although not perfect, but for me a pleasure

I watch collector and possess predominantly mechanical watches called. Luxury brands. Nevertheless, I am pedantic when it comes to Gangenauigkeit and so disturb me even minor deviations that with few exceptions, are inevitable in my collectors watches. A friend wears AS4035-04E, is convinced of this and has infected me, this purchase also.

The first days were getting used to for me, because she is significantly larger than that of me so far preferred models, even bigger than my Breitlings. Now I've got used to it and rejoice every time I look at it. A pedant I also like that the minute hand goes along after every 15 sec. And not, as in some jumps RF / quartz watches, until the clock hits.

Me in detail with this "small computer" way around, was not very easy. The manual, though extensive, is often illogical, z. T. contradictory and does not clear up all the questions. So I know for example, not yet, which is why there are 3 TME options, all of which relate to the same radio to be received time. Several different local time options, I would find more meaningful, because the radio reception on the location near Frankfurt station limited (not quite up to date) and a different time zone must be manually adjusted. Contradictory I felt for example that it is in one place, the summer time setting is automatic, elsewhere, they must be set manually, etc.

To what extent, if I leave my radio zone and / or manually adjusting the new local time, the clock "with quartz precision" continues, I do not know, because there are major differences even in quartz watches. According to the manufacturer's specification, the time may vary +/- 15 seconds (when and in what time frame?).

How reliable radio reception work at night, I do not know. In the manual is on the one hand, that the radio signal is received at night at 3:00 or 4:00. On the other hand we read that when the power-saving mode was activated, the signal must be obtained manually (by button B) to activate the automatic reception again. Gem. These instructions indicate the power saving mode is activated automatically after half an hour darkness, so every night ...

In addition, I've found when I think of the other functions "games" such as this morning when I tried the manual change summer / winter time, was deactivated after resetting in the real time situation of radio reception and I had to catch the signal manually. So, watch out!

My conclusion: If I look for it, I find everywhere inconsistencies, sometimes allegedly because I have no other explanation at hand, sometimes actually. All in all, I can take me by the above-described not the everyday enjoyment of this clock. On the many positives of this beautiful clock I am therefore not addressed because they have already been described many times. I hope that my 5-star rating compensated that I did not repeat the previous praise.

Finally, a request: Perhaps I can a reader of these lines in the heading betrayed comment where I can purchase an original spare belt on the Internet. I could only third-party "ergooglen" whose bands have no resemblance to the original.