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dealaholic
303
Jun 26, 2016
auto and sapphire for $149? Not too shabby
KTEN
62
Jan 10, 2017
dealaholicif my Air Blue papa praesto is anything to go by the crystal is actually on thin side (although mine is flawless despite a few bumps) and no AR coating. Also the movement is Seikos 4R series resale so isn't great and common in watches at/under this price range, but it wont need much maintenance on the other hand and tends to be reliable. I wish airblue made miyota 9015 models or 6R15 equiv as I like a lot of the other features of their watches and would pay a little more for those. They are still great watches at the pricepoint though and prob one of my favs (most of the air series and some deeps) design wise if I am honest. Secondly the pvd is spot on and tough with great finish, screw down crown, 316L case, and the onion style crowns (especially 4oclock models) really give them hard to find appeal similar priced watches don't have and they're prob one of the better value clean looking options out there.
The lack of AR is very noticable in most lighting conditions compared to coated (and sapphire glass is worse than mineral generally for reflections being an issue). They may do some kind of coat I don't know but it looks like none coated in use and noticable compared to others that are to me. I use that as my as my daily watch regardless but it may bother some a lot. You can get aftermarket crystals from likes of dagaz if you find one that will fit pretty cheap. They are hard to beat for the price you can get them for though, I'm thinking of getting a red lume auto on this drop now.....