Fossil Watch for Men Coachman, 45mm case size, Quartz Chronograph movement, Genuine Leather strap

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What’s most surprising is that this watch has an advertised 10ATM water resistance. A watch with this rating should be easily viable for swimming and some shallow diving. How a watch with such a poor case and free-spinning crown has a strong seal is beyond me. If you handed me this without telling me the water resistance, I would have guessed this was splash-proof at most. Only further testing will reveal the true performance, though if Fossil are to be believed then they must be applauded for making this watch fairly waterproof, despite its flaws. The pushers and crown look good but are equally as disappointing. At a glance, these look like screw down pushers, however they’re just styled to look like them. The ridges aren’t functional in any way whatsoever. While the buttons don’t feel good to use, they aren’t terrible.

The rose-gold coloured rings give the impression that the sub-dials are inset, though on closer inspection, it appears the rings are applied on top of the flat surface. The eagle-eyed of you may have noticed that the hands are slightly different than those on the renderings, my research tells me that the product shots are outdated and this new solid handset has replaced the former skeletonised hands. I think this is a visual improvement and it does have some lume. Nevertheless, I think the watch would look better if the hour markers and hands were colour co-ordinated. Perhaps this unit is just dodgy? Nevertheless, it’s yet another bad experience for me with Miyota quartz movements, in fact, I can’t remember the last time I had a good experience with one. I guess functionally, it’s not going to make a difference as the watch will still be accurate, it’s just ugly to see the hand going all over the place. Despite all of those factors, the most frustrating part of the watch for me is the second hand. This is one of the most inconsistent I’ve come across. Sure, loads of cheap watches with Chinese movements inside are loud and miss the second markers…but at least those I’ve tried miss them consistently.As a whole, this watch is about what I expected, if not slightly worse. While I’m not a fan of the design, it’s the quality control which is the real concern. This is so sloppy it looks like it’s been lobbed together by a primary school child quite frankly.