GUESS Stainless Steel Bracelet Watch

5 stars for looks; 2 stars for functionality

Looks:

This watch looks amazing. The tachymeter numbers on the bezel looks intricate and the dual silver/black combination gives a strong elegant contrast. There have been many times when people look at the watch on my hand and ask what brand/watch I'm wearing. (I say "Guess" and they take a guess. LOL)



Functionality:

The watch does lose points for functionality though.



1. Tachymeter: Unlike many watches with chrono here the chrono second hand is not the big/main second hand. (Many watches with chrono use the big hand as the chrono second hand and use one of the tiny hands on the face/background as the actual second hand). While this inherently isn't a problem this makes the tachymeter useless. The tachymeter is on the bezel and would only be useful if the chorono second hand was the big hand that moved along/pointed to the bezel since a chronograph is an integral part of making tachymeter measurements.



2. The little face/background dials: I would have been much happier if one of the three face hands had been devoted to showing the date. Instead two of them are for chrono (second and minute) and the third one (get this) is for showing the hour in 24 hour format (in case you forget how to add 12 at night?)



Overall get this watch depending on what you're looking for. If you're looking for a good looking elegant watch in the $120 range get this hands down. If you want date/tachymeter/more complicated stuff this isn't the watch for you.

Me? I'm very happy with this watch although I wish it did have a date dial.More detail ...