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Mondaine EVO Big Date Quartz Watch
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Mondaine EVO Big Date Quartz Watch
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Sure, the Mondaine EVO Big Date quartz watch may have a big date window, but that’s about the only thing big about it. With a 35-millimeter case, this stainless steel watch is on the small side Read More
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Jun 13, 2018
Well I like my Mondaine EVO Big Date, particularly as I bought it the other day for €40 on eBay. It was from a nice soul who said that ”It is in excellent condition, as new really, except that the inner date number seems to stick on 3.”
So, do I do the decent thing and tell her, or buy it? I bought it.
boozed
297
Dec 4, 2017
Back when Jomadeals still existed, they had a photo of this watch displaying the date "39". Never did find out which month.
UsernameWasTaken
124
Dec 4, 2017
boozedThis is normal on non-self-correcting Big Date movements. It even has "00" :)
A community member
Dec 3, 2017
This was on sale on a Watch website here in Holland just 3 weeks ago for €89,95
UsernameWasTaken
124
Dec 3, 2017
I have the bigger version of the EVO Big Date (40 mm, uses Ronda 519 instead of 509) from Massdrop from 2.5 years ago. My two cents:
Pros: - Never had any problem with the crown as mentioned here, but mind you, this is a very slightly different movement. - Readability is excellent despite having no lume. Black hands on white dial produce perfect contrast even in low light conditions. - It looks really nice and caught eyes more than ten times more expensive but more discreet watches. - The 5-minute/hour markers are applied (raised above the dial), looks nice.
Neutral: - The second hand did not hit all of the markers, as mentioned below. However, this is standard and to be expected on any "1 second increment" quartz (except smooth second hands such as Bulova Accutron II or Mondaine Stop2Go). Here it is accentuated by having a large circle on the end of the hand, but there is nothing to do about it except going mechanical (there are Swiss-railway-style automatics from Mondaine, too) or Stop2Go. - Under certain light conditions, the markers had very distinguishably different shade of black then the hands themselves. Most noticeable under very sharp and cool (= blueish) LED lightning in our elevator, but most of the time it wasn't too noticeable or disturbing. In the elevator it was very disturbing, on one hand, you don't spend a long time there, but on the other hand, every single day you leave your apartment and check time...
Cons: - The caseback is snap-on and ultra-difficult to close even using case/crystal press. Considering this is only a 30 m water resistance watch, it is really strange as you can typically close even 100 m watches (e.g. Raymond Weil Tango) using only your palms... Looks like poor manufacturing tolerances. - The watch simply died after a year. When it stopped so soon, I thought: well maybe it was sitting somewhere in a warehouse for too long and the battery simply died. However, even after changing the battery (there was no leakage), it was just dead. On one hand, spare Ronda 519 movement is maybe 40 USD shipped, on the other hand, I cannot pull myself to order it and spend time on the watch, when I can just as easily buy another complete watch for 50-60 USD discounted on eBay (see comments below) and I also cannot pull myself to order that another watch for 60 USD, now I would rather get Stop2Go (the reviews on its quality are mixed too, but that is one-of-a-kind unique movement and worth getting despite the trouble).
So just expect only what you can expect from Swiss Made Quartz for the price...
Pros: - Never had any problem with the crown as mentioned here, but mind you, this is a very slightly different movement. - Readability is excellent despite having no lume. Black hands on white dial produce perfect contrast even in low light conditions. - It looks really nice and caught eyes more than ten times more expensive but more discreet watches. - The 5-minute/hour markers are applied (raised above the dial), looks nice.
Neutral: - The second hand did not hit all of the markers, as mentioned below. However, this is standard and to be expected on any "1 second increment" quartz (except smooth second hands such as Bulova Accutron II or Mondaine Stop2Go). Here it is accentuated by having a large circle on the end of the hand, but there is nothing to do about it except going mechanical (there are Swiss-railway-style automatics from Mondaine, too) or Stop2Go. - Under certain light conditions, the markers had very distinguishably different shade of black then the hands themselves. Most noticeable under very sharp and cool (= blueish) LED lightning in our elevator, but most of the time it wasn't too noticeable or disturbing. In the elevator it was very disturbing, on one hand, you don't spend a long time there, but on the other hand, every single day you leave your apartment and check time...
Cons: - The caseback is snap-on and ultra-difficult to close even using case/crystal press. Considering this is only a 30 m water resistance watch, it is really strange as you can typically close even 100 m watches (e.g. Raymond Weil Tango) using only your palms... Looks like poor manufacturing tolerances. - The watch simply died after a year. When it stopped so soon, I thought: well maybe it was sitting somewhere in a warehouse for too long and the battery simply died. However, even after changing the battery (there was no leakage), it was just dead. On one hand, spare Ronda 519 movement is maybe 40 USD shipped, on the other hand, I cannot pull myself to order it and spend time on the watch, when I can just as easily buy another complete watch for 50-60 USD discounted on eBay (see comments below) and I also cannot pull myself to order that another watch for 60 USD, now I would rather get Stop2Go (the reviews on its quality are mixed too, but that is one-of-a-kind unique movement and worth getting despite the trouble).
So just expect only what you can expect from Swiss Made Quartz for the price...
Jgwiz
18
Dec 3, 2017
so in contrast to others, also have had this watch with black face since last drop. I've used it for 30 hour calls overnight and had no problems with quality of build. the depth is a bit smaller than expected but is quartz, and had to change out the leather strap, otherwise I think it's a good addition for the price (Lower would always be better).
sistem_32
116
Dec 3, 2017
Not to put down Massdrop, but you can get the white dial on leather version of this watch (A669.30300.11SBB) for fifty dollars from watchgooroo on eBay with free shipping and the option to return it.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mondaine-Midsize-A669-30300-11SBB-SBB-EVO-Big-Date-35mm-White-Dial-Black-Leather/332399490711?hash=item4d648db697:g:bIIAAOSwm7pZ0sHO
WAKTOSHA
119
Dec 3, 2017
rkhpaThat is bullshit! That just sounds like a big FU from Mondane. I would see if I could get my money back from the card company used to buy it.
stephen.scharf
55
Dec 3, 2017
rkhpaI bought one of these from Massdrop and returned it. The quality was very poor; my second hand would not align with the index markers. Not impressed with the build or functional quality of this watch at all. You can buy an Orient Mako or Ray for about the same amount of money and get a vastly superior watch.
AJ_Atlanta
73
Dec 3, 2017
I just bought the non date one of BF for $49 - now that was something I could not pass up. The Stop2Go is still on my list
Detex
537
Dec 3, 2017
AJ_AtlantaWhere did you find that? I actually came to see if the non-date was offered here!
AJ_Atlanta
73
Dec 3, 2017
Detex watchgooroo on the bay - I believe they are the authorized dealer who supplies us here several drops (Glycine ). I believe they have extended their cyber week sale
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