Alan F.
Stylish watches
Stylish watches. I’m into mechanical automatic watches but couldn’t resist the look of a £70 Skagen watch a few years back. Worn it on and off for 3 years (I rotate my watches) but Alas the battery to this quartz eventually went 3 years on as about expected. No probs, time to change the inexpensive battery. The back was tough to prise open but easily fitted new battery. Could I get the back, back on? No! In trying to do so, I cracked the lens glass. Gutted. Never have I known such a challenging watch to secure the back, back on. Impossible without specialist press equipment. I service my own watches but even Omega and Rolex 300metre water resistant don’t have this issue. Now my watch is beyond economical repair. I am utterly disappointed! They clearly design their watches this way to generate more revenue but unnecessary cost to the average watch wearer. A short sighted method that I’m sure will lead to a loss in sales over a fairly short period of time. Well done Skagen, I will not be buying one of your watches again …



