What time is it? Watches and horology

I love mine. Rotor is a bit noisy but that's pretty much the only fault I can find with it.

Smiths Everest

Yeah I'm pretty happy, deffo value for money and my daily wearer when I'm not in work wear. I think I panic PM'd @Stonehedge about the noisy rotor, changing gear in the van makes it spin for ages but it's strangely reassuring and reminds me I'm wearing an auto. Good power reserve, clear dial, I miss having a date window because I'm a forgetful sod but that's not the watch's fault.

Edit: I'd agree that it does wear quite large, where do you live, try one of ours on...?

I still have mine, although I don't wear it as much as I did, I still love it.

Well made, hugely flexible, clear dial. Looks good on a massive variety of straps, and the bracelet is astonishingly good for the money.

Occasional rotor noise, but you get used to it. The Miyota 9015 movement is otherwise a good one.

It can wear reasonably big on the bracelet, because of the 50mm lug-lug dimension and the raised centre sections of the solid end links, but doesn't look out of proportion on an average wrist size as the lugs curve and hug the wrist. If this is an issue, it can be improved by changing to a strap (which makes the watch look even prettier by accentuating the long lugs).

Overall, probably the most watch you can buy for £245.

You have good taste in watches :-) the speed bird GMT was on my list when I bought the Everest too.

I don't really have anything to add that hasn't already been said...

The rotor is a little bit noisy and I can occasionally feel it spinning on my wrist but I actually like that.

It wears a little bit big on my dainty wrists and if I won the lottery I'd prefer the size of the original explorers (36mm?) but larger sized watches seem to be the current fashion and the Everest certainly isn't overtly oversized, it's just a fraction bigger than I might personally choose in a perfect world. I've worn mine almost every day for a year and I occasionally still notice the weight but then again I hadn't worn anything on my wrist for the previous 4 years and I like the reminder that I'm wearing a watch.

My biggest concern when I took it out of the box was the domed glass sits a little proud (especially compared to my history of Casio F91 watches) and I was worried it would scratch easily but again I've come to really like it.

As I say, I've worn it basically every day for a year. I wanted a single watch to do everything... something I thought looked good but that I also didn't need to be overly precious about. I take it off for cycling/running/swimming/showering and I switch it to the inside of my wrist for commuting but I've worn it hiking, gardening and with a suit etc. It's showing a few marks and scratches but that's life.

I really like it.