a couple hours lee-way, should one's winding time not always be perfectly on schedule. The only ---GRIPE--- I have is in the positioning of the numerals. A hinged-cover pocket-watch is SUPPOSED to have 9-o'clock located at the hinge side, and 3-o'clock located at the stem; thus, when one snaps open the cover, the hands and numerals are properly positioned for easy viewing. Having 12-o'clock located at the stem requires one to re-orient the watch after opening the cover, in order to tell the time. Prior to this, every other watch I have owned has had 3-o'clock at the stem; I have had to completely re-learn how to tell time due to this annoyance. Sadly, every watch I viewed on Amazon is plagued with this wrong face orientation. Other than that face-orientation annoyance, I really like my watch and expect it to be a constant companion for many years to come. Alas, after a few weeks of near-perfect time-keeping, I had my watch in the same shirt-pocket where I have carried them for generations. I thoughtlessly boosted a rather large heavy square-cornered item over into the dumpster at work and crushed the un-protected viewing window in the back-side of my watch, smashing shards of crystal/plastic into the workings of the watch and causing it's instant un-timely demise. This was purely a freak accident and was no fault of the watch, other than the see-thru window design. Considering this tragedy, I ordered a very similar mechanical pocket-watch, except this one has a "back-door" cover over the see-thru window, as well as a cover over the face. In all the years I have constantly carried closed-face pocket-watches, this is the first one that I have accidentally destroyed. I really liked my watch and hated to see it go. The moral of this story is that, if you actually work or play hard, beware of the un-protected see-thru windows found on most "skeleton" watches.