The Commander is a series of Parnis, we know Parnis is one of the earliest watch brands in China that make homage watches, but the Commander is not homage watch and it has their own design features, look at this Parnis Commander watch, it is a very big military watch, I like its style.
The black case, not ceramic made, is made with 316L stainless steel and has pvd black coating, the case has a diameter of 47mm and is measured to be about 14mm in thickness. The entire case, including the bezel, is black and has brushing finish, two crown guards are also very big protecting the crown that features a letter “P”. The crown is big and has flutes, so it is very easy for you to rotate to adjust time and date.
The watch has a big dial with large numeral hour markers at 3, 6, 9 and 12. The black dial has a simple design but its readability is enhanced by the big hour markers and white minutes scales. The markers of 3, 6, 9 and 12 are applied with brown luminous material, so are the hands, they will emit a strong green lume light in dark conditions. Because the lume is so strong, it can illuminate the entire dial. White printings “PARNIS” is in the central circle, the words “21 Jewels” and “Automatic”, I do not like its font, which seems not to match the tough style which this Parnis Commander military watch wants to present.
From the crystal back, you can see the movement and read some information about it, the movement comes from Japan and is a Miyota automatic movement, I can not believe it will use a Miyota movement because the watch’s price is very reasonable, few Chinese watches at this price level will choose a Japanese Miyota movement, which is more stable but has a higher cost. The installation of a Miyota movement in this Parnis makes the watch have fewer issues in future.
The brown leather band looks old, just like the ASSO leather band used on some Panerai watches. I like the band, the back side that contacts your skin uses leather material that is sofer to wear, the band features a pvd blackened pin buckle. At last, Parnis also offers stainless steel bracelet option for this watch.
