It's called the KS Golden White Royal Carving Steampunk Skeleton Dual Automatic Men Sport Watch.
Sometimes copywriters get carried away. They listen to a product guy, who listened to a supplier and suddenly an unsubstantiated stream of words flow into an advertisement and on an eBay listing.
Notice the Phrase: Dual Automatic
You may have seen the photo on the right if you browse the Internet for nice looking automatic mechanical watches.
I do, because it's my business. This watch is heavily influenced by several Breguet Tourbillion models, not the dome of Saint Stephens Church as stated by the copywriter. (more below)
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The copywriter stretched his design comments. I could live with that.
I ordered this watch like I have many others from the same seller on eBay. I expected the watch to arrive working, as usual. It did not work.
Aside from all the other hats I wear as a writer, I studied watchmaking at the Institute of Jewelry and Horology. A non-working mechanical watch would not stop me, I would just fix it.
| What did I discover? This watch is a hoax. First, it's not an automatic. It's a quartz watch. Additionally, the copywriter claimed the movement is a Miyota 7T35. It's not. The movement is a cheap Singapore knockoff. You should be able to see the difference between a Miyota and the one with the sloppy glue job in the watch casing. I also wonder about the so-called mechanical movement. It's a decoration. When you pick up the watch or move your hand to see the time, a wheel that looks like a normal balance wheel turns. It also makes the second hand move for two revolutions. |
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| To give the appearance of an automatic watch, the creator of this thing, put a wheel in a clear window of the back of the watch to give the appearance of a winding rotor. It just doesn't connect to anything and it doesn't budge if you attempt to wind it. Why? Quartz watches don't wind. |
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What do you think about this? You don't have to answer that. I will.
First, take a look at how many of these things are for sale on eBay
I have no idea why someone put such a tiny movement in such a big watch unless he or she wanted to deceive us into thinking it's a big automatic mechanical watch.
What about me?
I got my money back. Of course. In a couple of hours. Then I looked for and found another model from the seller.
I'm not going to give this seller bad feedback. They have always been good to me. I think they're a good organization. Also, the seller didn't do this. A watch manufacturer fooled a buyer of the company that sells this watch to koo_titina
The seller did everything right. He's a 5 Star and Top Rated and I like him. I know he will put this right, because he's responsive. He shipped quickly and the watch arrived ahead of schedule. He always packages his watches well. He's not a horology specialist.
I'm a journalist and have had several beats in my career.I didn't expect to run into this.
My job is to inform. I'm just lucky the watch didn't work.
