PHOIBOS Diving Watch PY010R

Good quality microbrand, a few things could be improved but over all excellent, I have a collection of 33 watches this is not inferior to the ones of a similar price and betters some more expensive ones.

This watch makes me wonder why I bother with Seiko anymore. Very well made watch with high end specs. Sapphire Glass, Ceramic bezel, screw down crown, engineer bracelet, wave pattern dial, superb case back octopus logo. Seiko seem to have become greedy lately with what they charge. If Seiko were too release a watch with these specs you would easily be paying double. This is my 3rd Phoibos now and look forward to future releases. Truly awesome watch.

It has the quality and solid feel but my main concern is the thickness of it, it will be a great watch for the summer, £250 can get a fair amount of choices in the market.

Nice looking watch,but quick date is not working,and I took all the wrapping off before discovering this fact...so I'm keeping it as is.

I was looking for yet another dive watch to add to my collection after flipping a few of my cheaper watches. I fancied a Seiko but every time I see something I like it's way overpriced for what you get. I knew of the brand Phoibos and this caught my eye with its unusual looks and high specification. After watching a few favourable reviews I ordered one with the nh35a date. It's a fair chunk of steel to carry around but it's comfortable once sized up coming in at 198 grams. The watch is very well made with a solid build and a practically flawless finish. This is a real step above the usual Chinese stuff including San Martin. It's a proper microbrand so I think the makers can offer a higher degree of attention to detail. The bezel action is very good with none of the backplay reported on some reviews. Dial is very well done with fantastic lume, the logo is polarising but I like it a lot. I thought the bracelet would be a generic Chinese engineer but it's actually very nice and comparable to strapcodes offerings. Caseback has an embossed logo which again is very well executed. The only bad points are a few sharpish edges here and there but a very minor issue. Packaging is also very good with comprehensive paperwork and a nice box. So far I'm really pleased with the watch. To get a Seiko with similar spec you would be looking at least double the price.. It may not have the brand status but this offers so much more for your money.

Here's my immediate analysis of this Phoibos watch: 1. It seems to wear larger than the 42mm case size would suggest, which I like. 2. The dial is beautiful and fits my personal taste. It is three-piece abalone, with the pieces placed together vertically. 3. The hand winding action is smooth, the crown threads are smooth and accurate, and the case back is attractive. The watch looks well made and well machined. The crown size is near perfect for this watch. 4. I really like the coin edge on the bezel. In most photos, the bezel color seems like it is a flat black. My bezel is glossy black. I would have preferred the flat. 5. The strap is very comfortable and seems well made. The buckle is nice. 6. I have three dozen watches, most of them autos that sit for weeks while I wear others, so I could not care less about accuracy. 7. My collection includes $3500 Longines to $100 Citizens. I would rate the build quality of this watch, in as much as I can tell, to be as good as my Henry Archer, slightly better than my Seikos, not as refined as my higher priced Longines and Oris, and on par with my best Citizens (Signature series). For less than $300, this watch is a true bargain if it functions reliably over time. We'll see.

It's a watch I enjoy looking at to check the time. Has a really good lume to see at night. Nice and tight rotating bezel. An attractive watch for sure. Couple things to know. It keeps good time. However it is running a little fast. In about 1x month watch runs fast by about 5 minutes. This seems to be the norm for an automatic watch. For me it's not a problem. The watch strap may be a little tight at first. But over time it stretches a bit and is fine for me. I also periodically gently stretched the strap by hand. Careful to support the pins that hold the strap to not damage pins during the stretching process. That's if you have big wrists like me and need to stretch the straps a bit. Over all quite happy with my purchase. Have had it for close to 3x month's.

UN RELOJ MARAVILLOSO A UN GRAN PRECIO, ya llevo 2 años con él y no e tenido mayor problema más que el tiempo de la carga es mínima, lo recomiendo ampliamente

Es un reloj hermoso, la verdad me gustó mucho, tenía mis dudas porque la opinion esta muy dividida en cuanto a este modelo, lo investigué en foros, en YouTube y obviamente los comentarios de aquí de Amazon y me aventuré a comprar mi primer reloj de una micro marca y honestamente no me arrepiento aún cuando tuve que pagar gastos de envío y de aduana, al final pagué un poco mas de $7,000.00 pesos mexicanos, algo así como $350.00 usd Podría escribir un gran parrafo con sus características (Cristal, permeabilidad, bezel, etc...) pero no lo haré esas ya las conocen, mejor les diré que fue lo que mas me gustó, y lo primero fue su tamaño, los 42mm me dan perfectos y no lo siento grande en la muñeca ni tan grueso que para sus 300 metros de sumergibilidad esta perfecto, el extensible es muy cómodo de 22mm y articulados a la prefección, el dial texturizado es simplemente espectacular con marcadores en azul celeste totalmente inexistente en cualquier reloj de mi colección, el pupo del logo es grande? no lo creo no me lo parece, creo le da personalidad al reloj, la corona viene bellamente firmada con el logo de la compañía para mi es un plus, la textura del bezel tipo coin le la un toque especial sin mencionar que este es cerámico (Material generalmente visto en marcas premium), en su interior late un mecanismo muy probado por Seiko (NH35A) que no te dará ningún problema. Es un reloj pesado que no llega a molestar y con su extensible tipo engineer le da un toque de distinción (Dicho sea de paso cuenta con eslabones sólidos en el final del extensible), un reloj que puedes vestir en muchas ocasiones tanto de manera deportiva como de forma mas casual y me atrevería a decir que puedes usarlo sin problema con un atuendo de vestir no tan formal como para ser usado en la oficina, en muchos foros leí sobre el "juego" de su bezel la verdad yo no lo alcanzo a percibir o será que me tocó un lote de mas reciente fabricación y este "problema" esta solucionado, pero en realidad mi bezel no tiene nada de juego y se alinea a la perfección. En verdad no le encuentro un solo pero al reloj, la verdad encantado con la compra, lástima que Amazon no vende mas modelos de la marca me hubiera gustado comprar el modelo Eagle Ray, comprarlo directamente en la página me ocasiona cierto conflicto por el tema de los envíos y las aduanas.

anyone doing review research on this diver knows it punches in the $500 or more range easy, not just on tech specs, but build quality. since everything is top quality, from lume to alignment, to anything to do with the 120click bezel, i'll just address the style and design, which can be described as an updated classic genre...like a slightly modernized version of Tudor or Rolex subs. wonderfully, this model forgoes crown guards, giving it a nice vintage quality to mix with other of its modern look, such as the wave dial, dial and bezel fonts, hand and marker style. kind of a hat trick to mix a classic vintage genre, which this case style is, with some modernization, but they do it skillfully and brilliantly. as a vintage diver restorer for 30years, it rang my bell. but while it looks great and has build quality at a price point 2-3 times higher than its cost, i'll warn people it is a tad on the bigger size vis a vis the trend to go 40mm for divers. at 42mm without crown, and near 15mm thickness, be forewarned. this is not a critque as the watch earns the right to be that size because it's: 1. a dive watch to begin with, and 2. has an impressive 300m H20 resistance. if you can hang with that size, this is a beautiful piece and one that will not bring regrets.