The Symphony Maestro II is the one of the additions to Stuhrling Original’s Symphony Series. This fascinating timepiece features a solid stainless steel case with a coin-edge bezel and a skeletonized dial that reveals the intricate movement underneath. This timepiece is known as a master calendar: a watch that indicates day, date, and month. It also comes with a 24 hour indicator at 6 o’clock and a seconds/minutes ring at the center of the dial. Equipped with a genuine leather strap, the Symphony Maestro II is a boardroom style timepiece that makes a bold stylish statement – a perfect complement to your business attire.
The Symphony Family is part of the Symphony Collection, a group of formal timepieces designed to enhance your formal attire. Members of this family make use of a master calendar automatic movement, which tracks the day, date, and month. Each utilize a coin edge bezel and a skeleton dial that allows the wearer to see into the inner workings of movement.
Krysterna Crystals
Krysterna is proprietary to Stührling Original and refers to the crystals that are used in its timepieces. Krysterna stems from the eyewear industry and has more strength over a spread surface area than sapphire. Krysterna crystals are more scratch resistant than mineral crystals and more shatter resistant than sapphire crystals.
Summary of Features
• Movement: Manual/Self-Winding Automatic Movement
Automatic watches do not operate on batteries. Automatic watches are made up of about 130 or more parts that work together to tell time. Automatic movements mark the passage of time by a series of gear mechanisms, and are wound by the movement of your wrist as you wear it. The gear train then transmits the power to the escapement, which distributes the impulses, turning the balance wheel. The balance wheel is the time regulating organ of a mechanical watch, which vibrates on a spiral hairspring. Lengthening or shortening the balance spring makes the balance wheel go faster or slower to advance or retard the watch. The travel of the balance wheel from one extreme to the other and back again is called oscillation. Lastly, automatic movements come in different types, including movements that are Swiss-made, Japanese-made, and more.
Also referred to as self-winding, watches with automatic movements utilize kinetic energy, the swinging of your arm, to provide energy to an oscillating rotor to keep the watch ticking. They’re considered more satisfying to watch collectors (horologists) because of the engineering artistry that goes into the hundreds of parts that make up the movement. If you do not wear an automatic watch consistently (for about 8 to 12 hours a day), you can keep the watch powered with a watch winder (a great gift for collectors).
• Complications: Skeletonized Master Calendar with Day, Date, Month, and 24 Hour Time Indication
• Dial: Skeletonized Dial
• Hands: Spade-Style Hands
• Markers: Printed Chapter Ring on Outer Circumference of Dial
Diagrams of Features
Product Features
- Quality automatic movement; functions without a battery; powers automatically with the movement of your arm
- Reliable automatic-self-wind movement 20 jewels
- Skeleton master calendar with day, date, month, and 24 hour time indication
- Krysterna scratch resistant crystal
- Water resistant to 165 feet (50 M): suitable for swimming and showering
Mediocre watch for outrageous price I gave this watch as a New Year gift to my dad a year ago. The purchase price was $250. It came in a really nice box and my dad loved it. The watch worked well for the first couple of months, but then started losing time and the ‘month dial’ was not working properly. The watch needed winding everyday and would stop working at random times. Even after getting it repaired from Stuhrling, it is still having the same problems. I feel Stuhrling is selling a cheap watch for an outrageous price…
NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO READ DIAL!! I have had this watch for nearly six years now and it still runs well and keeps good time. I rate this watch at 3 stars instead of the five I would have given it because of one big reason, which I’ll mention later. In addition to telling the time the watch includes these additional complications: upper small dial-MONTH, 3 o’clock position small dial-DATE, six o’clock position small dial-24 hour time mode, and 9 o’clock position small dial- the DAY of the week. It also comes with a small tool…