I was, after reading the reviews first very skeptical whether I should buy me the clock at all. Well, I did it anyway and I'm thrilled. For me there is nothing, absolutely nothing to complain about. Great clock, meticulously crafted, solid, heavy and very accurate for a Automatic Gait from the beginning. I have to compare an old submariner in the closet and can only marvel. The difference is 10 stones (work), sapphire crystal and 4.500, -.