I purchased this watch to replace an older skeleton watch. I have owned many inexpensive skeleton designs and this one is by far the most visually impressive with great contrast between the blue hands and the bright white watch face. This solves the problem that most skeleton watches create when they make the hands the same silver color as all the internal structure.
The modifications of the movement to expose internal gears is nearly at the level of $10,000 swiss watches. The machining smoothness of internal structures is excellent and exterior polish of the case is perfect. The exhibition case back is huge, offering a great view of the entire case and the internal movement gears. This is the best affordable skeleton watch I have found, after searching through hundreds of watches on amazon.
Some reviews dislike the watchband, I love it. I like the dark dark blue leather band, which has a very expensive looking metal clasp mechanism. The band alone looks like it cost what I paid for the entire watch. The only odd feature is that the setting of the metal clasp must be placed into the leather band carefully. The closed watchband must allow generous room for the watch to move freely on the wrist, with space between the skin and the watchband. If you make the clasp attach to a hole that results in a tight fit, the normal movement of the hand will push the side of the clasp mechanism and trigger the release of the clasp and opening of the watchband. The watch won't fall off completely, but it will need to be adjusted properly. This only needs to be done once, after that it is worry free.
The watch runs for two days on a full winding, and is accurate to just a few seconds error per day. Many people have looked at my watch using magnification and are impressed at the visual beauty of the movement.
I was unable to find any website information for the internal movement number provided by the Pagani website. After some searching I found a similar movement TY2809 AUTOMATIC SKELETON SEAGULL MOVEMENT that has some of the same details in fine machining marks, blue screw heads, and open air skeleton structure. Again, the visual impression from the exhibition back glass has elements of fine detail that look like expensive swiss parts. One tiny detail that may seem a giveaway is the open gap between the outside of the movement and the inside of the metal case. This is hidden by the front white dial with blue markings, but it is completely visible from the rear. An amazing example of how to take something that every other watch maker would hide, to create an illusion of a large movement like a Tissot skeleton. Due to the fashion of mens watches being much larger these days, almost every design includes this donut shaped air gap inside the case with sometimes wild gyrations to hide the empty space. Here, the simple solution was to just show off the fine machining of the inside of the case and the entire movement, with the air gap exposed. With the large diameter rear crystal, it just looks stunning and separates this design from all the others.
Considering the cost of maintenance for an expensive swiss watch, and the repair cost if lost, stolen, or damaged, this manufacturer provides unique original designs that look great and cost less than US $100. Absolutely excellent!
If anyone can find out more information about this movement, with a part number, it would be great to read about the design and manufacturing of it.
