I love Japanese watches. I have very high expectations of Citizen & Seiko and have never been disappointed in the past.
This watch (and its variants) stood out many times when I was looking online so I decided to buy it for my wife. I was so excited the day it arrived that I came home early from work to check it out.
Something was amiss. The Swarovski crystals didn’t show their radiance. After many days of trying to look for its beauty (literally, I would pick it out of the case, turn on the lights, hold it up, move it around etc before putting it back in the case) I figured out the reason. The band is black but highly reflective, and so is the dial. As a result, the crystals don’t even show. Overall, this looks like a watch. Unless, I guess, it is in a display case with a halogen shining at just the right angle.
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