Agelocer Panoramic Moonphase 6411A7 Full Review

I love it when I come across a watch design that immediately grabs my attention. And it grabs my attention beyond just thinking it's cool, it actually grabs my attention to the point where I want to own it. But what is even more exciting for me is then when I go on the journey of trying to learn a little bit more about it, and things pop up that I weren't expecting. Things that are, well, things that make the watch even better, or at least better for me, and that is exactly what happened with this Panoramic Moonphase from Agelokker. Hello, you're watching James. My name's James, you're watching me, and I am talking about watches. And it happened to me when I started to delve into this Moonphase from Agelokker, Agelosia. I apologize, I'm not actually sure how you're meant to pronounce that. But when I went diving into this design, learning about it, I learned something rather interesting about the movement that they utilize in this Moonphase. Firstly, it is that panoramic style, that large move that moves around the entire dial, which I think is a very cool look. But the movement that they have utilized is different to what is normally used in other brands. And I'll be talking more about that shortly, but I was able to get my hands on this particular one, this particular color variation, because the company reached out to me. That is why I put the sponsored icon up there, and I'm gonna put a link to the official website below. And when you go looking on that website, you're going to see that there are actually a few variations of this one, both in the gray color that I have, a green color, and a black. But there's two different cases as well. There's a stainless steel looking case, which I chose, but also a rose gold look steel case. You can also get it on a strap or a bracelet. And the differences in prices are because of the strap option. On the strap, they are $499 US dollars. And if you opt for the bracelet, it is $529 US dollars. And when the company did reach out to me about these watches, it was, well, there was no question which of the lineup I was going to choose, because I love stainless steel cases. And this gray just looks absolutely phenomenal. And when you then think of these watches and look at them on the website, of course, all of them have some of the same specifications, that being a 50 meters of water resistance, sapphire crystals front and back, which I have confirmed, and a carved metal and fully loomed moon, and a movement that is rather interesting. And it is what, that earlier, did catch my attention. Partly because it is a very good looking movement, but also because of what it is. They call it the Caliber A4610. It is an automatic mechanical movement with 27 jewels. It's high beat. It has 80 hours of power reserve and a bi-directional winding motor. And that's great, but that is not what is exciting. What is exciting is about the actual moon phase complication because it is a 29.51 day moon phase. That means it keeps hold of the correct moon phase if you kept the watch wound for four years, unlike other true moon phase movements, which are 29.5 days. Yes, that's only a difference of 0.1, but what that means is that it only holds on for 2.64 years. Okay, so maybe it's not that exciting, 2.6 years versus four years, but I became a little bit excited about it because it is something different and unique. And because if it's going to be a moon phase, well, they've really lent into that. And they've made a very pretty movement too, and a pretty looking watch, especially the dial. This is one of those dials that I dive into and I can't find things that I would specifically improve on. There's a lot of choices that they have made that I would make, just like the details of the dial, the layers of the dial, and the interest factor of the dial. But before we get any further into this beautiful dial, let's talk about the size of this one, because I think the size that they've chosen for this one give this watch a bit more of a sporty feel on wrist versus a delicate dress watch on wrist, which I personally am pleased about because I like wearing sporty watches, but I like looking at dress watches, but then probably not wearing them as much. So I'm glad that they've chosen to go for a case of 40 millimeters, a height of 12.3 millimeters, a lug to lug of 46.8 millimeters. The lug width is 20, but the strap that came with this version goes down to 18, and it only weighs in at 77.5 grams, which then means it sits lovely onto my 17 centimeter wrist. And of course, that doesn't make it a large watch, but if it'd been a little bit smaller or thinner, it might lean a little bit more into the dress watch category, or at least that's my experience with it and how I'm feeling about this. And I'm glad about that because that means I have been wearing this watch a lot. I've been picking this one out of my collection over other watches a lot. And it is partly because it has that sporty size to it, but it really is probably how the dial looks, the details of it, and what I'm going to describe to you now and show to you in as many different environments that I can so that you get a good understanding of what this watch looks like. Because it has, well, it has layers, it has textures, it has materials, and all of that to me means details. And wow, do I love watches that have details and I love the details on the dial of this one. It is details that keep me coming back to this watch and wanting to look at it. Starting with what I would say is effectively a three-layer dial. There is a base dial, which is a very large moving disc, which is where the moon resides. It is textured, it is this granulated sort of look, and it is a fume gray color. The moon itself is embedded into that sort of textured dial, but it is not made of that dial. It appears like it has been made and then mounted afterwards in a different material. And this is a different material because on their website, they identified that it is a carved metal disc creating the moon. But what is