Now THAT'S a chronograph! What a watch you have there. I have a DS 1. My favorite watch hands down. I feel like Certina is the best kept secret in Swiss watches. You were right, they don't get much attention but man when you get one in your hands it feels like Omega who? I don't care to have anything more expensive personally when you can get a Certina.

Just bought this. Going to be my workout/beater. Super excited to get it in. Thanks for the review man!

Nice video! I see this three years later, but here I sit with exact the same watch on the wrist. Yeah, I love it too, it's my quartz Speedmaster. Will get the white version (no chrono) tomorrow and look very much forward to it. Thanks for sharing your nice thoughts!

I’ve got the Certina DS action 38mm and absolutely love it, such a high quality watch with great movement for about £650, I like the First too.

I have the DS action Diver Special Edition. The quality&material is amazing for it's price. I also have a new model of Tag heuer & Rado. But Certina is still great in terms of Build quality even though the price is half of them both

I have had this watch for over 5 years and I'm still in love with it. I cycle between it and the Movado Series 800. One thing not mentioned in the video is the domed crystal. It's the only domed crystal in my collection and I love it. I got back into watch collecting recently and just bought 2 Tissots. One of them being the Ballade automatic (my second automatic). I then looked to higher tier watches and fell in love with the Breitling Superocean B01 ($9k). Its black bezel on blue dial is just breath-taking. I wish Certina would make a DS First revision in that color combo. I would gladly pay up to $2k for it as the B01 alternative. Knowing them, it would cost sub $800 making such a beautiful watch accessible to many. I hope they do make it.

That’s a beautiful watch! Certina are amazing value extremely robust high quality watches shame they don’t get more attention

The function with the chronograph minutes hand was a surprisingly cool feature! Overall it looks like a fantastic watch. 👌

Absolutely beautiful, everything about it is just perfect; that beautiful deep black like ‘oled black ! I have bought a blue dial chrono ds yesterday and the quality is amazing; I am normally a Tissot fan but I would say certina seem to be slightly above in quality and Finnish : ❤️❤️❤️

I just picked up the titanium version of this, and it's an excellent piece. Love it, but..... the SS version definitely has a "blacker" dial than mine. The dial on the titanium version has a more dark gray sunburst effect. Would've preferred the dial you've got. They're impossible to find, so I probably overpaid a little, but I'm happy with it. Thanks for the review!

Great Review. Thanks.

I've been looking for a watch with these exact specs for the last 4 years and I've finally found it. Can't recommend this watch highly enough. So functional, practical, feature-rich, affordable, and extremely well built. Don't let the quartz movement and affordable price tag fool you, this is a quality piece. It won't replace my mechanical watches as daily wearers but it's literally unbeatable as a beater for active use. Imo, every collection can benefit from a good quartz chrono beater and this one's the best out there. For anyone who doesn't love the Gshock, this is your solution.

I just got this watch on a leather strap. It's a great looking watch. Thanks for the review.

Great review !! Really keen to pick this up , whats the lug to lug on this piece ? . Many thanks

I had the diver version and this watch is just fantastic. You are right the brand is very underrated and especially this model among the productline of Certina is underrated as well. I think the size is great but for me the lug to lug distance was too much although the case size of 41mm is great.

I bought a certina ds action 200m quartz in the sale last month. The quality is just superb! Cosc certified quartz, 200m water resistant, and sapphire crystal for £246 just incredible value and quality! I compared it against my friends. TAG HEUR which was £1,800, and the quality was no different! Just amazing value.

Certina is a brand that I've overlooked in the past, they do offer great vfm even better on the used or grey market. I've a DS1 winging it's way to me from the U.S.A. even with import duty & taxes it's a bargain. Thanks for the video.

You can't go wrong with Certina!!! Best value for money. Could you tell me how many mm the lug to lug is?

beautiful watch, how far is lug to lug? How big is your wrist?

Is there an affordable Swiss chronograph that has the very same functions as this watch?

I just ordered mine ! Only had the leather strap available, but I can't wait to wear it ! Thanks for the review and closeup look. Cheers

Why are the top two dials not moving? Is the battery low?

i appreciate , that Certina is understatement and not that well known watch brands..why? oterwhise i couldnt afford this amazing Swiss watch brand.....the quality, performance, design, movements quartz like precidrive with less 5+- seconds per year! or mechanical movements from ETA that are features the price range starts usually around 2000.......be good

Will it look good on 7inchs wrist ?

Very nice watch , do you still have it?

great watch.. & review.. ( uni directional bezel & sapphire ? )

Wrist size would be nice to know

What is lug to lug size?

Does this model have AR coating?

What do you think of the Certina DS Podium? They have them on sale at Jomashop for $239, I'm think I may pick one up to join my Certina DS-2 Chronograph. I'm impressed with this DS First watch you are showing with 200m and ceramic bezel but Jomashop states a 21mm lugwidth.

I wish for Certina to make like this at the same price & with a pepsi bezel.

Simple yet elegant watch, do you know the lug to lug on this by any chance? I cant find that info anywhere.

Hello. What size is your wrist?

Would you say it fits small or big ?

Certina is very popular in Europe, you stated that it’s not that well known. In the US it’s not but in Europe it’s very well known.

What's its lug-to-lug length? I really wish to know!

Wow shiny

vart köpte du den?

I like the Certina DS Blue Ribbon Chrono Diver better.