Men's Precisionist 3-Hand Calendar in Stainless Steel with Black Leather Strap and Black Patterned Dial Style: 96B158

The Bulova Precisionist lives up to its reputation for extremely smooth and accurate timekeeping with a quartz movement that vibrates at a higher frequency than standard quartz, giving the second hand a fluid sweep that looks almost mechanical while keeping time more precisely than most watches in its class. The build quality feels substantial: solid case, clear crystal, and a dial with good legibility under varied lighting, and features like date windows or chronograph functions are well integrated without clutter. It wears comfortably and projects a sense of refinement without being overstated, and overall it delivers a compelling mix of precision, reliability, and everyday durability that makes it feel worth its price for anyone who values accuracy and distinctive motion in a quartz watch.

This watch is probably the simplest design of the Bulova Precisionist line. It is elegant with an extremely interesting face and the famous smoothly moving second hand. I bought it to use as a dress watch. It is appropriate for office wear, a dinner date or possibly even with a tuxedo. Others have correctly pointed out that the leather band supplied is awful. I replaced it with an inexpensive but infinitely better black leather band. The watch also looks great with a stainless mesh bracelet. The watch’s accuracy is, so far, astonishing. Using the Watch Tracker app, I compared the time shown on the watch to the Atomic Clock numerous times over a two month period. During the first month the watch was kept indoors at around 72F for 95% of the time. It was worn only occasionally. During the second month the watch was worn approximately 12 hours a day. The app measured a total difference of -0.2 seconds over 60 days, a rate of loss of only 0.004 seconds per day! The app's potential measurement error is estimated to be +/- 0.25 seconds (per measurement). So, based on the measured difference of -0.2 seconds over two months, the range of possible total offset is -0.7 seconds to +0.3 seconds over two months, which projects as a worst case gain or loss of between -4.2 seconds and +1.8 seconds per year. After a reset for DST, the accuracy for the third month remained remarkable, measured at a rate of -1.1 seconds per year. We'll see if this amazing level of accuracy continues for this watch. If so, the expected annual gain or loss will be consistent with Bulova's circa 2010 marketing claim, now abandoned, that the watch is accurate to 10 seconds per year. UPDATE- After seven months (with two resets) the watch has lost a combined total of 0.7 seconds, or a tenth of a second per month, and continues on the same projected annual loss of about one second per year. Incredible. I paid $258, at which price this watch is a good value.

I am very impressed with this watch, particularly at this price point. It looks and feels far more expensive than it is, and its accuracy (it has not lost or gained one second in the week I have been testing it) is amazing. The smooth movement of the sweep second hand is quite impressive. Some reviewers have criticized the leather band, which I think looks fine. It is very stiff, however, but this will pass with use. Overall, this beautiful piece appears to be a world class bargain.

Beautiful watch and very accurate. It’s one of my favorite timepieces. Excellent price point for a quality watch!

This watch checks all but one box, and it can easily be remedied with an aftermarket solution. I'll get back to that shortcoming shortly, because I don't want to take away from the positives. First, this watch was NOT a previously handled watch that was sold as "new", by Amazon, which has happened to me more often than I'd like. The movement alone is what makes this watch attractive, at least for me, and I assume many others like myself. The clean sweeping motion of the seconds hand, thanks to the precision quarts movement, is captivating and downright mesmerizing. As someone who owns mechanical watches, they can't compete with the 16 beats a second, clean sweeping, seconds hand. This we be one of my daily worn watches for sure, BUT you'll probably want to replace your watchband for an aftermarket solution. I've paired mine with a Barton strap, as it is a quality strap at a decent price, AND is way more comfortable than the cheap feeling "leather strap" paired to this watch. The factory watch strap feels cheap and as if it didn't belong on this otherwise premium Bulova watch. Overall, I think anyone who purchases this watch will be happy, but be prepared to swap out your straps as soon as you get the watch and swapping your CR2016 watch batteries every two or so years thanks to that quarts movement.

