I bought this Chotovelli on Amazon for what I thought was the low price of $150. I had been coveting this watch for close to four years or so when I saw it for about $350. I love the big military design.
What a disappointment when I took this out of the box. The leather strap was over-layered with lacquer as if to conceal the cheapness of the leather. The build quality of the watch itself, a very light watch, screamed $20 watch from the kiosk at the mall.
Am I being too hard on this Chotovelli? Is it the worst watch I’ve ever bought? I’d say yes to the latter question.
I had to return it (thank you, Amazon).
Those damn Italians.
(I'm half Italian so I get to make Italian jokes, right?)
Posted by: jonnybardo | November 20, 2014 at 12:38 PM
Jeff,
It's too bad the Hamilton Khaki Pilot quartz versions don't come in 46mm. They are much cheaper than the automatics (around $350), but they only seem to come in 42mm.
Posted by: Gary | November 20, 2014 at 01:04 PM
It's amazing that they were asking $350.00 for it in the first place.
Posted by: Angelo | November 21, 2014 at 04:53 AM
I just saw a Chopard today at a high end jeweler---with this same style band. It was incredible though, how much better the finish was on the Chopard strap. I'm sure you pay for that though.
Posted by: Angelo | November 21, 2014 at 02:04 PM
Here's a nice looking Chopard that was reviewed on ABTW recently. It's very well made, but not cheap.
http://www.ablogtowatch.com/chopard-grand-prix-de-monaco-historique-chronograph-watch-review/
Posted by: Gary | November 21, 2014 at 03:33 PM