Prince NY London prpl1 – Fob watch

Brilliant little fob watch. Bought cheaper inferior ones before. Love the colour and it stays attached all shift. Had for a month now and still going strong

Nice watch but the pin is not very sturdy. The closure pin wobbles slightly but it works. With time taking it on and off daily it may break. The watch looks good and nice comments have been made. It arrived well packaged and arrived in good time.

The first one lasted for almost 2yrs so when it packed up despite a new battery and despite knowing there was a chance this would happen from the reviews I decided to take a chance. The new one worked fine for a few days but since then it decides when it will or will not work properly. If you give a little tap on the back you could get as much as 10 hours continuous use .

I really like this watch on the whole, good colour and nice design. I like the material it's made of and has proved to be quite robust (although didn't survive the washing machine!). This is my second one and the first pin was fine but the replacement I ordered after the washing machine incident doesn't have a sharp pin! The end of the pin is blunt which means it's a struggle to push it through uniform! Very strange

Working as a healthcare assistant for a regional agency, I have to travel to various establishments that require you to wear a uniform which is provided for me. Within the community and when doing support work, I would usually wear a rubberised wrist watch, but when working within more residential settings, I find it easier to pin a fob watch onto my front pocket.Because of infection control regulations, our agency states in their manual that we can only wear watches that have a rubberised casing. This means that the more traditional nurse fob watches are out of the question, and the widely available rubber/plastic varieties are a great alternative whilst out on such work placements.I have tried a lot of these fob watches that are out on the market, and I must say that the 'Prince London' variety is the best out of all the ones out there. Other varieties often suffer from being too small, not having a strong enough clip, or they simply fall apart in your hand. The Prince London fob watch is of a decent size, having a 30mm face diameter, and has a rotating bezel around the frame of the main clock face. It is splash proof and can easily be wiped clean if there are any spills or accidents, plus it has a smooth feel, being as pleasing to the eye as it is professionally made.This particular Prince London fob watch has a dark purple colouring with a white clock face inside. There are indeed many other colour options available, and I personally own a lime green and red coloured variety that I use depending on the establishment(s) that I am placed at, so you can most certainly build your collection over time.The clock battery is included and you just have to manually set the time on the quartz clock face yourself which has decent sized hands and a purple coloured seconds timer. The only fault I would give the Prince London line of fob watches is the fact that the brooch placed on the back (needed to pin onto your uniform and/or person) bends quite easily. Of course, a healthcare worker is going be working at quite a fast pace, so there will be times when the watch will be resisting against your clothing. With the rubber arch that this clips onto, it can sometimes cut into the soft material, and I have often found my watch on the floor; having noticed that the brooch has completely torn through the rubber clip, leaving the watch broken and unsalvageable.Within the healthcare sector, you will probably be going through a lot of fob watches such as these if you are working within a fast paced environment. With this in mind, I have found that, although the Prince London fob watch has its limitations regarding the aforementioned brooch clip, it certainly stands tall above the many other varieties on the market. The brand provides a way to keep track of time in a fashionable way whilst maintaining health and hygiene regulations in the workplace.

I had the same watch that lasted 10 years (it went through the washing machine 3 or 4 times and survived - although obviously not recommended). I tried a different brand of fob watch that lasted less than a year . I would fully recommend this product.

It is easy to read keep good time.

This watch looks great and keeps excellent time.........until it stops working in the middle of a nursing night shift! After a few weeks, it just stopped......and then started again 4 hours later. I thought it was just a 'glitch' until it happened again and again. Then it just stopped working altogether. Unreliable and ultimately a waste of money.