SkagenSignatur Minimalist Men's Watch with Stainless Steel Bracelet, Mesh or Leather Band

Not a watch conessiuer by any stretch, but I do own several watches. I bought this watch (the brown band, black hardware variant) and the watch was as advertised. The band is a bit on the cheap side in terms of feel and look, but the watch is also apart of Skagen's price-conscious Signatur series, and Skagen themselves are a budget-friendly brand so, can't say I was too surprised.The face of the watch is great, love the coloring of the third hand and hour hands. So many times these pictures are touched up and the end product isn't what you saw online, this is not the case here. The watch itself keeps time well, of course. Better than my Fossil watches.All in all, a solid watch that looks casual at a glance and can impress upon discovery to the date, coworker, etc.

Alright, so this is a very nice watch, especially for the price. But full disclosure, I can't keep this. I specifically wanted a sweeping second hand watch, which this is not. (My fault not seeing "quartz", but also Amazon's fault for their terrible search filter, which probably includes reviews.) Another review described the watches second hand as "sweeping", which (admittedly foolishly on my part) gave me hope this was smooth movement. Its quartz movement, which is a per-second tick. (NOT high bph like 21600 or 28000 bph.) But, that being said, its very quiet, even with my very sensitive hearing. I can barely hear it at 5 inches away in a quiet room. I'm sure it would be inaudible at 20 inches down by my side at night when sleeping.Now, I'm not a shnob for quality, but another review said "the second hand is misaligned with the watchface" and this is true. Mine is too. (Check photo.) I personally could live with it, but it would be a bit annoying for actual accurate countdown timing.The leather band is nice. It's 20mm. It has a tool-less release. It's real leather, sealed thickly to a smooth polish, not fuzzy with hairs. The metal clasp is brushed metal, black. Nice touch.The case is 7mm thin. Not thick at all, something I prefer. In fact, the whole reason I bought this was the thin case, as I slide my arms in tight spaces often and absolutely HATE (with a passion) thick watches and arm bands that get caught. So, including the crown, I measured 41mm. Without, it's about 39mm. Top to bottom is 46mm (from the top pair of rod-holders to the bottom pair). The leather bands are 2.5mm thick. Total watch length (excluding the clasp) is 9.5", or 235mm. There are two band-holder loops for the excess band. The one nearest to the clasp is affixed to the band and does not move. The second one is loose and slides along the band. There are 10 notch holes in the band.The lume (glow in the dark) is okay I guess. It's better than nothing. Personally, I don't understand the point of passive glow-in-the-dark lumes on a battery-powered watch, since the lume charge only last like 15-20 minutes, even with intense light. Like seriously, why aren't all watched lit with tritium? It's not even that expensive, like $10-15 for a few indicators. Also, coming from a smartwatch with tilt-to-brighten, these short-lived lumes are just painfully annoying. Any watch I get will get the tritium treatment. (Mixglo sells wide varieties of shapes.)Lastly, the glass seems to have a tiny bit dusty, and I think it's on the inside. Again, not a shnob, I couldnt care less. Doesnt really affect my ability to glance at the time. But, if this is brand new (it is not, clearly been opened before), why's it dirty? I wouldn't mind taking it apart and cleaning it, but I know most other people are not willing to clean it, which is unacceptable by their standard.So anyways, it's a lovely watch, minus those imperfections. I would keep it, but I've got some odd (lets be honest: unfair) stringently specific requirements for my time-pieces.

It is certainly a nice watch for the money. Classic and simple. I really like the color. The gray is very neutral, so it works with pretty much every color I usually wear. The hands are luminous; however, the face (numbers) is not. That doesn't really bother me much as I don't run into too many situations where I need it. Just something to be aware of if you specifically want that.

Has worked well and I have received compliments. Solid feel and weighty but sleek design. A little hard to read date.

I personally love how this watch looks. Simple but clean

My Skagen watch is perfect very happy with my item can't wait to buy another ine

Don't want to make this too long so here are the basic points. 40mm is on the large side if you have a <7in wrist but this Skagen wears pretty small: the lugs stick out from the dial at a slant so it conforms to your wrist better than some poorly molded metal bracelets. I got a mesh bracelet if that matters. The dial Is very clean and I like the indexes and hour markers as an aesthetic. The second hand lines up correctly for half the clock face (the bottom half really) and then moves ticking halfway between minute markers. The crown is very minimalist, might be a deal breaker for some but I think it's alright for a dress watch: nice and subtle. My largest source of complaint is the fraudulent image of the "sandblasted" black dial. When I received the watch, the dial was a solid black without any texture, much like the simpler black dials in other versions of this watch. I would have enjoyed this watch much more with the sandblasted texturing, but be warned that you might just get one of their more basic inventory instead. At this price point, I'd probably just go with something else because you probably have a better shot at getting the item you order - Timex, Casio, etc.

Clean, simple, durable, goes with everything!