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- ASIN: B001688S9K
- Item model number: KC1296
Price : $51.70
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Product Description
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Slick and contemporary, this digital leather strap watch KC1296-NY from Kenneth Cole New York combines edgy, urban style with an efficient, streamlined design. This handsome accessory features a stainless steel case to showcase the dramatic black, digital dial. Offering the precision of quartz movement, this watch is also water resistant to 99 feet.
The Kenneth Cole Story
Fashion Designer KENNETH COLE founded his company, Kenneth Cole Productions, with the debut of a ladies' footwear collection in December of 1982. Today, the company manufactures internationally and distributes men's and women's footwear, accessories and clothing under the Kenneth Cole, Reaction, and unlisted.com labels, as well as offering over 30 product categories. The most recent addition being the Kenneth Cole Women's Collection due to debut for Fall 2000.Kenneth Cole retail stores have expanded throughout the United States and abroad in Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan. The Kenneth Cole Catalog mails to over 3 million consumers a year and the award-winning Kenneth Cole and Reaction websites receive thousands of hits per day. Kenneth Cole's marketing savvy has earned the Company a renown image as a forerunner of fashion and trends. His controversial advertising campaign has garnered worldwide attention for its humor and social consciousness. In 1985, Kenneth Cole was the first member of the fashion community to take a public stand in the fight against AIDS. Since then, he has continued to support the global fight through both personal and corporate initiatives including the dedication of an ongoing portion of marketing budget to public awareness initiatives. Cole continues to serve as a National Board Member of both AmFAR: The American Foundation for AIDS Research since 1985 and the HELP U.S.A. Homeless project since its inception in 1987.Kenneth Cole has been recognized for his design and business talents as well as for his philanthropic involvement. The Creative Coalition honored Kenneth with their Spotlight Award for dedication to increasing public awareness; Amnesty International honored Kenneth Cole with their 1998 Media Spotlight Award. Kenneth was simultaneously chosen as Humanitarian of the Year by Divine Design and the CFDA presented their Award for Humanitarian Excellence to Kenneth Cole in 1996. Kenneth Cole has been awarded the Extraordinary Voice Award by Mother's Voices for his continued efforts in AIDS awareness. Cole was recipient of the Council on Foundations 1996 Humanitarian Leadership award. Kenneth Cole has received the footwear industry's highest honor as Footwear News' Person of The Year". Fashion Footwear Association of New York (FFANY) honored Kenneth Cole with The Fashion Medal of Honor Award at their 1997 Gala.Every year since Kenneth Cole Productions went public in June of 1994, Kenneth Cole Productions has been on Forbes' annual list of the World's 200 Best Small Companies in America. In addition, each year as a public company, Kenneth Cole Productions is named on Business Week's list of Top Hot Growth Companies.Kenneth Cole Productions continues to declare "What you stand for is more important than what you stand in" and "To be aware is more important than what you wear."Known mainly for its shoes, Kenneth Cole Productions also makes stylish clothing and accessories under three brands: Kenneth Cole New York, Reaction Kenneth Cole, and Unlisted. It also licenses the name to products such as hosiery, luggage, watches, and eyewear. Kenneth Cole continues to expand, adding new lines for women and children and a men's and women's fragrance. More than 4,500 department and specialty stores carry its products. Kenneth Cole also operates about 80 retail and outlet stores, a catalog, and a Web site. CEO Kenneth Cole owns 45% of the company and controls almost all of the voting rights.
Kenneth Cole New York Men's KC1296-NY Digital Leather Watch
Customer Reviews
This is a nice-looking watch with an interesting visual design.
However, having owned two of these watches and seen them both die the same way, I should mention this product's two major design flaws.
The first is obvious -- no illumination function. Why KC wasn't able to include a feature found in almost every electronic watch since the early 80's, I'm not sure.
But that is minor compared to the second design flaw -- this watch is incredibly fragile internally, and will die at the slightest shock to the body. Both of the ones I bought, one right after the other, went completely blank. One immediately one and one gradually -- due to a minor shock to the watch after slightly grazing a doorway or object with it. I've owned dozens of electronic watches my whole life and never seen one die from any mishandling before, much less in a such a delicate, fragile way.
The real kicker about this flaw is that unlike large name-brand watch manufacturers, Kenneth Cole's warranty is nonexistent. You have a chance to return the watch if the flaw shows itself in the first 30 days, but after that -- tough luck, you're on your own.
As great looking as this watch is, after paying for one twice and being left with nothing after less than a year each time, I cannot recommend it to my friends, as fragile as it is with no product support. Based on comments I've read in forums on other sites, I am not the only victim when it comes to this model. One would perhaps be okay with a watch that delicate if you purchased it in a drugstore for $12 -- but not when it's an $85+ watch purchased from a middle-to-high-end company like Kenneth Cole. The only reason I can imagine that Kenneth Cole wouldn't stand behind a product like this for more than 30 days is because they know it's cheap crap that's going to die quickly.
So, to summarize: Happy at first, feeling ripped off in the end -- twice. One star.
I had this watch before as my GF gave me one as a gift. after a year of receiving lots of compliments it felt over face down and the face cracked. I decided I wanted the same one so I ordered on amazon.
It doesn't have illumination but you can read the time with no trouble at all except if the room is dark. The other review says it's hard to read, this happens when battery is low. It happened to me, I had the battery replaced and it was all good.
Main display shows hour and minutes. pressing button on the right side displays date and if you press it one more time you get the seconds. That's it.
After a year of having the one I ordered on amazon, I have to say I am still very happy with it, it works very good, and everywhere I go I get people telling me it's a nice watch (if they don't say anything I can see they are watching it)
Kenneth Cole New York Men's KC1296-NY Digital Leather Watch
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