Customer Reviews on Amazon.com

1. 7 of 8 people found this review helpful

   By J. Chan on Amazon.com 1 September, 2012

   Great Watch...If It Only Kept Time

   I purchased this watch in March 2012 and have worn it almost daily since. It was my new weekday watch as it was lightweight, sleek, and professional. The large face is very easy to read at a glance. Those are the major positives of this watch.
   
   Unfortunately, appearances alone do not make a watch great. Its primary function (for me, at least) is to tell time. Despite carrying a cell phone, I prefer the simple movement of looking at my wrist to check the time. In the past week, I have noticed that my watch was consistently losing time versus other clocks in my workplace. I started double-checking my watch against my cell phone and noticed the same phenomenon. I am consistently losing 1 minute every 24 hours.
   
   Given that it is failing at its primary function, I had to rate this item harshly. While it is packaged wonderfully, the core mechanism just doesn't work well enough.
2. 3 of 3 people found this review helpful

   By Billal Jaber on Amazon.com 12 June, 2012

   Amazing watch! Got a hundred compliments! Black on mesh came off and mesh began breaking apart after only 6 months though!!

   This watch is a beauty. It is sleek and cool. I received so many compliments.
   
   Problem is, the black paint on the titanium mesh is coming off.
   Now, a couple pieces of the mesh are coming off as well.
   
   Not as good quality as I thought.
   
   Skagen offered to replce it for $33.95 + shipping.
   Customer service and warranty are lacking.
   
   All in all, I can't recommend it.
3. 4 of 5 people found this review helpful

   By G. H. Bondy on Amazon.com 8 December, 2009

   Should have believed the reviews.

   Read most of the reviews, but deceided to purchase it anyway. Should have paid attention to the customers who returned the watch. Like others have said, the watch band would not stay clasped and kept falling off my wrist.
   Loved the watch, too bad I had to return it.
4. 12 of 17 people found this review helpful

   By Abe Rice on Amazon.com 9 July, 2007

   Disappointing

   The watch is thing, and nice. But here are the problems:
   
   Glass breaks easily, and company won't repair.
   
   Band while very strong loses the color quickly, and has problem with the closing mechanism.
   
   The Day display is very tiny and if you have trouble reading tiny print w/o reading glasses then you will probably not be able to read it.
   
   The Day number is basically 1 through 31, and has no clue as to which month it is. So you have to change it often. Now each time you wish to change it, say you want to go from 31 to 30 then you have to turn the clock dials completely 60 time!!!
5. 1 of 1 people found this review helpful

   By Missy on Amazon.com 9 January, 2013

   The look and feel was great for my husband........

   However he had to return it due to the black wearing off of the band. We had read other reviews of this happening but purchased it anyway. We returned it to order a different style. Not up to Skagen standards with the band quality.
6. 1 of 1 people found this review helpful

   By Boyd C. Rist on Amazon.com 22 October, 2012

   Skagen Watch--#233XLTMB

   While the watch is a handsome timepiece, the latch on the watch band is defective. It comes loose frequently.
   
   I will be returning the timepiece. I have another Skagen watch that I am very pleased with.
7. 1 of 1 people found this review helpful

   By Sergio Luis Mendizabal on Amazon.com 4 November, 2011

   Dissappointment

   this is a nice and thin watch, but is almost useless in the dark because it lacks of any source of light; it's a lie that it glows in the dark.
8. 3 of 4 people found this review helpful

   By Mraco on Amazon.com 22 December, 2011

   Not what you are paying for...

   I was really excited about this item. My boyfriend saw it on those airline magazines coming back from Bali. It was very expensive on there, more than a hundred bucks! So, when I found it on Amazon for 70 something dollars, I believe, I decided to get it for Xmas for him, even though it was way in advance.
   
   Well, long story short, Xmas is here and he opened the gift. It doesn't suit his wrist. The strap starting from the watch creates an oddly semi-rigid shaped arch that doesn't sit well on smaller wrists like his, especially when the quadrant is so wide. Well, it's too late to return it (Amazon return policy is thirty days) so I decide to keep it for myself.
   
   Grave disappointment. The clasp uses an odd method and doesn't feel very secure. I keep checking that it's still around my wrist and before I entirely figured out how I was meant to close it, it slipped away a couple of times, but luckily I was able to catch it before fall both times.
   
   The quality overall is not very good. After only two days, the black clasp is already discoloring and showing the metal underneath and the watch (glass and frame) are all scratched. Now, it's winter, I am wearing long sleeves that keep it covered all the time and I only went to the office these last two days! And it's not like it's rolling under my wrist, it's always on top (now that I have figured the clasp out!).
   
   I wouldn't recommend it. This is a low-quality market stall kind of watch for which I would spend no more than 20 bucks. It looks good, and people like it, though, so if style is the only thing you are looking for, then go for it. Otherwise forget about it.
9. 2 of 3 people found this review helpful

   By Chris G. Drake on Amazon.com 25 December, 2011

   Wrong Watch

   Masterpiece Jewels, Inc (It'sAboutTime) sent a watch in the packaging for the 233XLTMB, but the watch they sent was in fact a 233XLTBBC, a cheaper watch than was paid for. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aag/details/ref=aag_m_ss?ie=UTF8&isAmazonFulfilled=1&marketplaceID=ATVPDKIKX0DER&isCBA=&seller=A3W4OSIDRTNLCE#aag_legalInfo
10. 2 of 3 people found this review helpful

    By Ronin on Amazon.com 25 May, 2011

    Thin and sleek.... but

    I have a prior Skagen that I love for it's size. So when I saw this online in black, I thought cool I can now have two in different colors.
    
    The new watch is 4mm larger. I have small wrists so this looks a little out of place. One of the major reasons for going with Skagen was the reasonable size and slimness.
    
    Point number two, it's not as slim as the previous watch, but still manageable.
    
    Point three, the band sucks. Looks nice until you try to close it around anything less than a 9" wrist. Seems there are tabs on the backside where it connects to the watch that do not allow for the band to extend downward past 30 degrees (it's preset) no movement.
    Now I can opt to change bands for an additional $40 or sell the watch outright. Buyer beware.