Sekonda Monica Ladies 20mm Quartz Watch in White with Roman

Outstanding value for money. I do not like big watches, this is small but you can still easily read the face and very elegant. It’s slim and not heavy, but not flimsy. I like that it comes with a removable extender. Without the extender it fits my wrist perfectly – I usually wear a 7.5 inch bracelet. I love the touch of sparkle too as I’m a bit of a magpie.

I’d been trying to find a new watch for a long time. You know that situation where you end up boring yourself because you’re looking at the same stuff over and over again, but nothing’s quite right? In the end, I spotted this and thought why not? It’s very elegant, goes with everything, and although it’s much smaller than I’d usually wear – I tend to wear 38mm+ faces – I figured that, at this price, it was hard to argue with.

For the most part, I was right. It’s easy to read with a clean, sleek look. Someone else mentioned in their review that it’s clearly an “homage” to a Cartier design, which is probably why I like it. (Let’s face it, they make nice watches!) This design avoids all the glittery crap that so many watch designersseem convinced that women want, which means it wins extra points in my eyes.

One of the things mentioned in the reviews I read pre-purchase said this watch is great for small wrists. I’m not sure what constitutes small, but my wrist is 6″ in circumference and despite having multiple links removed, it still doesn’t sit quite as I’d like to just behind the wrist bone. Still, if you have a 6.5-7″ wrist, I think you’ll be fine.

This is a nice looking watch at a reasonable price which I bought because like other reviewers I couldn’t properly see the time on my existing watch. I have had it running for almost 24 hours and it is accurate and I can see the time. I have taken off a star because of the ridiculous performance in downloading the manual which is just a single sheet and has to be enlarged before it is readable. There will be many people not able to do this – surely it would be possible to produce a printed one as it serves several different watches in the range? I have small hands and wrists so the bracelet was too large and looking at the instructions to remove a link calling for a tool and following an arrow was at a loss. Having looked at the bracelet again I realised that 1 link could be taken off just by unclipping it which I did and the bracelet fits fine. I have shown the model I have in the title – basic – just tells the time but cannot understand why this isn’t made clear how to adjust the bracelet, basically 1 extra removeable link. Maybe there are many now saying “Well I knew that” but thought it worth a mention. Watch is very nice and neat so can recommend.