Vintage Diver Announced! Baltic Aquascaphe Dual Crown// Watch of the Week. Review #64
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- Опубликовано: 18 апр 2021
- Watch of the Week: In this series I present every week a new wristwatch which caught my attention in about four minutes. A brief watch review with basic specifications and a short description about the specialities of the timepiece.
All images of the Baltic Aquascaphe Dual Crown are under the copyright of Baltic.
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That Myota movement is is a fine machine the equivalent of an ETA costing twice the money. It is hidden in the case so the appearance is not an issue. In this application I don't see any reason to pay the Swiss tax.
Agree !
When I lived in France I had the opportunity of talking with someone related with Baltic and Charlie Paris and he told me that both wanted to be “prix juste”, honest price in their words to make good watches without luxury values added.
Probably this made Baltic to avoid ETA movements, and also the delays of delivery that where barely impossible according to the development plans of the brand
THANK YOU! Finally someone states the truth, a real diver, a good diver and a safe diver doesn't use a dive watch, they use a dive computer. This has been the case for years. Any diver going under about 30 meters with a dive watch would be considered either an idiot or irresponsible show off.
Great looking watch 👌 I see no reason to pay extra for the ETA I have the Miyota in a watch keeps great time .
Being first on the comments is a young man's game. Oh! my lost youth.
That's a bonny watch, particularly in blue, with a tastefully restrained styling, sizing and price.
Can we see some more vintage watches sometime. Maybe a subscriber's photo send in? With some value categories (under €500, €500-1500 etc.) so some mutt doesn't dominate the proceedings with a load of Rolex grail items.
Thanks for today's show Tim.
Good Idea.
Interesting watch, but you're right Baltic should start looking at a Swiss movement. A Super Compressor watch is a watch that has two crowns, compressor case design and a spring to help distribute the force of the water more evenly. The spring also helps the watch "relax" as the water pressure drops when ascending. The Super Compressor was the third iteration of the compressor design by Ervin Piquerez S.A. To the best of my knowledge there is only one super compressor watch still in production made by Christopher Ward. The rest have "compressor-style" designs featuring an inner rotating bezel and two crowns. I do like this sort of design and have a couple of compressor style watches myself. Keep up the great work.
A great release by Baltic, I think they are one of the good value and quality microbrands.
The black on PVD looks very cool. I would say a Soprad or an SW would be a better option than the Mioyata.
This is my favorite video on the internet
Good looking timepiece. Another interesting watch of the week. Keep up the good work Tim.
I appreciate that Tim gets excited and interested in watches that aren’t the same old shit from the same old, rip off, scummy, scammy, sWiSs mAdE liars that the usual watch RUclipsrs make videos about.
@@Phafanapolis I probably have a couple of those 🇨🇭 ⌚in my collection 😆
Your proposition about divers are excellent👍👍
And this one is in my price range ☺️☺️
Thank you Tim😘
I think the bezel brushing is very attractive and unusual. Very nice watch.
In general I'm kinda tired of everyone and their uncle making a dive watch these days, but in this case I really like this one (especially in the blue).
I too, am burnt out on dive watches. Finally another watch person that agrees me. I also really like the Baltic watch.
@@millersciencesms762 This'll seem a bit out of left field, but you didn't happen to play drums in a Ska band from Kansas did you?
Good looking watch, specially the blue dial version. Baltic is an up an coming small watch company that is making beautiful watches.
The more I watch your videos...the more I want to buy another watch! Thanks Tim! 😃
Haha, same here! :-D
Thanks Tim. Nice watch
Nice watch, nice size too. Looks like a crossover between a Seiko SKX and a vintage supercompressor. I think I have the best of both worlds though with a Dan Henry 1970 plus a Seiko SRPE61.
The blue dial version looks great. I think you need to get one in hand Tim for a full review.
An up and coming brand like Baltic cannot solely live off collectors who prefer ETA’s or whatever else Swiss movements. They need to appeal to the wider customer base who might be drawn by visual appeal (very much the case with this brand) and value. Filling this case with a Swiss movement would easily push the price point above €1k.
Not a bad looking watch and price!
@Tim - do you think sellita is really that much better than miyota to even think which of those two is installed in this watch?
Ha!
ETA does not sell to small brands, one needs to sign for a significant amount of movements for them to deliver.
Thus, a small brand needs to buy the ETA from a broker, who either buys them from ETA or to big brands ( more common ).
So it's quite expensive for a very small brand to get an ETA in that regard.
Sellita is more or less the same story.
The STP company is probably going to become a solid alternative to microbrands who wants a swiss label, because they do sell their movement to small brands. Filling a void left by ETA and possibly by Sellita who is focusing on increasing their production volume.
Ps : I believe that Baltic is absolutely big enough to buy swiss movements, even from Sellita. This is an economical choice. To each his own, I'm not saying they should go swiss, I'm saying Baltic has a policy of high margin that they achieve more easely by going japanese while staying mostly under the 1000 euros market.
