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Posted By: Ricky Lee McBroom
Date: Wednesday, 20 August 2008, at 5:22 p.m.

You might recall that I made this statement: "Things I don't like about it; Nothing so far!" Well, we all know there's no such thing a a Perfect Watch, so I was bound to find something sooner or later. Turns out it was sooner...

The S.U.G Nova..

..has not escaped my scrutiny. A -related niggle: The size and shape of the lumed triangles on the hour and minutes hands are close enough that the time is not readily apparent-at-a-glence when relying on the lume. You got to stop and think about it.

Another (and far more serious to me) issue is the legibility under daytime conditions. Mostly it's OK. But the mirror-finished chrome outline of the hands combined with the white dial means that, under certain lighting conditions & when viewed from certain angles, the hands effectively disappear. Not a deal-breaker to me either, especially not at the Nova's sub-$50 price point. But I'd be a bunch happier without this nitpicky li'l fault.

And, it must be said, the accuracy of the S.U.G. could be better. It's running ~ +40 sec/day which, while not an egregious level of error, could definitely be better. The S.U.G., in contrast, is running ~ +12 sec/day - much closer to what I've come to expect from -engined s. Again, not a deal-breaker, as no one promised COSC accuracy. And it may settle down with time. Still...

As always, thanks for reading.

Have a Grrrrrrrrrrrr8 Day !

-Ricky

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Allow me to carp a bit about my latest acquisition. > (views: 183)
Ricky Lee McBroom -- Wednesday, 20 August 2008, at 5:22 p.m.

Ricky Lee, your vocabulary always makes (views: 32)
marcayork -- Wednesday, 20 August 2008, at 6:28 p.m.
for an interesting post; regardless of the watch content.

I am here too "the size Goldilock enthuses...." really interesting especially for a >>> (views: 8)
Reto -- Thursday, 21 August 2008, at 5:32 a.m.

ESL (English as a second language) WIS.

Best regards

Reto

So kind of you. Modest as it might be, I do attempt to do the King's English justice... (views: 7)
Ricky Lee McBroom -- Wednesday, 20 August 2008, at 7:39 p.m.

Thks for the follow-ups (views: 8)
Adam in NYC -- Wednesday, 20 August 2008, at 6:21 p.m.

Great post Ricky! (views: 8)
JEB -- Wednesday, 20 August 2008, at 6:01 p.m.

Ricky, my SUG review being posted later today! (views: 10)
MCV -- Wednesday, 20 August 2008, at 6:00 p.m.

Outstanding! Please shoot me a when you post it.. I sure don't want to miss it! (views: 6)
Ricky Lee McBroom -- Wednesday, 20 August 2008, at 7:36 p.m.

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Schweizerische-Uhrenmacher-Genossenschaft

Posted By: Ricky Lee
Date: Saturday, 24 January 2009, at 12:05 a.m.

Quite a mouthful for this modest -powered watch. 

Click HERE for larger photo or HERE for supersized photo

At US $54 and change, perhaps the bang-for-the-buck champion of all my 2008 acquisitions. And you gotta admit, it glows pretty good. 

-Ricky

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Schweizerische-Uhrenmacher-Genossenschaft   (views: 78)
Ricky Lee -- January 25, 2009 12:05AM

Another great lume shot Ricky, you are really good at this (n/t) (views: 4)
Reto -- January 25, 2009 06:56AM
Lookin' good, Ricky. (n/t) (views: 4)
Mark C. -- January 25, 2009 03:22AM
Looks great  (n/t) (views: 3)
PaulGeo -- January 25, 2009 02:49AM
I do like the bezel and lugs....very cool. (n/t) (views: 3)
greg honeycutt -- January 25, 2009 01:52AM
Reminds me of a very big named watch.  on that one, like it alot. (n/t) (views: 4)
andysm -- January 25, 2009 12:10AM

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