Let me be clear: pictures do not do this watch justice. It really is a stunning timepiece that stands out among a sea of dress watches which are either extremely conservative and dull or garish and tacky. In photographs, the stainless steel case of the watch appears dull and uninspired. In person, this watch's combination of polished and brushed stainless steel is very attractive and shines brightly. In the stock photos on Amazon, the wave detail on the face of the watch appears very boring. In person, one can truly see the level of detail that that went into the design of the dial - not only the actual lines and their contours, but the exquisite gray color which adds a lot of classy pizzazz to an otherwise conservative watch face. It's a very subtle addition to the design of the watch, but it pulls the look of the timepiece together perfectly. The hour markers are chrome accented which creates a nice contrast with the steely dial. I also think that pictures make the watch seem a lot more squat or round than it really is. To make a long story short, you have to see this watch in person to really appreciate how nice-looking it is. The hands and the hour markers have lume on them. The lume is actually pretty bright but doesn't last long at all. I never expect dress watches to have decent lume, so I wasn't bothered by this shortcoming. The size is a tad larger than what I prefer in a dress watch, but it's much more elegant and reasonably sized than other affordable watches and Bulova Precisionists. Due to the high-frequency quartz movement, the second hand sweeps as smooth as butter, and more smoothly than any ETA movement I've seen. . I love automatic watches and rarely buy quartz, but this watch seemed to give me the best of both worlds: the ease and accuracy of quartz with the sweeping second hand of an automatic. Bulova claims this movement to be accurate to 10 seconds a year, and after several weeks of wearing this watch, I've not noticed any loss or gain of time. Bottom line: this is a really great watch. It doesn't have a sapphire crystal or a Swiss automatic movement, but it does have an exquisite appearance, an accurate movement, and a sweeping second hand. At this price, it can't be beat.

Very nice watch, keeps perfect time. I love the second hand. Was thinking about getting a spring drive watch but I don't think spending thousands of dollars on a watch is a good idea especially when so many are available for much less and keep great time. Highly recommend.

Very nice watch. Love this watch because of it's style, size and accuracy.

Relogio maravilhoso. Demorou um pouco pra chegar mas vale a pena esperar. Marca USA, fabricao Citizen, com história e tecnologia UHF Precisionist. Relogio a quartzo mais preciso da atualudade.

The sweeping second hand was what attracted me to buy this watch with simple unqiue dial for semi and formal wear. Definitely the strap need to be changed to a better aftermarket leather strap.

日本には正規に輸入されてないモデルのようです。ブローバの時計で、この価格でスイープ運針は珍しいと思います。文字盤にも細かい模様が彫ってあり、写真で見るよりもきれいな時計です。ちょっと大ぶりな時計ですが、平均的な日本人男性なら問題ない大きさだと思います。

Precioso reloj, la carátula es hipnotizante, sencilla pero muy bonita, los marcadores quedan como puentes entre los dos círculos negros, el movimiento es fluido, las manecillas de horas y minutos, así como los puntos cuadrados de la base de los marcadores tienen pasta luminosa. Tiene resistencia mínima contra agua, sólo para lavarse las manos y lluvia normal, las correas originales son de piel con dibujo tipo cocodrilo, no están mal, más bien son regulares, con esas correas tienen un sentido totalmente formal pero sin ser sumamente fino por el tamaño y caja un tanto elaborada, eso me agrada a mí, no me gustan relojes tan pequeños y "finitos". Como lo deseaba para uso más cotidiano le coloqué una nato con la que creo se ve bastante bien, además de seguir probando otras correas de otros estilos. Me salió en $2500 pesos mexicanos en oferta relámpago sólo para prime, considero me fui rayado, sin duda lo recomiendo.

Great value at this price, strap is a bit cheap feeling but that's easily rectified. Love that sweeping movement of the second hand , smoother than any mechanical watch.