Bulova Men’s Archive Series ‘Chronograph C’ 6-Hand Chronograph Precisionist Stainless Steel Mesh Watch with Interchangable Blue Leather Strap; Sapphire Crystal Style: 96K101
Price: $795.00 - $604.20
(as of Mar 09, 2025 01:21:10 UTC – Details)
Chronograph C from the Archive Series. Six-hand chronograph movement features proprietary high-performance quartz technology with 262 kHz vibrational frequency for precise accuracy. In stainless steel with blue and white dial and red accents, anti-reflective domed sapphire crystal. Stainless steel mesh bracelet with fold-over buckle closure and removable links for sizing. Water resistance to 50 meters.
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
Language : English
Product Dimensions : 5.98 x 5.98 x 5.98 inches; 15.87 ounces
Item model number : 96K101
Department : mens
Batteries : 1 CR2 batteries required. (included)
Date First Available : August 3, 2017
Manufacturer : Bulova Corporation
ASIN : B073X12HZ1
Country of Origin : Japan
Customers say
Customers appreciate the watch’s design, quality, and value. They find it has a distinctive retro style that stands out. Many praise its quality construction, solid lume, and comfortable weight. However, opinions vary on the size.
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13 reviews for Bulova Men’s Archive Series ‘Chronograph C’ 6-Hand Chronograph Precisionist Stainless Steel Mesh Watch with Interchangable Blue Leather Strap; Sapphire Crystal Style: 96K101
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Wotcher –
Accurate, quality construction and comfortable to wear.
This is the best-looking watch I own (I have more than 20 watches, several chosen mainly for their looks!), it is also light as a feather, and just puts me in a good mood when I wear it. It is super-accurate being the Bulova high-speed quartz, and the retro ‘stars and stripes’ look is great. The dial is quite large but the lug to lug is smaller than the diameter so it isnt a problem for smaller wrists. I use the supplied leather strap which is comfy and looks good. I might try the supplied mesh-style bracelet once the leather strap has worn out. Dont buy this watch for its legibility – you cannot read the time at a glance, you need to concentrate on finding the arrows at the end of the hands and ignoring the second-hand and the chrono sub-dials. I sometimes think legibility is ultra-important, but in reality, I spend all day on my PC and mobile phone and tend to read the time off them, and I really only read the time off a wristwatch about 3 times a day. So, I wear a watch because I enjoy doing so, and this watch is very enjoyable.
Alfred P. –
An excellent casual and/or dressy chronograph
The good stuff first: A very eye catching design, it just looks amazing on the wrist. Furthermore, even though it will come off very thick looking, because it has no lugs and hides its bars underneath the body – it wears surprisingly smaller than you might think. The buttons/pushers have a nice feel and resistance and the movement is nice and smooth thanks to their high frequency quartz tech.What I didn’t love: the first one here is a taste thing – the provided bracelet just doesn’t feel like the right style for the watch. Luckily they do provide a leather strap set in the box you can swap to, that’s a nice deep blue color that better fits the watch. However this leads into problem two, the the leather straps are incredibly tight and snug at the hidden lugs – which is fine if you don’t ever plan to swap your straps again – but if you do, it’s really difficult to get the springbars to disengage with the how tight the leather sits next to the walls.
Ryan B. –
Great watch, but beware of damage from shipping
The watch is great. Such a cool funky retro piece. Very faithful reproduction of the old Chronograph C. Very nice box and presentation. Quality way above the Amazon price. HOWEVER….part of the nice setup from Bulova is the little springbar tool that comes in the box with it. It has rough edges, and is just floating around in the box scratching up the watch the whole time it makes its way to you. First watch arrived with lots of marks all over the unprotected parts of the watch. I returned it for an exchange, and the replacement arrived in better condition since the tool must have wedged itself in one part of the box for a good portion of the ride. The watch still had marks around the bezel, but not nearly as bad as the first, so I kept that one. They should really wrap the tool in plastic so this doesnât happen. Fine for selling at a jewelry store, but not for mail delivery.
C.B. –
Something about this watch
I donât know how I feel about this watch. I definitely think itâs good looking, stylish and classy. But I feel like the case is just so much bigger than the bracelet. It kind of looks weird like the bracelet isnât big enough to hold a watch that big. I also think the proportion of the case to the bracelet really makes it stand out a lot. Like it might draw too much attention. You canât wear a watch like that often at all. Also, I donât like the bracelet. I feel that it looks so much better with the leather strap. I changed it as soon as I took it out of the box. Iâm on the fence about whether or not I want to keep this watch, but Iâm leaning towards keeping it. Another thing is that it keeps great time. I synced it to my iPhone after taking it out of the box and itâs so accurate, I used it to set the time on one of my automatic watches.
John –
Simply Eye Catching
This watch is truly a great looking watch. It is big, bold, unique, and beautiful. Great time keeping piece, smooth movements, extremely accurate timing. It is easy to read, has solid Lume and the two different bands are cool too. I am not a watch expert by any means but appreciate quality attractive watches and this is both, truly my new favorite watch in my collection and is an heirloom type time piece. I just can’t say enough on how much I love this watch.
Steve Ortiz –
Very disappointed
This product looks like itâs been used. No manual no tags very poor presentation.
Big Tron –
It let me scratch my vintage watch fetish itch.
I love vintage watches but unfortunately they have acrylic crystals that scratch easily. However, when I found out Bulova was doing a reissue on this watch and it was to include a sapphire domed crystal, I started to get all hot and bothered. Of course I couldn’t resist and ended up buying the watch. It is a quartz watch and I wish it was a mechanical movement like the original, but then again, this is a $300 watch and offering a mechanical movement would have made it a lot more expensive. It is a large watch but since it is lug-less, it wears somewhat smaller. Definitely not upset I bought it.
Placeholder –
Beautiful Retro
Really like the watch; especially as I got it at a great price.
Ivana L. –
Simplemente excelente. Preciosa calidad como es de costumbre para Bulova. Un reloj extremadamente versátil ya sea para utilizarlo con un outfit sport como para algo más formal.Empacado perfectamente. La caja impecable. Lo único es que el desarmador no venÃa asegurado pero aún asà todo en perfecto estado. 100% recomendado
mpulat –
Good looking, good design and quality watch. A bit big and sporty looking.
luis fernando castro manzanilla –
Muy bien reloj excelente
Roger chumba –
Excelente producto, en la muñeca no se ve tan grande como se puede esperar por las medidas
Mundo –
El reloj llegó perfecto, sin embargo la almohadilla en dónde se presenta el reloj y la caja interna está un poco rasgada ya que es de una piel muy delgada, aún asà el reloj llegó sin rayas y en perfecto estado