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.
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.