Originally Posted by
IanSmithISA
Good morning,
I have just bought my first luxury watch, a Black Shield in red and rubber, so I have no real basis for comparisons.
I first found this model about 18 months ago whilst browsing the web on the train, thought that looks nice and sort of forgot about. Then Fraser Hart opened a branch where I live, Worcester, and they have the Black Shield in the window.
Seeing it I was quite disappointed as the window display was well lit and this makes the watch looked quite washed out, hint to FH don’t shine bright lights onto black watches. :-)
Under natural light and viewed at certain angles or inside it is as dark and moody as some of the best photos on the web. Under most angles that I look at the hour and minute hands are silver, there are only a few times when they appear black and hard to read.
I found the glass to be surprisingly reflective, I was expecting a better anti-reflective coating given the price, but it is by no means a disaster.
Generally I wear white cuffed shirts at work and it looks good against them, but it also looks good against a dark shirt and a navy blazer. I don’t have a black blazer but I suspect that it would look even better.
I too like the sand coloured watch on rubber, but the red is much less dominant on the wrist than you might assume from just photos or looking at the watch in isolation.
I was disappointed that the full sized red second hand only works with the stopwatch, I guess that for a mechanical watch switching modes is too complex. I was also surprised by the size of the strap, I have small wrists and have used the biggest setting, but maybe I am just being stupid and can’t see how to adjust it for larger wrists.
It may be that I am not a watch person but I don’t feel any different putting on the Tudor or and I have a £75 Pulsar. I have tried to take photos but I can’t get them right, the red always appears much brighter than it really is.
Bye
Ian