[Jewelry making - Article 01056] - Re: [Orchid] Watch Gift Ideas?

[The Doctor]

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>     My 10-year anniversary is next month and I would like to buy a
>     watch for my husband. Is there a nice watch out there for 500-750
>     US? He is a pilot and I have looked at all the fancy stuff, but it
>     is out of my budget. 

    Absolutely, Kim. Check out your local Victorinox Swiss Army watch
    dealer (we happen to be one). If he's a pilot, he'd very much like
    their Air Boss Chrono model. The Mach 3 edition has a quartz
    movement, and is in your price range. The Ground Force models are
    also great for pilots, and they have an automatic (self-winding)
    mechanical movement. 

    Personally, I don't care for the Wenger Swiss Army watches as they
    look and feel cheap to me. Victorinox uses Swiss ETA movements. My
    Infantry model uses an ETA 2836-2 auto-winding movement, the same
    one utilized by Cartier, Orus and many other manufacturers. The
    stainless steel cases are solid and the complications, such as
    day/date, chrono, alarm, etc. are crisp and accurate. The day/date on
    mine switches at exactly midnight, clicking over instead of slowly
    rolling to the next day/date. All of the models in your price range
    use synthetic sapphire crystals. My Infantry, and the Ground Force
    also, use synthetic sapphire for their exposition backs so you can
    see their movements working from the back of the watch. The
    auto-winder loses about 10 seconds a week, whereas most Rolexes I see
    lose at least 10 minutes a week. 

    I also have a Dive Master 300 with a bright orange dial that uses an
    ETA quartz movement. Water resistant to 300 meters with a screw-down
    crown, I've never had to reset the time after months that have 31
    days. A good page to preview these models is:

    http://www.swissarmy.com/watches/Category.htm?category=professional&; 

    A strong caution and short story: One customer came to the store and
    purchased the Air Boss Mach 3. I offered to show him how to operate
    the chrono (few people know how to reset them so the hands zero
    properly on the 12:00 index) and set the time. The knob where the
    crown for setting the time usually is isn't that...it's for rotating
    the inner tachymeter dial and the crown is on the other side. He
    arrogantly told me he could figure it out. He must have used pliers
    to rip the knob off, because he showed up two days later with it in
    pieces. I'm guessing that a lot of salespeople never read the
    factory's technical publication on operating these watches, but the
    company provides each dealer with a very large manual that describes
    much more than the generic little manual that comes in the box with
    every watch. If you decide to purchase a complicated model for your
    hubby and the store you purchase from doesn't have the dealer's
    manual, just let me know and I'll scan or copy the applicable pages
    for you. 

    Now, the good news. We sent the customer's Air Boss to the factory
    with a note that the customer tore the dial's knob off. They
    returned it, repaired, 2 weeks later with only shipping charges.
    Great watch, great company. 

James S. Duncan, G.G.
James in SoFL

P.S. Happy Anniversary!!
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