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 Posted: Sat Jun 13th, 2009 09:58 am
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Geoff150
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The Herc 178 arrived yesterday and so far I'm a not overly impressed. Strap is leather but very cheap feel to it and not much room for my 8 inch wrist. They do give you a second strap but its the same as the original. Too soon to report on the running of the movement. For my money I think the Alphas are a better buy.






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 Posted: Sat Jun 13th, 2009 10:20 am
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Skipdawg
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Thanks for sharing. Maybe it will be a good beater watch while doing chores.

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 Posted: Sat Jun 13th, 2009 11:34 am
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Sorry to hear about that Geoff... I bought a Herc 199 a couple of months ago and it lasted about a month before the crown snapped off in my hand while trying to wind it. I never actually wore the watch and like you was not impressed at all with the quality. The case looked like the inside of a coke can (cheap), the leather strap was really cheap and as I said the crown snapped off in my hand. coyote2.gif

Bill

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 Posted: Sat Jun 13th, 2009 03:29 pm
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Thanks for the report Geoff, too bad your new watch isn't working out for you.  Hopefully you can find some use for it.  Better luck with your next watch, cheers.

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 Posted: Sat Jun 13th, 2009 06:53 pm
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Sorry to hear about this, it`s risky buying a unoriginal watch maybe made in China by children working 16 hours a day.
The quality will of course be very unstable:?
You be better of buying original watches for example Seiko or some german brands, they make many nice watchesThumbsUp02.gif

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 Posted: Sun Jun 14th, 2009 01:20 am
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Too bad about your watch. :( I guess in the end, we always, always get what we pay for. Tom is right --- much better to spend on an original Seiko.

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 Posted: Sun Jun 14th, 2009 01:05 pm
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bigrustypig wrote: Too bad about your watch. :( I guess in the end, we always, always get what we pay for. Tom is right --- much better to spend on an original Seiko.
 I have several Seikos amongst others. I work for a company named Hercules so I felt I had to at least get one.

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