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Synoke

Synoke 9619B Digital Watch Review

Synoke Box

Synoke is a Chinese brand that was created almost ten years ago, I found their office is in Guangzhou of China, not sure if they have a factory, but most of such watch brands in China like Synoke adopt OEM business mode. I introduced Skmei, Smael and Sanda watches on my blog before, I found there is a big difference between these watches and Synoke, which is most of the digital watches made by Synoke are for young students, they have a smaller size than the watches from Skmei, Smael and Sanda. Just three days ago, I got one Synoke watch and also made several tests on it, the result is I am very satisfied with the quality of Synoke.

Synoke Digital Watch
Synoke Digital Watch 9619

The Synoke watch I bought has a model number 9619B, you can easily find it on Synoke official website. When I received it, I felt the watch is much smaller than I expected, because I did not check its dimension before purchasing, but after I made these tests, I changed my opinion, this is the exact tough sports watch I am looking for, I will gift it to my son.

Synoke Weight
Synoke Case Height
Synoke Case Width
Synoke Case Thickness

The watch comes in a black iron box in hexagonal, Synoke 9619B also has green color option, I chose the full black one. I measured the case, from top to bottom, it is 44.8mm in height, from left to right, the watch is 39mm in width, and it is measured to be 13.7mm in thickness. The watch has a very light weight, which is only 34.4 grams.

Synoke Crown

The Synoke watch has a square case shape, actually many people will consider a round case if they are looking for a G style digital watches, but some square digital watches are very classic, my first G-Shock DW-5600 in square shape now still works very well. The case is plastic, I do not know the exact material, but it appears to be extremely flexible.

Synoke Case

Under the acrylic face, you can read time, week, date on the LED screen on the dial, the dial is much more readable than the other three digital watches I bought before because the LED screen that displays current time is bigger. The indicator at the top left corner is interesting, it seems like an energy display of the watch, but just a decoration without specific function. You can see white letters on the edge that tell you the function of each button.

Synoke Case Back

The digital watch is driven by a quartz battery imported from Japan, it has a very long service life, by the way, Synoke sent me a replacement battery for free in the box. At last, the watch is equipped with a black nylon band, while you can also choose the watch with a green nylon band on their website.

Synoke Nylon Band
Synoke Buckle

Here at last I want to show you four videos of the watch.

The first one is just a video to show you the entire watch.

In the second video, I am doing a shock resistance, knocking the table with the watch hardly, including the front of the watch, the face is not broken, and the watch still works accurate after the test.

The third video is a test of the water resistance.

The fourth video is interesting, I put the watch on the floor, standing on one foot on the front of the watch, and stomp hard on the watch, after that, I checked, the Synoke watch is still good.

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Smael

Smael 8058 Black and Gold Digital Watch Review

Smael Box
Smael 8058 Out the Box

Actually I knew this brand many years ago when I was finding watches for my clients in Zhanxi watch market, few people knew and bought Smael watches before. It is Aliexpress that makes Smael well known all over the world, now I found more than 600K fans have followed this brand, that’s crazy, because there were only one or two stores selling Smael watches in a building of Zhanxi Road, now Smael has becomes one of the best-selling digital watches on Aliexpress. The background of Smael is simple, the brand trademark is registered by a person whose name is Peng Jie, and the watches are being sold by his company that is located in Jia Tian Clock Building in Yuexiu District of Guangzhou. Many Chinese watches and fakes are in that building.

Smael 8058
Smael Black Gold

Today, I will show you a digital watch which I just bought from Smael, model number on their site is 8058, I chose the black and golden model, actually they offer a lot of other colors that are also very attractive.

Smael Crown
Smael Case

During the introduction, I will make three tests on the watch, including toughness, shock resistance and water resistance, this watch has a very good performance in all tests. If you want to buy a G-Shock style digital watch at a much cheaper price, while strongly made at the same time, I think Smael is a perfect choice, besides, the Skmei I made tests before is also a very good watch.

Smael Case Back

The watch comes in a hexagonal iron box, which looks similar to the box G-Shock uses but a little bigger, the center has a see-through crystal window to let you see its inside, the box is very good, but Smael does not offer it for free, by the way, they did not send me the instruction book.

