You wear a beater around the apartment? What sort of mishaps happens to you there that makes you save the good stuff? 😜
In related news, I cleaned the windows on the outside of our rowing club yesterday only to discover after a few hours that I had been wearing my newest Constellation whilst getting absolutely drenched 🤦🤦
Well, honestly it'd be pretty hard to dislike given its specs: 38mm, manual wind, no date....
The brushed case finish feels cheap, but ends up working really well towards the rugged/beater watch vibe. It's nice and legible, and the case is pretty slim so it lends itself really nicely to being tossed on a NATO and going anywhere / doing anything. Crown is nice and large so very easy to wind, even if wearing gloves or your fingers are frozen. Keeps really good time at its price range. And of course it's manual wind which I really love - all in all for $500.
Oh - and when it does need adjusting (so far, I think maybe twice in the month or so I've had it) it's super easy to do because the seconds hand hacks!
What could they have done better? If the watch had the vintage Hamilton logo, and the 13-24 track was in red, it'd just be an absolute banger. As is, I still think it's one of the best watches of the year.
edit: photo of thickness (strap is a BluShark NATO)
I’d say buy it if you like it but... don’t buy it it’s a Zodiac. Because it’s not.
Why because it has a ETA movement? It’s a bit silly really ... folks are paying insane money for UG Compax etc with Valjoux movements ... yet this is not a Zodiac anymore because it has an outsourced movement? It’s an inexpensive watch. Don’t mean to be crass.
Why because it has a ETA movement? It’s a bit silly really ... folks are paying insane money for UG Compax etc with Valjoux movements ... yet this is not a Zodiac anymore because it has an outsourced movement? It’s an inexpensive watch. Don’t mean to be crass.
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