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Beware Lord Timepieces!
I first saw the ads for these scelleton face watches on Facebook and was immediately attracted to it. The price was unbelievable for the apparent nice looks, specially considering it does not come from somewhere in the East - a UK company in fact! Since I was a bit sceptical I researched the watches to the best of my ability until I was satisfied that it was not a scam.
Fast forward: after receiving the watch I was aware of Lord Timpieces' (LT's) warning of not overwinding it so I started by giving it only 3 rotations. No luck. Another 3. No luck. Another 3. No luck. This kept on going until I've reached their recommendation of not more than 15-20 rotations but the watch refused to run. I gave it a light finger tap and was relieved when it came to life! About an hour later: the watch was not moving. A light finger tap: it started running again. Later on I've realised what the problem was: every time the minutes-hand was reaching the 25-to mark, the watch got stuck. Light finger tap: it ran - until reaching the 25-to mark again!
I sent the watch back to LT's and they replied that I broke the watch - it was 'overwound'! Eventually they offered me another watch at about half price but I refused - I wanted a full refund or another watch. Another watch was offered to me but I had to pay the transport. I felt that this was unfair as I had to pay the return transport fees as well. At the end this ended in a stale mate so I want to warn anyone ordering watches from LT's: if anything is wrong with a watch you've received over the mail, be aware: you will probably have to carry the blame! My recommendation: stay away!
BTW I was quite surprised at their light packaging - not nearly enough protection for such a delicate piece IMHO. So it's quite possible that it got damaged during transport. But then I should not have to pay the price for the damage!
Fast forward: after receiving the watch I was aware of Lord Timpieces' (LT's) warning of not overwinding it so I started by giving it only 3 rotations. No luck. Another 3. No luck. Another 3. No luck. This kept on going until I've reached their recommendation of not more than 15-20 rotations but the watch refused to run. I gave it a light finger tap and was relieved when it came to life! About an hour later: the watch was not moving. A light finger tap: it started running again. Later on I've realised what the problem was: every time the minutes-hand was reaching the 25-to mark, the watch got stuck. Light finger tap: it ran - until reaching the 25-to mark again!
I sent the watch back to LT's and they replied that I broke the watch - it was 'overwound'! Eventually they offered me another watch at about half price but I refused - I wanted a full refund or another watch. Another watch was offered to me but I had to pay the transport. I felt that this was unfair as I had to pay the return transport fees as well. At the end this ended in a stale mate so I want to warn anyone ordering watches from LT's: if anything is wrong with a watch you've received over the mail, be aware: you will probably have to carry the blame! My recommendation: stay away!
BTW I was quite surprised at their light packaging - not nearly enough protection for such a delicate piece IMHO. So it's quite possible that it got damaged during transport. But then I should not have to pay the price for the damage!