HERITOR Ganzi Automatic Watch for Men – 44mm Men’s Semi-Skeleton Watch with 35-Jewel Movement, 316L Stainless Steel Case, Sapphire-Coated Crystal, Leather Strap (HERHR3305)

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This company gets a lot of bad reviews on the Internet. I purchased the item because of the great look and it reminded me of a model from another brand. I never purchased this brand before, but I took a chance and bought it. I was so upset when I found out that the date function on the watch will not move. I immediately sent it back, and I will never think about purchasing another watch from this brand.

really great looking watch

Okay, so full disclaimer: I didn't buy this through Amazon, and when it arrived, it appeared to have been previously opened, and didn't work, so consider this review accordingly. First let me say that, as you probably can already tell, the MSRP on this watch is hilariously inflated, part of the oldest marketing trick in the book to make you think you're getting value on a sale price. I seriously doubt anyone's ever bought one for the "full" price, and even the "sale" prices should be considered suspicious. I paid roughly 10% of the MSRP through an online clearinghouse, and all things considered I believe that, had it worked when it arrived, it would have been an okay deal given the price I paid. I bought two other watches from Heritor in the $100-$150 range (marked, allegedly, "80-90% off"), and they both, so far, seem to have been decent buys for the money. Mechanical watches aren't cheap, and Automatic Skeleton watches even less so. There is very little middle ground between worthless crackerjack box plastic knockoffs, and a Rolex that costs more than a used car and you put in your will. Obviously, you're not looking at this watch if you can afford to drop several grand on a Rolex, so be that as it may, this may be a watch worth considering for you. The following is based off my experience with one of the other, similar model Heritor watches that arrived in working order, and may or may not be 100% accurate for this particular watch: The movement is a fairly standard inline lever escapement from China (although Heritor claims that the movement from at least SOME of their watches comes from Japan), and so far (having worn one for a few days) seems reasonably reliable and accurate. Heritor's website provides more specific mechanical details of each model, but you really can't trace the movement to any particular make of any particular notoriety. The Day of Week and Day of Month complications (in the watches that have them) appear to legitimately function, although the Month indicator is manually advanced at best. The Automatic winding wheel works as advertised as well. The watch face does have a quality look to it, although some of Heritor's designs and colorations can be gaudy or difficult to read. The leather watch bands they come with are garbage, but replaceable--while they do appear to use genuine leather on the outside, the layer is thin, and thickness is given by a middle layer of foam. This makes it brittle enough to not withstand years or even months of buckling and unbuckling. If you like the band, wear it until it breaks, then replace it, otherwise just replace it right away with a metal band. I would not expect this watch to be durable. Don't wear it in the shower, or drop it, or wear it while working on things where you might be banging it up against things. If you think you can take good care of it though, and you enjoy wearing and looking at a mechanical skeleton watch, you may get your money's worth at least... but seeing as how you can't afford a Rolex now, I wouldn't expect you'll be able to afford one when this wears out or breaks, either.

I bought this watch a month ago and I love it! It's made very well, looks great and is a real eye catcher.