Jokes Aside (an unironic/only very slightly ironic review)

After seeing some posts and realising not all peasants appreciate the beauty of this luxury time piece, I decided that I would make an unironic review of this watch for those merely curious or not connoisseurs of Ben's watch club (read: uneducated lower class) as we have enough brag posts about this high horology piece. (This is gonna be long so I will have a tl:dr at the end)

Before we begin I want to make a few things clear:

1) This is not a long term review, nor a specs sheet. If you want those you are kinda missing the point of this watch, plus you can get the specs and story from the promotional videos or the website (highly recommend btw)

2) The watch is currently on sale for £25 (actually on sale not the hilarous discount that took off two pence a few months back) and I will be judging it accordingly

3) This item is as much a gag gift as it a watch, and that will play a factor in this review. I bought this with the intention of it being a display piece and occasional wear

Website:

I'll start at the very beginning: the purchasing experience. The website is fantastic, full of quips and actually works, unlike some major brands' websites

Like an idiot, I entered my adress wrong, and customer service was quick and easy to get it sent to my adress. Delivery was super fast too (note that I delivered to the UK from which the company is based, international shipping may vary)

Packaging:

Whilst I ordinarily don't really care about packaging, here it is both an important part of the joke/luxury experience. The packaging is actually really good. The box feels far nicer than I was expecting, far superior to several watch packages from seiko, casio, Orient etc that retail for many times the price. Its feels really well made for the price, and the gags inside are also excellent. The fridge magnet especially has a great heft to it.

The watch: (fucking finally)

Finally and most importantly, the watch itself. First impressions: shiny shiny. Everything about this watch is polished, you've been warned. Secondly, I was surprised on how good this looks on wrist. Since it is only 38mm, it wears extremely well on my wrist. The design is almost mockingly simple, but it's not ugly by any means, and I quite like the subtle sunburst on the dial (second hand does not align, but no non-casio watch seems to at any price, let alone £25, which is good since they had a miss-all-markers guarantee and I didn't want to deal with having to get a refund) As for the main factor: the quality. At the end of the day the joke is only funny if the thing isn't a complete rip-off.

To my surprise, I unironically love it. Being all steel and integrated, the head has a nice weight to it, despite being quartz. The folded link bracelet is admittedly not great, and is very rattly, but for the price it's not terrible either. The sizing experience was also far better than I was expecting, as opposed to the nightmare that is cheap seiko bracelets. The only criticism I really have is the complete lack of microadjust. A nicer clasp would have been nice but as its mimicking a butterfly look from the outside I can't complain too much Tl:dr/summary: All in all this feels like fairly good for a £25 watch, and I mean that as high praise. Normally watches cut costs on the box and the strap, but here the packaging has been excellent, and yet even with that limited budget the watch still feels great too. So to cut to the point, do I recommend this? As a gag gift, or as merch, absolutely. However, at a price of just £25 this makes for an unironically decent watch to buy in general. Highly recommended. Ps I am legally required to disclaim that I have been paid one billion pound sterling by the founder Al Dente and my family have been released from being held hostage on condition of this positive review