Buy Bulova Men's 97B110 Precisionist Longwood Rose-Tone Brown Leather WatchBulova Men's 97B110 Precisionist Longwood Rose-Tone Brown Leather Watch Product Description:
- Men's Precisionist strap watch brown dial
- Domed mineral crystal with rose gold metalized rim; Beveled dauphine hands with flat tip and tail, luminous filled middle
- Stainless steel case and brown leather strap
- Duet to 97M104, calendar
- Water-resistant to 99 feet (30 M)
Product Description
The most accurate watch in the world with a continuously sweeping second hand. In stainless steel with rose-gold finish, domed metalized crystal, multiple-layer brown and rose-gold dial, continuously sweeping second hand, luminous hands, calendar, padded and stitched dark brown leather strap, locking deployment buckle and dresistance to 30 meters. Duet: 97M104
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
looks better in person
By janet
My husband picked out this watch on line as the one he wanted for Christmas. I was not real pleased when I first saw it. But it looks very nice on his wrist. Not sure why the change, but I am very pleased now and he loves it. It doesn't say it is rose gold, but it is.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.Bulova Precisionist is the Epitome of Elegance
By Rob. Fleming
The idea of a quartz movement with a smooth sweep second hand was difficult for me to process having been exposed only to the click-click quartz movements more commonly encountered. I knew it could be done because I bought an inexpensive wall clock a few months earlier that had that same fascinating feature, but on a wristwatch? That I had not seen except in much more expensive Spring Drive pieces that were/are way beyond my watch collecting budget.Then along came the Bulova Precisionist on a watch forum in which I reguarly participate being sold by another member. I couldn't resist and grabbed it. When I removed it from its packaging after its arrival, the first thing I wanted to see was the second hand in action. Sure enough, it made its way around the dial with no discernable incremental jerking, at least to my eyes. I read another review that suggested you could see the tiny clicks if you looked closely enough, but that doesn't work for me. It is smooooooth.The first Bulova Precisionist I bought was a Champlain, a rather large sport style watch that was uber impressive, but dominated even my large wrist too much for my taste, so I started looking for a more reasonably sized Precisionist and I came upon the Longwood Rose-Tone Brown Leather watch on Amazon.com which is the subject of this review.The Longwood Rose-Tone Precisionist is absolutely eye-catching gorgeous. Don't take my word for it. People I don't know sneak peeks at my Longwood when I wear it in public. A prime example is when I play in an 18-piece dance band for a local senior citizen dance where I sit in the front row of the band playing saxophone. The first time I wore this watch to the dance I noticed dancers passing by and occasionally glancing at my watch. It was unmistakable. They didn't ask about it, they just looked at the watch then at me and I just smiled, as much as I could with a sax mouthpiece in my face.Others have favorably commented on the beauty and elegance of this watch and its mesmerizing smooth sweep second hand. Some have asked where I got it and I knew why. They would soon be checking out Amazon.com for these fine watches.Someone once said there is elegance in simplicity, or words to that effect. Well, the Longwood, unlike the Champlain, is the epitome of elegance in its simplicity and Zen-like dial that provides the time and the date at a glance. And the time it provides is as accurate as it can be without daily atomic clock updates, most probably the only way to improve upon Precisionst accuracy.Reading the specifications of this watch is an interesting course in watch design. Specifically, when it describes the three (count 'em) prong tines on the tuning fork which normally has only two, and how that dramatically increases the sampling frequency that is the basis for time accuracy, it is amazing. Similarly, the specially designed battery that lasts a remarkably long time even though driving a smooth sweep second hand, which normally requires more energy from a battery, demonstrates to what lengths Bulova designers went to make this the finest watch available on the market at this price point. And price point is no small consideration.The Spring-Drive Seiko will run you just under $4,000 while the Bulova Precisionist Longwood Rose-Tone set me back less than $220 (because I bought it discounted at Amazon.com). If that doesn't impress, I don't know what will. I realize there are valid reasons for the price difference, but if you don't have four grand to spend on a wristwatch, the Bulova Precisionist may be the best alternative for you as it was for me.I've bought and sold several watches over the past few years, but this watch is a keeper. It is so stunning I keep it in reserve for those special occasions when i want to look my best with wrist candy like the Precisionist and I use my Casio G-Shock Atomic/Solar as my daily wrist wear. Btw, when I compare the time between my atomic-clock-updated Casio G-Shock to the time on my Bulova Precisionist, it never fails that they are a match. But, the Precisionist is supposed to be accurate to within about 10 seconds per year. How good is that?!In short, buy it. You won't be sorry.
16 of 19 people found the following review helpful.
Nice inexpensive dress watch with some heritage
By craigpoff
This watch could fairly be called the "grandson" of the lovely Bulova Accutrons of the 1960s with their famous sweep second hands. While I think I read the Precisionist beats at 16 beats per second (next fastest I have are Longines and Zeniths at 10 beats per second), to the naked eye, the watch sweep hand moves absolutely smoothly, no ticking, hacking, pulses, etc. We mechanical watch purists, hate quartz watches, primarily because of that clodding one beat per second movement. The Precisionist is absolutely smooth and appealing to the eye (at least this gold tone Longwood). Unlike many a new model, its of reasonable size (about 40mm), has a very visible dial with good contrast, hacks for exact setting, has a quickset date and a very nice (looking AND smelling!) Bulova leather strap on a nice deployment, something usually found on more expensive watches.My '60s Accutron collection contains a solid gold Spaceview and a classic steel black dial Astronaut, but the Precionist can rightfully take their place as their descendant.Only two drawbacks: (a) for a watch that advertises 10 seconds per year accuracy, its interesting to note that there is about a one second lag when you set the watch; I set it to an atomic clock, but it took a second for the sweep hand to enage and go, so I am -1 second to atomic time now; keep that in mind when setting it; (b) the crystal leaves a bit to be desired, both being domed and reflective. Its the one thing that gives this watch away as being inexpensive.Bulova was a grand American watchmaker of renown, who produced gorgeous watches in the first half of the 20th century and who anticipated quartz with the famed Accutron lines of the '60s and early '70s. After quartz arrived, Bulova totally lost their way, but now (owned by Citizen), they have begun to look back to their classic past and have produced a watch that a mechanical/vintage watch snob like me would actually wear on the street.
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