Merkur Pierre Paulin chronograph

Got this from the merkur website and took about a month to ship here in the US. It was only $180 with a seagull st19 mechanical movement, and sapphire crystal, and it's a great size at 38mm.

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I wish that they would just call it a Merkur. Pretty watch.

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Love Merkur. Great value there. 

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I love the watch, Im a big fan of the ST-19 movement. You get a lot of bang for the buck, and let's face it. It is one of the best looking movements for the money

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I really like this 38mm, I have a couple seagulls in the 40mm. which isn't big. but the lug to lug is 50mm. so they wear long

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Whitesalmon

I really like this 38mm, I have a couple seagulls in the 40mm. which isn't big. but the lug to lug is 50mm. so they wear long

Yeah even though it's a 38 the lugs are long so it wears more like a 40, it's the perfect size for me.

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Hi @dude_man_bro_123 Can you share the link to the website from which you bought the watch? and how has your experience been with this timepiece? Thank you

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Dany_T96

Hi @dude_man_bro_123 Can you share the link to the website from which you bought the watch? and how has your experience been with this timepiece? Thank you

I bought it off of the Merkur website:

https://www.merkurwatch.com/New-PIERRE-PAULIN-Retro-70%E2%80%98s-Vintage-Panda-Style-Chronograph-Mechanical-Men-s-Complicated-Acrylic-38MM-Small-Luxury-Classic-Wrist-Watch-p190616.html?variant=14040601

It's usually on sale for around $170-180 on there.

It's also on AliExpress but more expensive:

https://m.aliexpress.us/item/3256803420844440.html?spm=a2g0n.productlist.0.0.2c1e40capZvPXd&browser_id=9f8ed56ee32d4945ae94344eed6574f5&aff_platform=msite&m_page_id=fedeedaeeedf189ce0e312b1604dcea41271e14d91&gclid=&pdp_npi=4%40dis%21USD%21498.00%21249.0%21%21%21498.00%21%21%40211bf3f116913791839191554d0768%2112000028718214538%21sea%21US%210%21A&algo_pvid=da1c402a-9f22-4b35-822a-1d1acef4229b

My experience has been pretty good, now that I've had it for a couple months, the pushers get a little stiff but if u fidget with them regularly like I do then they'll loosen up a bit and feel better to push.

There's one thing preventing me from fully enjoying the watch, and that's how incredibly stiff the crown is when winding. I have other hand wind watches and they're not nearly as hard to wind as this watch. I usually have to have really good grip and sometimes even use a shirt to get more grip, like opening a can of pickles.

Most of my watches get tight after 15-20 winds, while this watch gets tight after 5. At first I was scared I was gonna break the watch, but not the biggest deal considering it's been working great for 6 months.

So I guess just something to keep in mind. But other than that it's an amazing watch, it'll last around a day or two depending how much u wind it, which for me is usually around 15-20 winds. The watch keeps good time and the exhibition case showing off the movement is amazing. The leather band that comes with is pretty good but I eventually swapped for a blue strap to match the vibe(drilled lugs helped with that).

I would definitely recommend it for the price, especially because it comes at a good size of around 38mm diameter and around 47 lug to lug, and it fits my 6.5 inch wrist very well.

Hope that helps :)