Smael Black Rubber Band

When I received the watch, I was very surprised that it has a very light weight, much lighter than the other two digital watches I have, I weighed, it is less than 67 grams. The watch has a thick case that is made with the same material as most other digital watches. I tested its toughness by pulling the straps hard, the band is connected strongly with the case. The watch also has a very good shock resistance because I knocked it on the table from all sides, it still worked accurate and the LED screen not broken. The case is thick and the dial is lying inside safely. The case is thicker than that of the Sanda 6030 I reviewed last time, but it is a little lighter.

Smael Buckle

The time on the dial is displayed in two formats, including the central hands mode and the digital display on the LED screen at 3 o’clock. The small screen above “6” shows the seconds, the round LED screen at 9 o’clock is telling you the week and current date. Well, without the help of the back light, it is a little hard to read the digits from the LED screen, you can press the light button. Or choose another model that has a different dial background color.

Smael Weight

I also made a test on the watch’s water resistance, just put the watch in a bottle that is filled with water and then shake it, the result is no water enter into the watch. I found Skmei, Sanda and Smael all have no problem in water resistance. Smael claims this watch is 50m water resistant, perhaps I need a more professional equipment to do the test.

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Sanda

Sanda Dual Time 6030 Review(including tests of toughness, shock resistance and water resistance)

Sanda 6030

Like the Skmei I introduced several weeks ago, Sanda is also one of the best-selling digital sports watches, I did some searches on the internet and found very few dates about this watch, I mean the background of this brand. I saw this watch brand is registered by somebody, no need to mention his name here, and Sanda watches are being sold by a lot of watch companies, this marketing model of Sanda is different from that of Skmei. In September, I bought one Skmei watch and did several tests on it, the result is good, Skmei watch showed a good performance in the tests of toughness, shock resistance and water resistance. Today, I will give a brief review on a Sanda watch and do the same tests on it, let’s see what will happen.

Sanda Watch Box
Sanda 6030 in Box

The Sanda watch came with a black box made with hard paper, not like Skmei, it does not have a black iron box, on the black paper box, there is also no brand logo. The box of Sanda looks very simple and ugly, I do not like it.

Sanda 6030 Case
Sanda 6030 Crown

Now you see the watch, it is big, both the width and height of the watch are over 50mm, the thickness of the watch is over 18mm, I weighed the watch, it has a weight of 70.8 grams, very light for such a big watch. From its dial displays, the watch has several functions, time, date, week, you can gain current time from its central hour hand and minute hand, also the small dial at 9 o’clock also displays time. The watch also has a chrono function, you can start, stop and reset it by pressing the buttons at 2 o’clock and 4 o’clock. There are two buttons which you can press to open the light behind the LED screen. There is a paper written with instructions on how to adjust time, date and week on the watch.

Sanda 6030 Black
Sanda 6030 Weight
Sanda 6030 Case Back
Sanda 6030 Buckle
Sanda 6030 Strap

Please check the first video, which shows the outlook and all features of the watch.

The second video is a test of the toughness and shock resistance of the watch. please watch the full video. A the beginning, I pulled the straps hard with a great strength, nothing happened and everything looks good, the band is solidly connected on the case. Then I hit it hard on the desk, from each side, after I knocked the front side on the desk, I found the LED screens have issues, which are not broken but can not read the full digits. And then I pulled the straps again with a great strength, one strap that has the buckle on were torn off, it is because the screws have been loose when I knocked the desk with the watch, at last, I installed the strap back and tighten the screws.

The third video is a test of water resistance. I put the watch in a bottle that is filled with water, I shaked the bottle hard, and the result is the water did not enter into the watch. Perhaps I need to buy a more professional equipment to test the watch’s water resistance, but for this Sanda watch, it is absolutely no problem for you to wear it when swimming in the pool or the ocean.

After making the three tests, my opinion is the quality of this Sanda watch is not as good as that of the Skmei 1988 Dual Time I introduced before. Because I used the same method to test the shock resistance, which is knocking the table with the watch, the LED screen of the Skmei still shows everything correctly after the test, while this Sanda could not show the full digits then. The band does not have quality issue, but before wearing it out after receiving the watch, I suggest you check if the screws that help to fix the straps are loose.