The line-up
- 1
Longines Conquest Moonphase (ladies, quartz)
8/10 · For the beeeech · Gethin's partnerA 300m water resistant lady dive watch with a moon phase, high accuracy quartz and a frank date window, from the oldest registered trademark in history; the state of it after less than two years is quite staggering.
- 2
Rado DiaStar Automatic (Powermatic 80)
7/10 · For the beeeechAn automatic with the fantastic R anchor and 80 hours of power reserve from the Swatch Group, made of some sort of carbon ceramic and unscratchable.
- 3
Seiko SKX007
9/10 · Beyond thunderdomeOn its Crafter Blue rubber, and the 250-pound watch I hold up next to the Marinemaster to show you what finishing is.
- 4
Seiko SLA023 Marinemaster 300
9/10 · Beyond thunderdomeThe Marinemaster recreation, a 3,000 watch: the difference in finishing isn't particularly noticeable to non watch aficionados, but to me it is.
- 5
Casio Duro / Marlin MDV106
8/10 · For the beeeechThe lauded, very famous Marlin on the wrists of skaters for 25 million years: no lume to speak of, a particularly inaccurate quartz and a second hand that doesn't meet the markers, but 200m water resistant, so freaky, so why is its crown on the right?
- 6
Seiko Presage SRPB46 'Manhattan' Cocktail Time
8/10 · For the beeeech · Gethin's ownA beautiful pressed dial, and the proof: I wear mine on the right wrist and the hand is clear of the onion crown, no digging in.
- 7
Doxa Sub 300T Professional
8/10 · For the beeeechBeads of rice, the Doxa logo on the back, the Jenny family logo on a razor-sharp sawtooth crown with a clickety clackety action, and on my right wrist that crown doesn't touch the hand: professional and unbelievable.
- 8
Seiko SBDX017 bracelet (fitted to the SLA023)
No listing yetImpossible to fit and the stiffest bracelet in the history of bracelets, but a true freak, and the Marinemaster on it is a beautiful time lord.
In his words
"Not particularly noticeable to all non watch aficionados, but to me it is."
▶ Play from 04:11"You're supposed to wear it on your left wrist with the crown attacking your hand. Unacceptable to me."
▶ Play from 06:13"It's the stiffest bracelet in the history of bransoletta."
▶ Play from 07:58"An absolute diaspora of lume: they are leaving their homelands to search for higher realms of luminosity."
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