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Fossil Grant Skeleton watch

This is a review of the Fossil Grant Skeleton watch after over 200 hours of use.

INFORMATION
The Brand : Fossil
  SERIES LABEL Grant
  GENDER Men's
  MODEL ME3052
  MOVEMENT Automatic 111509 movement 

- The watch has a reliable movement, no complaints. 

- Very smooth and keeps itself wound well. No noticeable loss or gain in time.

CASE
  CASE SIZE 44 mm
  CASE THICKNESS 13 mm
  CASE MATERIAL Stainless Steel
  CASE SHAPE Round
  CASE BACK Transparent
  
  The case is comfortable on the wrist.  

As the weight, not particularly on the heavy or light side.

BAND
  BAND MATERIAL Leather (high quality thick leather)
  BAND TYPE Strap
  BAND COLOR Brown
  BAND WIDTH 22 mm
  CLASP Tang

DIAL
  DIAL COLOR Cream Skeleton-Center
  TYPE Analog


CRYSTAL Scratch Resistant Mineral 

[above average material for mineral glass, truly scratch resistant]


HANDS Luminous Silver-tone [Luminous material is horrible 

- most Chinese watches do better (brighter, longer, clearer)]

MAIN DIAL MARKERS Roman Numeral
SECONDARY MARKERS Minute Markers around the outer rim

SUB DIALS One - Small Second

LUMINISCENCE Hands only... no numbers or markers are luminous.  Poor material used

BEZEL TYPE Fixed
BEZEL COLOR Silver-tone
BEZEL MATERIAL Stainless Steel

CROWN Pull / Push  - horribly difficult crown to use.  

Never seen such a bad crown on ANY Fossil watch before.

Overall Features

WATER RESISTANCE: 50 meters / 165 feet  not tested.  

Front and back crystal/glass appears to be well made and water tight.  

Other than control issues, lock issues, the Crown does not look to be well done for 

water resistance either.

FUNCTIONS: Hour, Minute, and Seconds hand

Price purchased: $115  

Recommend: No.  

Nice looking watch, but better watches can be purchased for this price point.