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Mondaine watches are as recognizable as they get. It could be the thick black hands, the stick markers, or the red lollipop-shaped seconds hand—or it could be the Swiss quality that runs through every one of the company’s timepieces Read More
Now for the Europeans, this is actually a good deal; if Massdrop gets the shipping right that is. With current conversion rates, I paid about 250€ for this, and even if I had to pay import tax, it's going to be below 300. The cheapest seller I could find in the EU asked for 550 before shipping. The 1 year less warranty is actually not a problem on a mechanical watch, if it doesn't fail by then, it's unlikely to fail by the next year.
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Nov 29, 2018
The reason this is, I believe, is that "swiss made" still bears a huge impact in Europe considering watches, which is why mass produced quartz watches by Tissot or even Swatch, are the same money, or even more expensive than automatics by Seiko or Citizen, which are arguably more watch for the money
I've placed a similar order of this watch in August this year but was mis-delivered and Massdrop refunded the same amount. Still waiting for refund. I've a polished stainless steel bracelet mondaine watch. I like the simple design and placed an order. Hopefully, they don't misplaced it again. The watch is a present for my daughter.
Some background info coming from a Swiss: this ist the small version of the official Swiss railway clock which had been designed in 1944 and has been present at all Swiss railway stations ever since, as a design icon and symbol for the proverbial punctuality of Swiss trains. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_railway_clock
Based on other pictures of the watch I've seen (namely showing MIT for Mittwoch), I'd wager it's rather in German which is also the main language spoken in Switzerland (and SAM would be Samstag).
JuststartingmycollectionThe Selitta 200 movement is hand wind able and hack able. It's basically a copy of the ETA 2824-2 movement. And yes this is a very good deal for this watch. Any Swiss Made watch with a automatic movement in is is a good deal. This one is even better.