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12 of 12 found the following review helpful:
 Beautiful looking watch Dec 11, 2007
By Aleksandar Milivojevic
I've just got the watch this morning, so this is a kind of first impressions review.
The watch looks and feels great. It looks just as good in real life as it does on the photographs. It doesn't feel as big as some other chronographs, but not too small either. It looks just about right on my hand (I've about medium sized hands). The weight is just about right, though I must warn you that I don't like ultra-light watches (so I might be biased here). It looks fancy enough to go with a suit. It looks non-fancy enough to wear it when jogging.
The watch arrived in a very nice, and relatively big black wooden (well, or at least very wood looking alike) case, which would make it a very nice looking present (inside and outside).
The chronograph can measure up to 12 hours, with hour hand that moves (jumps) in 1/2 hour increments. Most other chronographs I looked at can measure only 30-60 minutes, which in my opinion is a definition of an unusable chronograph. The ability to measure up to 12 hours was one of the reasons I decided on this particular model. The full circle of chronograph minute hand is 30 minutes, another nice feature. The chronograph can also measure split and lap times. Another nice touch.
The watch is a bit complicated to setup, you'll definitely need to open instructions booklet and follow instructions when setting it up the very first time. There are two clocks to setup (digital and analog), which can be setup to show different times (for example, in different time zones). I'm not sure if alarm is tied with digital or analog clock (hopefully with later). The date needs to be adjusted only on leap years (for February 29). It would be nice if the watch was taking care of that too. The minor complaint with setting the time is that when crown is pulled out, the seconds hand does not jump to zero position. It stays stopped wherever it happened to be when you pull the crown out. Instructions booklet says to wait for seconds hand to be at exactly the 0 position when pulling the crown out. Speaking of crown, it would be nice if it was screw-down type.
I have only few very minor complaints about the watch.
While sapphire crystal is a great value, the one used on this watch is not anti-reflective. The crystal is not flat, but rather curved. Curved crystal looks very nice, but it has some optical consequences. Because it is curved the small dials look a bit elliptical, and you can't read the time if you look at the watch at an extremely flat angle. Normally this is not an issue (you are not likely to look at the wrist watch at such an angle).
The 30-minute chronograph dial is a bit odd. While the full circle is only 30 minutes (a good thing, since it makes the very small dial much more readable), it actually has 60 tick marks drawn on the dial, with every 5th tick mark specially marked. As if it was designed for 60-minute dial. So each tick mark on the dial corresponds to 1/2 minute. But the hand jumps from the minute to minute, so it never shows at those extra half-minute tick marks. Anyhow, the point of 30 versus 60-minute dial is readability. Placing 60 tick marks on it just makes it almost as unreadable as if it was normal 60-minute dial. Of course, since small minute hand jumps every two ticks (full circle is 30 minutes, and there are 60 ticks drawn on the dial) it results in some other weird things. For example, the hand always jumps over the specially marked 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11 o'clock positions (they would correspond to 2.5, 7.5, 12.5, 17.5, 22.5 and 27.5 minutes) since the hand always shows only full minutes. I hope Bulova will redesign this dial in the future so that it has only 30 tick marks.
I can't comment on the time keeping precision at this time, since I just got the watch today. I might update the review after some time.
Said all that, I'm very happy with my purchase. If I were looking for a new watch, I'd choose this one again.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 Accutron Breckenridge Aug 26, 2008
By K. Haug
I've had my Breckenridge for ~4 years now. This review will supplement the earlier review by Aleksandar Milivojevic, which I mostly agree with.
IMHO, this is the most handsome watch on the market. Its curved crystal and carbon fiber dial face are extremely good looking. Mine has come through its 4 years with only a few minor scratches on the bezel and bracelet, none on the crystal! Its accuracy is good at ~10 sec/month gained.
If you're an auto racing fan, you should be aware that the chronograph function can perform "Taylor Splits", i.e., time consecutive laps, although there is no memory. This is a major advantage.
Battery life has been mediocre at ~1.5 - 2 years.
By my standards, this is a VERY heavy watch: It weighs 160 g. This and the so-so battery life led me to rate it at only 4/5 stars. However, I like mine very much and have no regrets about having chosen it.
This was a birthday gift, and cost $636 at a local jeweler.
best watch I've owned Sep 09, 2010
By Graham P. Gerdeman
"graham722"
First relatively high-end watch I've ever owned. Could not be happier with it. I love the look, feel, and functionality. I got a $2K Movado watch for Christmas and returned it to get this one instead, marked down to a fraction of that cost. I like the Accutron much better - and put the difference towards a new bike.
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