I think many of you guys have heard of Ebohr, which is a very famous watch brand in China, Ebohr was founded in Shenzhen of China, they do not make movements, the movements used by them are all imported, mostly from Japan. However, the watches they have designed can meet the aesthetic standard of most people, especially those people who like Swiss watches, among all Chinese watches I have reviewed on my blog, I only find that Ebohr and Tianwang have some Swiss watches’ design features, I think this is also a big reason why both watches can compete with the big three traditional watch companies in China, which including Sea-gull, Shanghai and Beijing.
This Ebohr watch I am going to review is a diving-style watch from its Explorer series, I got it in last week when I was on a holiday with my family, I decided to buy this watch in last month and very happy to receive it before my holiday to the beach. The watch is not expensive, which is even cheaper than some homages, its color design attracted me, the color combination of red and blue brings a stronger visual impact. By the way, Ebohr also offers a black and red color option for this watch.
The Ebohr Explorer is made with solid 316L stainless steel, which is fully in matt finish, check from the sides, the lugs are naturally curved with a smoothly polished edge to give the wearer a more comfortable wearing experience. The crown, which has protecting guards on top and below, has a Ebohr logo in santin finish. The blue/red bezel is not ceramic made, it is made with aluminum. The case has a diameter up to 43mm, it is measured to be only 12.5mm in thickness, which is thinner than most other diver’s watches made in China.
I like its dial, which somewhat draws inspiration from the design of Seiko diver’s watch, certainly you can see its own characteristics. The dial has a multi-level three-dimentional structure, the beveled inner bezel is blue and has small square markers in red color, which exactly in line with the blue and red bezel, all hour markers are tridimensional and are filled with white luminous material, so are hour hand and minute hand, the lume light emitting from hour markers and hands is green, which forms a high contrast with the blue dial and makes the watch look more beautiful. The central small second hand is in bright red color, this also enhances the dial readability in dark conditions. By the way, the white anchor logo printed at 6 o’clock is an interesting element on the dial.
The Ebohr diver’s watch is equipped with a Seiko automatic movement, I do not know which exact Seiko movement it uses, but from the cost of the watch, I guess it is a NH35A from Seiko, many diving watches made in China including some homages use this movement because of its low cost and considerable stability. About accuracy, the watch will gain 8 sec to 10 sec each day, after wearing the watch for one week, now it is 3 minutes ahead, I will adjust adjust it to the standard time later.