not immediately obvious when you look at this watch is that that moon is also loomed. It is the only loom on this watch. So it is more of a fun factor versus a functionality style of loom for this one. And as you layer up above that moving moon phase disc, there is a corresponding second disc. This sort of replicates the texture and the color patterns of that moving disc and is also bordered by a polished piece of steel, a polish that you don't immediately see, but what does capture the light when you get it in the right environments. And that also then mirrors and links in with those polished hands and the polished logos, making for a very cohesive dial experience. Those elements are then again replicated to keep that design consistent with that outer chapter ring, which also looks like it's floating above that lower moving disc. When you zoom in on that outer chapter ring, you'll see that it also has that granulated texture and that same color and the markers that are applied are also polished. And before we move on, let's take one final look at those hands, that hour and minute hand only, because obviously there's no moving second hand on this one that is worth noting and being mindful if that's something that is a concern to you. But the hands themselves, beyond just the shape of them, are a lovely faceted type design. They have a three fold design to them, which when again, out in the sunlight, they do capture it and it is very nice. The entirety of the dial is then covered by a beautiful domed sapphire crystal, which it almost disappears for this one. I've tested it with my Diamond Select and it definitely identifies as sapphire. And it is one of those watches that has so much to see, dive into, look, enjoy on the dial that it didn't really then need anything more to it. It could have a relatively simple case. And being a DREF-C style watch, albeit I keep saying slightly sporty too, it could have easily just had an all polished case and been relatively simple, but that's not what they chose for this one because the top side of the bezel is all polished, but then that transitions to the tops of the lugs that are slightly brushed and it is a light brushing that is almost reversed on the side of the watch where the length of the side all the way across onto the lugs is lightly brushed and there is a polished chamfer on those lugs and those lugs that chamfer anyway, it always links into that little bit of polish on that lower part of the bezel, which for me means that the watch becomes more of a cohesive unit. This watch in many respects, in almost all respects, feels like a watch that has had a lot of thought put into it. They haven't picked a few nice, interesting visual elements and then constructed a watch. They've seen how all of these elements put together, go together and work together. The crown, which is non-screw down, has the logo applied to it and it has two positions. The first adjusts the moon phase location and as you do move it around, speed it up, it shows that it is a full dial panoramic moon phase, which is very cool to see, especially when you're moving it fast like this so you can actually identify how it moves. But of course, then the second position just adjusts those two hands to give you the time and I would have loved to see this watch on the bracelet. In fact, I am seriously considering buying the bracelet for this one because I think it would further emphasize that sporty feel that I'm getting from this one, but I don't have that to show you. I've got to show you a very nice leather strap and it's different to other leather straps that I've had for a couple of different reasons. Firstly, that sort of gray color is very unique or at least unique to me from what I've had and it fits perfectly in the color weight of this watch, but it has a almost slightly velvet feel to it. Underneath, they've used a bright orange, which really grabs your attention and it is a bit of a surprise because I'm not sure how that works in with the elements of the watch, how it is not something that you see when you are wearing it. But the hardware on this particular strap is very nice. They've chosen to use something that's very good, certainly not off the shelf and they've continued to do that when you look down at the spring bars. Not only are they quick release, make it nice and easy to swap them out if you wanted to do so, but they are curved spring bars, allowing that strap to slightly integrate into the case of this one and I actually very much appreciate that. I've only got a couple of watches that have straps like this and it just gives it that little added little element, which just helps elevate the watch just a little bit more. The one slight negative of the strap that I have noticed after wearing this one lot is that second keeper. It seems to be maybe a little bit big and moves around a little bit too much. You'll see that it is almost overlapping the first keeper there. However, it is made of that little velvety material as well, which when I'm actually wearing this one and I've positioned it where I want it to go, it almost locks it onto my wrist, which I prefer. So it's nice when wearing it, but seems a little bit funny when I'm not wearing it because it sits a little bit strange on the strap. And I guess if it was going to be one or the other, I'd rather it sit well whilst wearing the watch. Not really anything big to worry about, just something that I did want to point out. And there were so many things that I wanted to point out about this watch and I hope that all the video that I showed really truly represents this one to you because this watch has really excited me. It excited me when I saw the visuals on their website, but so much more since I've had it. It's one that I've been really enjoying wearing and is something really quite special. And I might just have to go and purchase the bracelet for myself to see how that then affects the wear of this one. Thank you so much for watching. I hope to see you in the next one. And the next one might be one of these two videos.