A8134.1231QF Adriatica Moon Phases Men's Watch

I bought the watch in 2013 for a work suit and a more elegant outfit. Only watches with sapphire glass were considered, because from my life experience I know that when using a mineral glass, sooner or later there will be scratches, which does not look nice, neat and aesthetically pleasing. If someone has exorbitant ambitions and a very limited budget, it is hard in my opinion to buy something better, and certainly at least he should consider buying this watch (or the same model in a different color of the case and hands - it is just as nice, I chose a warm color gold). If someone has high aesthetic requirements and the elegance of the case, dial, hands, digit indexes, plus something extra beautiful blue and yellow moon phases on a white dial and about the quality of workmanship, and wants to have a non-stop aesthetic look of the glass without scratches during use (without need to replace it at the watchmaker every now and then), and at the same time has a very limited budget, up to 1 thousand. This watch is definitely one of the best watches to recommend. In my opinion, even for a price of up to 2,000. PLN, in my opinion, this watch is probably better than 90% of the competition. Suffice it to say that the almost identical model in the color of a gold case and with the moon phases EDOX LES BEMONTS 40002 37R AR (there is also a completely identical EDOX for the Adriatic counterpart with a silver case) costs over 3,000. zloty. After looking at several thousand watches, I find that there are quite a lot of quite similar styles / patterns of the appearance of the dial - which are copied by manufacturers, and watches differ mainly in price due to the reputation of the manufacturer's brand. Appearance - Very Good - Five Stars Workmanship - Case, Dial and Hands Very Good - Five Stars. The only disadvantage was the poor quality of the date change buttons - one button in 8 years, I got stuck three times (it was stuck, but they do not stick out normally) and only the watchmaker managed to restore it to working order. The quality of the glass - sapphire - after 8 years of use, not a single scratch. Regarding the quality of the belt - normal / average - very stiff at first. Originally in 2013, I bought a watch with a black lacquered strap. At the beginning, the strap was very stiff and after about 3 years it had visible places in various places, where the varnish starts to peel off due to abrasion, and the strip slightly delaminates in some places - specifically at the edges of the strap at the clasp, where it is simply most used when putting it on and taking off. The next 2-3 years could be worn, although there were signs of use on closer inspection. After about 6 years, I bought an almost identical original Adriatica strap in a watch shop (they brought me to order - quite a lot of similar on the market - but I insisted on an identical one) - exactly the same dimensions and pattern on the strap. The only difference is that in 2013 Adriatica had varnish, and now it is matte - no varnish. It looks just as good, and after years there should be no visible signs of use - differences in some places in the shade of black due to abrasion of the varnish. So, in my opinion, the original varnished strap in 2013 was of normal or average quality rather similar to that found in watches around 2,000. zloty. If someone buys a watch with a leather strap and plans to use it for many years, it simply has to take into account that sooner or later after approx. 3-5 years (depending on the frequency of use and method), he must change the leather strap to a new one - yes like any other watch. After a similar period of approx. 6-7 years, I replaced the leather strap in my second Tissota watch, where the strap was also in good condition for 3-4 years and tolerable for 2-3 years. According to sellers I talked to, 3-5 years of use for a leather belt is the standard service life (it all depends on how often someone uses it, how it is used, and the level of visual wear that is acceptable to someone).

The world championship watch itself, but the strap ...