{"id":119,"date":"2008-03-29T00:53:32","date_gmt":"2008-03-29T05:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/?p=119"},"modified":"2008-03-29T00:53:32","modified_gmt":"2008-03-29T05:53:32","slug":"watch-disappointment-and-excitement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/?p=119","title":{"rendered":"Watch disappointment and excitement."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finally got my belated Orvis watch birthday present.  From the moment I saw it, I didn&#8217;t like it.  The face of it was huge and an ugly shade of brown.  The movement was an ugly Chinese Seagull movement, nothing like what was shown on the website.  I still don&#8217;t know how a movement can have 20 jewels.  Every other watch movement has an odd number of jewels, i.e. 17, 21, 23 are common.  Why is it usually a odd number?  Because jewels are used in two situations:  For pivots for gears and rotating parts (paired to together) and on the lever which interfaces with the escapement, this usually uses 3 jewels, usually called pallet stones.  They must forgo the 3rd pallet stone on the lever.<\/p>\n<p>Here is what the movement really looks like:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/orvis-movement.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/orvis-movement.jpg\" style=\"max-width: 800px\" height=\"373\" width=\"399\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOk finishing and some fake tool marks.  It did hack and hand wind, which was nice.  It looked like 21,600 or 18,000 BPH and it was a little jerky.  My Seikos are much more consistent moving the second hand around the dial.  Needless to say, we are returning the watch.  For the amount of money, it was pretty poor quality.  The case finishing was poor (between the lugs was poorly finished) and the leather strap, well, sucked.  Felt like plastic and was almost impossible to bend.  But, there is a silver lining.  For about the same money (well, a little less, actually) I am getting another Seiko!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/skx033k.jpg\" title=\"skx033k.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/skx033k.jpg\" alt=\"skx033k.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The SKX033.\u00a0 One of my favorites.\u00a0 A &#8220;Pepsi&#8221; bezel with a coin edge.\u00a0 Not a true diver, but I like the smaller case and Submariner styling.\u00a0 The hour markers are huge and should glow like a typical Seiko. \u00a0 I actually tried on a SKX031 in the store (black bezel) and was very impressed.\u00a0 Seiko really does spoil you with quality vs. money.\u00a0 All in house movements, nearly a century of watchmaking, and Japanese quality control.\u00a0 You can&#8217;t ask for much more. \u00a0 So in a week or two I should be wearing my new &#8216;033.<\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwatches.cyberphreak.com&#038;t=Watch%20disappointment%20and%20excitement.&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=http%3A%2F%2Fwatches.cyberphreak.com&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=http%3A%2F%2Fwatches.cyberphreak.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2008%2F03%2Forvis-movement.jpg&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=Watch%20disappointment%20and%20excitement.\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwatches.cyberphreak.com&#038;text=Hey%20check%20this%20out\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Watch%20disappointment%20and%20excitement.&#038;body=Hey%20check%20this%20out:%20http%3A%2F%2Fwatches.cyberphreak.com\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-credit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"WordPress Social Media Feather\" href=\"http:\/\/synved.com\/wordpress-social-media-feather\/\" style=\"color:#444;text-decoration:none;font-size:8px;margin-left:5px;vertical-align:10px;white-space:nowrap\"><span>by <\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline;margin:0;padding:0;width:16px;height:16px\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"feather\" src=\"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/icon.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finally got my belated Orvis watch birthday present. 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