Deutsche Uhrenfabrik (DUFA) Breuer DF-9011-04 Watch Review

Deutsche Uhrenfabrik (DUFA) Breuer DF-9011-04 Watch Review

Deutsche Uhrenfabrik (DUFA) Breuer DF-9011-04 Watch Review

THE Situation

The situation is straightforward in design: round, with thin spindly protruding lugs. Regardless of the small build, the standard can there be - within the hands it’s nice to carry and check out.

It’s well finished too, being completely polished aside from a skinny brushed slice round the outdoors edge underneath the bezel, along with the outsides from the lugs.

Deutsche Uhrenfabrik (DUFA) Breuer DF-9011-04 Watch Review

Along side it profile shows the rather curvaceous type of the situation - the bottom of it making connection with your wrist is smaller sized compared to top, therefore it really feels much smaller sized around the wrist compared to 38mm (which isn’t massive to begin with). This, along with the lightweight of 51g causes it to be an easy watch to put on. It’s very comfortable.

The push-pull crown is small , humble, but provides enough grip to make use of easily. There's the Dufa emblem precisely engraved around the finish.

The caseback is a fairly option to the standard full-movement exhibition window. Instead of showing the whole Miyota 9015, it’s halved using the center bearing from the rotor showing. It’s no problem, because the movement is fairly plain - so nothing lost really, but it’s nice to determine something a little different.

THE DIAL

All Dufa watches are extremely retro and vintage inspired, and also the Breuer isn't any different. It’s very classic and Art Deco, because of the simple hands and hour markers and minimal printing.

The dial itself fast lavish and elegant, supplying good legibility. It features a vertical straight line brushing into it which supplies a small quantity of texture and gentleness.

The hour markers are applied, and also have a brushed finish. They're straight batons in addition to the 12, where numerals are utilized rather. The applied elements are top quality, well machined and perfect. The applied emblem is situated in the center of top half. It’s nicely crafted thinking about the dimensions, and it is an uplifting design because of the shield shape.

Both your hands are same brushed finish - quite simple batons with small points around the finish along with a small pitch. The seconds hands is definitely an even thinner stick to a disc serving as the counterweigh

The date window is situated just over the 6. A pleasant touch would be that the wheel is hidden because of the matching hue of the dial. It features a bevelled border around it that is well performed.

THE MOVEMENT

The movement powering the Dufa Breuer may be the Miyota 9015. It appears this and also the Seiko NH35A would be the two go-to movements for microbrands . And they’re used for a good reason - affordable, reliable, highly considered, and well-specced.

You cannot see a lot of it as being half is obscured through the caseback, but that’s not just a problem as it’s fairly plain and industrial to look at. However, it’s nice to determine custom printing around the rotor.

One factor to notice is the fact that it’s very noisy - you’re inside a quiet atmosphere and also the rotor is free of charge spinning you’ll listen to it.

The precision of the 9015 is 9.9 s/d - excellent, but tend to be much better: I have seen them adjusted to close enough COSC specs.

THE STRAP

The strap is 18mm wide in the lugs, reducing lower to 16mm in the buckle. It’s a appropriate size for that style and diameter from the situation.

It features a brown alligator print on the top, that can bring in a significant vintage feel. The strap features quick release pins which I’m seeing increasingly more of nowadays. Always a pleasant unpredicted addition.

The strap is very thin, but is supple and comfy around the wrist. The standard can there be, therefore the thinness from the strap is principally for visual.