Have been watching the price creep down on Amazon over the last month, but to my surprise starbuy comes out of nowhere with a great deal of $199.
From what I can tell this is an all time low.
Main highlight of the Precisionist range is the sweeping second hand, and I think this model is one of the few precisionists which maintains a really clean look.
thanks.
Colour isnt for me but this is a great deal, this is a very high quality quartz movement
It's the same movement used in their $1000+ watches right?
Some of them have chronograph functionality but I think it's the same accuracy.
Thx. My dad wanted one, so now he has one…and I'm the good son for 'finding' it. Thanks OP, a vote for ya!
Noob question..Is it automatic or needs battery ?
Needs a battery but will come with one already installed. Will need to be replaced every few years.
Battery(CR2032 iirc).
High frequency quartz movement with 16 ticks per second.
Can the battery be replaced by anyone or is it more complicated?
Replacing the battery is simple but pressure testing afterwards is where you will need a pro.
I wouldn't call pressure testing water-resistant watches a "pro" task that only a certified watch smith can do.
You're literally just dunking a watch into a water chamber, closing it and then either manually pressurising the water with a hand pump or pushing a button if it's a got an electric water pump.
The problem is the equipment, the pressure testers themselves are expensive as hell (especially the ones that can test to 100 - 200m of water pressure) and quite hard to find.
The real skill required is in inspecting the O-rings and seals on watches and knowing if they're still water-tight or whether they need to be replaced. Even if the seals look intact, they can actually fail under significant water pressure and then you can kiss a lot of watches goodbye.
The problem is the equipment, the pressure testers themselves are expensive as hell (especially the ones that can test to 100 - 200m of water pressure) and quite hard to find
Almost as if it were professional level equipment…
@sackrace: Well, yes and no. They're a Google search away and range from $100 dollars or so all the way up to thousands of dollars.
The problem is knowing what's going to work best for your particular assortment of watches.
That still doesn't mean you can't figure out pressure testing on your own and if you've got a lot of watches and you're changing batteries regularly, one of these will pay for itself in no time. Even a $500 - 1000 dollar pressure tester would pay for itself pretty quickly as pressure testing at watch smiths or watch repair shops can be upwards of $100 dollars per watch (especially for specialised, complicated watches like diver's watches, G-Shocks, etc).
It's probably worth looking into once your watch collection is getting pretty substantial, as is changing your own batteries.
OOS.
Great watch, I picked up the black version 96B158 fir $219 during a Starbuy sale.
Seems like it's back! I guess they've got a good deal on these models at the moment.
I see the 96B158 is in stock and $219 again for anyone interested in the black version
https://starbuy.com.au/bulova-precisionist-mens-watch-96b158…
Does it do heart rate monitoring?