Stuhrling Original Men’s 98.33351 Classic Metropolis Madison Avenue Campaign Automatic Day And Date Gold Tone Black Leather Strap Watch

Channeling the bustling energy and urban sophistication of one of New York City’s most exciting streets, the Men’s Boardroom “Madison Avenue” Automatic Watch from Stuhrling Original has a unique, rectangular polished silver-tone stainless steel case and bezel for easy, understated elegance. This versatile work or dress timepiece boasts a quality 22-jewel automatic self-wind movement and battery-free operation–simply move your arms to power the watch. Day and date complications at 12 and six o’clock keep your life on track, while bright silver-tone, luminous-tipped hands and hour markers let you read the time at a glance. There is also a comfortable embossed leather strap with adjustable buckle for a secure fit. Water resistant to 165 feet (50 M), the Madison Avenue has a scratch-resistant Krysterna crystal for long-term protection against wear and tear. The watch arrives in a Stuhrling Original black and orange gift box along with a cleaning cloth and warranty card.

The Metropolis Family is part of the Classic Collection, timepieces with a distinct urban and modern design. This family includes some of Stuhrling Original’s boldest styles, each featuring a rectangular or square case with exquisite dial configurations and advanced automatic movements.

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: Regulator Configuration with Hour Hand and Minute Hand on Separate Axes and an Animated AM/PM indicator with an Offset Second Hand Sub-Dial and Date Complication
• Dial: Hydraulically Stamped Guilloche Solei Pattern
• Hands: Skeleton Hands with Luminous Tips
• Markers: Individually Applied Arabic Numerals

Diagrams of Features

Product Features

• Quality automatic movement; functions without a battery; powers automatically with the movement of your arm
• Day and date complication with polished bezel
• Reliable automatic-self-wind movement with 22 jewels
• Krysterna scratch resistant crystal
• Not Water Resistant