I did not introduce digital watches on my blog before, just one week ago, I did some searches on aliexpress and found those digital watches made in China are being sold very well, they are popular. I have one G-Shock watch which I bought several years ago, it is a basic model and I love to wear every day, especially in the summer, very convenient to wear than the other watches in my collection. In the past, I never thought I will buy these digital watches, they are toys and look like being specially made for the students and young people, however, actually you can see many people wearing them in the street and gym. There are no watches that fit sports clothes better than these digital watches. So, I will introduce some digital watches from time to time on my blog, to tell you the quality of them, to help you find good quality ones.
Skmei is a famous brand in this field, their watches are very popular on the internet, it is one of the best-selling digital watch brands, although not as famous as Casio G-shock, Skmei still has their biggest advantage, which is price. As far as I know, Skmei is founded in Zhaoqing of Guangdong Province in China. Zhaoqing is a very beautiful place in Guangdong, I went there before, some canyons are really natural oxygen bars, I think I will settle there when getting old. Now comes to the watch, you can see the following pictures I took.
The Skmei watch arrived in a good condition, it is under double protection, the outside is a paper box, while the watch is put inside a black iron box, so it is very safe and I like this package. There are a warranty card and a user manual coming with the watch, but I did not see purchase date and model number on the card, these information are empty. As far as I know from their page, the reference should be 1988, which can also be found on the watch.
The watch uses two colors, green and black, they also offers a lot of other colors. The case is made with ABS, this material has many advantages, such as corrosion and heat resistant, highly stretchy and also has a certain hardness, the green band is made with TPU that has a very strong ductility, look at one of the videos I show below, I did a test on the band.
The case of the watch is measured to be 51.2mm in height and 45.4mm in width, it is only 13.8mm in thickness, the entire watch has a weight of 47.8 grams. The green band is perfectly integrated with the case and looks very nice on the watch. The length of the band can guarantee it fits the wrist size from 175mm to 240mm. I do not know the movement inside, it is absolutely a quartz battery, but I do not know where it is made from, the battery in my G-Shock has worked for almost 5 years.
The functions of the watch include hours, minutes, seconds, week, month, date, alarm and dual time. These functions can be easily adjusted through the four buttons on the case. I think there is no need to talk how to adjust these functions in this article, there are instructions on the user manual, I did not read them, it is very easy.
The first video is a show of the watch.
The second video shows the toughness of the watch, I hit the table hard with the watch from all sides, including the two case sides and the front, after several repeated strong knocks, the black frame on the front fell down. This does not mean that the quality is bad, because I used too much strength, you can hear the loud knocking sound in the video. The band is strong, its construction connected with the case is also very strong, I pull the straps hard with both hands, it not broke.
The third video is a waterproof test. Put the watch in a glass bottle filled with water, then shake the glass bottle with a great strength. The result is water does not get into the watch. I do not have a professional equipment to test the water resistance, I think I will need one in future.