I am not allowed to have my cell phone at work and must leave it in my car. I do not want to wear a wrist watch and can not as it might get caught on something. Needing to tell time as there are no nearby clocks and I thought a pocket watch would fit the bill. I as of yet can not spend a lot on a pocket watch and went with this one as it was rated highly.

Sadly going cheap I got what I paid for. The first thing I noticed was the amount of slop when setting the time. I could turn it back and forth about 20% before the hand would move. I have a much more expensive pocket watch I do not wear because of it's value and it turns perfectly with the dial.

Second the opening latch does not work most of the time. I have to push it down very hard or most of the time use my fingernail to pry it open at the same time as pushing the button down. I have to force it closed as even pushing down the button does not help it close. My more expensive pocket watch opens and closes smoothly every time with little force.

Both of those problems would be expected of a cheap pocket watch but the third problem is a deal breaker. The button at the top gets pulled up all the time in my pocket and stops the watch. Today I missed my lunch. I looked at the time and saw it was a bit after two. I looked again later and it was just before 3:30. I kept looking at the time and it seemed to be going by slowly. A while later I looked at it said it was a little after 3:30 and I was wondering how much longer it was going to be before I could take my lunch break at 4:30. After a while someone asked me when I was suppose to go home and I said 6:30 and they said it was almost time to clock out. I looked at this pocket watch and it said it was 3:43. I walked to the time clock at it was 6:28.

I thought it was broke but after I messed with it a few moments it started ticking again. After getting home and checking it out I found that the button was far to easy to pull up to the time set function and most of the time when I pushed it back down it would not start again. I would have to pull it up and down several times for it to start ticking again.

This is just too cheap and poorly made to be used as a pocket watch in your pocket. I knew it was not going to be of great quality but I was hoping it would tell time reliably. I will have to look for something more expensive and better quality later when I have the money to do so.