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AstroAvia V9S Alarm Chronograph
But we all have our little foibles and why should I criticize – I once had a multicolor Citroen CV that my girl friend at the time thought hideous and I thought really cool! It was so serious that it was her ultimatum – the car or it's over! Well there was of course no question about it – I kept the car . . . ;-)
Anyway I digress – his son obviously takes after his Dad and I thought this watch might do the trick – and it's rather military-ish style might appeal.
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This is the AstroAvia V9S Alarm Chronograph and I've just thought it would be an excellent match to my friends attire! But mum's the word! Anyway it's a pretty stylish military style model with a YN 64 Quartz Japan movement, so will keep pretty decent time. Matte stainless steel case with Black PVD plating and screw back rated 3 ATM, is 43mm diameter by just 11mm depth, so OK for the boy – he's 14 years old and already going on 6 feet and gangly. An Alarm function and Chronograph (60 minute timer, 1/5th secs and split times) plus a second Time Zone feature, 24 hour dial, Mineral crystal, black background dial with red sub dials, very green numerals and a white center sweep seconds had – plus a Date window between 4 & 5.
It also features a killer red ringed top push button to start the chronograph which seems just right to me and a Tachymeter scale round the perimeter – in fact the more I look at this the more I like it myself!
Great stainless Steel band is 22mm so looks in proportion has butterfly buckle and twin pushers. I forgot to mention the hands and dial numerals by the way are coated in Luminova – not Superluminova which is a pity as SuperL is definitely better – and I've always been slightly disappointed in Astro's night look, but hey! maybe they've improved. The image supplied by AstroAvia is brilliant – as they tend to be, but how it performs after an hour in the dark – your guess is as good as mine.
I've seen it for around £140-£170 here in the UK which is within his budget it comes with a 2 year Guarantee and I have a feeling his boy will love this – I know I'm quite taken by it . . . .
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I did consider another colorful model this time from Swatch and whilst I have a lot of time for this Brand, it was back to the plastic cased fashion style watch, though in fairness close up it's quite a substantial piece of kit, especially the substantial hour and minute hands and the dial markers. But on balance I didn't think it would really appeal to this adult yearning lad – the military style steel cased model being more up his street.
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Swatch SUUB401 “Chromatic Water” model
However in the event whilst it's certainly a “color” contender, in this instance it's no contest as the AstroAvia definitely has the “look” and is a very adult watch. It manages to get away with the color scheme too, as it just seems to work! Bekijk meer Zwitserse replica en chopard piece unique replica
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