I have 4 Miyota 90 series and 5 ETA 28 series watches. The Miyotas all keep +5 spd or under and three of the ETAs about the same. Two ETAs refuse to stay regulated. The ETA movements are Swiss workhorses but like the words “Swiss Made” highly overrated. Especially for the price. The Swiss mafia at work.
A minimum of text printed on the dial. Take a note Rolex.
Whow WHAT a wonderful watch, for me this is the next one to save on. Tim you are right this strange brushed bezel does not fit into this classic picture, not to say - it is ugly ! I think I will have the watch disassembled, subsequently the bezel polished and assemled again. Or what ?
Great Video ! Lot of useful info for me !
Thank you so much, I will definitely try to get one of those tools and have this bezel polished. I already had issues with such a knive tool you described, so I will go for a more professional solution.
I will check it and send a comment asap. Thanks again mate !
Good evening my friend. Let me find out more about these tools and I will keep you informed !
A watchmaker that values symmetry over a date complication,shame I can't afford it....................
I have difficulty with watches with two crowns, I just don't like it
Very nice watch.
I'm not sure why there is hate for the Miyota 9039. By all accounts, it is basically a direct competitor the ETA 2824 and Balitic regulates them well... my Aquascaphe runs 2 seconds per day from them.
It's not really hate afaik. But often I had the feeling that a Miyota is - compared to an ETA - a wobbly thing. Winding it, setting the time, all that feels quite different. But you're right with timekeeping. I've noticed this too. They do the job.
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Its the same reason people are calling this too expensive but want to buy a longines that is 3x the price for basically the same watch. They're snobs
Not a bad looking watch, but pretty generic. Love the no date, but the indices are so samey as nearly every other Diver... Optimistic price too given the movement- would expect something Swiss for this money.
Not a bad watch, I quite like it, but it's too pricey and just doesn't stand out for me.
Cheers mate 👍🏻👍🏻
Do you guys huff paint or something. There's like a grand total of 10 compressors on the market and almost no watch has these exact indices. Guaranteed you obsess over generic Rolexes though lol
@@user-tx4wj7qk4t 🤣 yes I know what you mean, but no I'm most definitely not a Rolex or Tudor fan.
This just isn't my cup of tea - I'm sure it's a good watch, but we all have our own different tastes.
Thanks for your comment 👍🏼
@@stevefox8605 Fair enough, but I still can't see how this is generic. Not liking it is one thing but at least half the industry is just sub homages
@@user-tx4wj7qk4t specifically it's the USN spec indices, not my cup of tea. Cheers.
While watching I kept thinking that I should rather save up and buy the (new) Longines Legend Diver in blue and then you suddenly showed a variant of it. But the blue has a date window so the right decision in my little world would be to wait for Longines to release the no-date version, which I have no idea if it will happen (fun fact: the black no-date is very collectible). I type this in the hope that being rational will protect me from the other me who didn’t notice my wife’s disapproving stare!
I love how you guys are all complaining about the price but you're willing to pay 3x the price for an uglier watch because of "heritage" (aka you want to brag about longines). Pathetic
Also another cuk afraid of his wife 😂
I was really interested before the full announcement,but non screwed bezel crown kills it for me.They even dont want to explain how it work.
Oh ya cause you're a big diver right? Lmao
@@user-tx4wj7qk4t No,but are they using a super compressor case to ensure the 200mWR without the crown screwed?Gaskets only are also on 50mWR watches..
@@piotrszmidel I can absolutely guarantee you that there is not one real life situation you can be in where this watch is going to get flooded internally. And if you wanted to take WR seriously then you know you need to have them serviced like every 3 months to ensure the gaskets are 100% right? The point of "200WR" is to say "you don't have to worry about water"
Nice looking watch, but not exciting in my opinion. Expensive at €550 for a Miyota movement. If I add the 20% tax on top in my country, €660....way too much. Better is available for €350-€500. You can get a Seiko Prospex with sapphire crystal, good movement, and great diver heritage for this Baltic price.
Watches aren't movements and no you can't get a seiko compressor because they don't exist and if they did they'd be $1000
@@user-tx4wj7qk4t Did I say anything about compressors in particular ? No. I just mean value for money. As for the movement.....would you want a $5000 engine in a nice looking sports car you paid $100,000 for, or would you expect something better? However if you want a compressor but only want to pay an appropriate price given the movement inside, you can get a Dan Henry 1970, 200m water resistance and a Seiko NH35 for only $300. It's just not worth it. You might notice my comment was over 3 years ago so take that price as 3 years old. Since that time there is plenty of competition in compressor style watches.
I’m not a big fan of watches that look like something, but in fact aren’t. If you’re giving a watch two crowns be bold, be honest, be respectful to history and make it a proper super compressor.
I just dont see $700 USD here but Baltic watches have always been very overpriced.
You are right, it’s interesting but the movement....
I disagree. Miyota's 9xxx are reliable and precise mvmts
@@cedriccosse6213Ya but you see they're not overpriced Swiss (aka Chinese) so he can't have that. What if a girl opens up his watch and sees he doesn't have a Swiss movement??!?;