First up let's remember that when you buy one of these "homage" watches you're getting a look of something much much more expensive. To put it into context you could buy one of these every year for about 50 years before spending what you'd have to on the named Swiss thing. I'm lucky enough to have owned a few real ones so I can testify that the dial in particular on the one I bought is so close to the actual thing that it amazes me. The numbers lume isn't quite up there but the dial finish is immaculate. It was sent very swiftly and very well packed with a nice box and lots of bubble wrap. These Chinese-made watches are knocked out in their thousands in street factories and made to a price which, if you bought one in China, would be a few tens of pounds. Buying from a UK dealer gives you the security that it's already in the country and that you have someone to come back to easily if you're not pleased. Now the niggles. The Unitas clone movement in this watch is a pretty robust machine but my example out of the wrapping was clearly devoid of any timekeeping adjustment. On my first wind and test it was gaining over two minutes a day. This is way out of course and meant that it's likely the movement was just shoved into the watch without any checking. To remedy this I had to remove the back (pretty easy) and firstly adjust the balance wheel to get a rough improvement on timekeeping, and then spend three days patiently adjusting the mainspring length using the micro adjuster to get timekeeping acceptable. I now have it to within +/- 15 seconds a day which is pretty excellent. The movement does have a "swan" or "goose" neck spring which is for show only as the micro-screw isn't long enough to fully reach the adjuster and the spring's strength isn't good enough to push the adjuster back. Not a problem but it would be nice if it functioned. You don't need a special tool to get the backs off these. A big blob of blue-tac is enough to get a grip and turn it off. The case back does have a rubber seal which is nice to see. The movement decoration is pretty nice too. I now have a watch that keeps as good time as my Rolex Explorer 1 which isn't bad for £125. The next niggle is the strap. I've had tons of Chinese watches and a lot of them come with truly awful straps. The strap that came with this watch is OK. It is leather and it's not made of layers of cheap offcuts and cardboard so it will do the job and last a while. But it's not up to the look of the watch. A small investment in a better strap truly transforms the watch and makes it look like the thing it's meant to look like. I got a really nice thick brown leather strap with a much better (and true looking) buckle off ebay for £20. After spending a few days sorting out these niggles I now have a watch that even I can't tell from my other real ones from a distance. I'd put this one close to my top Chinese purchase (which to be fair did cost twice the amount) and well above a lot of the homage watches one can buy. The crystal appears to be a real sapphire one and seems to have a coating of sorts which gives it that special look at certain angles. Will I buy another one? Probably. I'd like to avoid having to do the adjustment work next time so I'll ask for the timing to be checked before it's shipped. I can't recommend anywhere you can get a good quality mechanical watch for £100 new nowadays so if you're confident you can sort niggles out yourself then take the plunge.