Title says it all. I’m seriously considering getting a 556 with the black mother of pearl dial as my normal wear watch (even I concede it will never be my ONLY watch, but maybe my USUAL watch).
From what I can see, it seems like a gada watch. You could dress it up for suit service, but you could equally take it swimming at the beach. It’s well built and gorgeous and not too expensive. Or so I think.
Tell me it’s not fancy enough to dress up with a suit. Tell me it’s poorly built or has QC issues. Tell me the dial is ugly. PLEASE, help me avoid this. I guess you could say get the regular black 556 instead but that doesn’t help much.
No date complication.
Only a pimp from a cheap New Orleans whorehouse carries a pearl watch...
didn't expect a Patton reference in this sub lol
Don’t threaten me with a good time
Worse, it supposedly has a ghost date position on the crown. I know it's dumb, but that would bother me on a $1500 watch.
Really? I get it for a $150 AliExpress watch, but that's unacceptable for the price. It's not that dumb, you could accidentally damage the movement if you aren't careful.
Yea I use the word supposedly because it’s just based on what I’ve read about them, I haven’t had a chance to check myself. If true, however, yes I agree definitely too expensive for that.
It's too expensive to have rumors like that.
I know about ghost date positions, but I’ve never heard the damage angle. What’s up with that?
I'm not 100% sure if it would apply, depending on if any adjustments were made to the movement.
But you typically shouldn't change the date when the time is between 9:00pm and 3:00am. If there is a ghost position and you aren't aware of it, you could accidentally move to that position and start changing the date in the movement without realising it.
It's not super likely, but if you set the time 100 times, it could easily happen once or twice.
If you buy a new one it will NOT have a ghost date, only the older ETA ones had a ghost date.
So new ones are using SW?
I own one, sadly it really has a ghost date and overall the crown is not the best, especially getting it to pop out when you unscrew it.
Damn. Well I guess you can’t have everything sometimes. Sucks about the crown too. I have a Hydroconquest and the crown is a bit similar to how you described. Definitely can be annoying, although I probably paid half of what the 556 goes for so it usually doesn’t bother me too much.
They changed movements, and new ones do not have a ghost date.
Really? Well great news then
Technically the no-date is a plus since it looks so much better without it