I own a Marathon officers with an eta 2801 manual wind. It has 16mm lug width as well. I make my own straps. Military watches are one of my favorite genres
Thank you. I rather like them but in terms of authenticity, I would have expected a manual wind movement with no screw down crown and a basic crystal. Just saying.
Thank you Tom for introducing me to Praesidus….great review video. In my opinion, the major downer is not the sapphire crystal or the sizes (which I appreciate), but the quartz movement, too bad it couldn’t be a manual wind.
I'd trade the 16mm authenticity for an extra 2mm to be able to use straps from other sellers. 18mm is fairly common. 16mm... not so. That and the fatness... yeah not for me. I also detect a fair amount of blue AR coating? That's something I never like seeing. I think that crystal is probably single-domed given that side distortion. Much prefer double-domed for readability. The novelty of single-domed wears off pretty fast.
Thanks for the addition. But what's the reason then? Screw down casebacks are very affordable nowadays so I cannot imagine that feature as sort of a cost cutting measure.
I appreciate the viewers' photos section - as well as your reviews!
I like it very much too. It's a bit like the letters to the editor page in a newspaper. Full of surprises.
As a daily wearer of a (modern) sterile dial Flieger, I approve of this approach and watches that are readable in low light and no specs conditions.
I own a Marathon officers with an eta 2801 manual wind. It has 16mm lug width as well. I make my own straps. Military watches are one of my favorite genres
They also have a jungle field watch which I haven't seen anyone go over. It's on the cheaper 200$ end but imo that should not stop anyone.
Great vid, thanks for the shout out.
Thanks for the image!
Snap case back just next to quick release springbars. Kind of a mixture of past and present. But the aesthetics is so cool 👌
Thank you.
I rather like them but in terms of authenticity, I would have expected a manual wind movement with no screw down crown and a basic crystal.
Just saying.
Size is great but I don’t like fake patina, it should have been green. The case back looks great though
Thank you Tom for introducing me to Praesidus….great review video. In my opinion, the major downer is not the sapphire crystal or the sizes (which I appreciate), but the quartz movement, too bad it couldn’t be a manual wind.
They have a type 44 which is wound. I own it, great watch. It's also reviewed on this channel.
I'd trade the 16mm authenticity for an extra 2mm to be able to use straps from other sellers. 18mm is fairly common. 16mm... not so. That and the fatness... yeah not for me. I also detect a fair amount of blue AR coating? That's something I never like seeing. I think that crystal is probably single-domed given that side distortion. Much prefer double-domed for readability. The novelty of single-domed wears off pretty fast.
So close…but they should have chosen a manual movement under acrylic.
Every WW2 watch I've ever serviced had a screw down case back.
your content is good but there's to much RUclips ads.
That's strange, because the editor shows me one single ad in the video, roughly in the middle. How many did you see?
The original A11 and A17 watches had screw down cases !
Thanks for the addition. But what's the reason then? Screw down casebacks are very affordable nowadays so I cannot imagine that feature as sort of a cost cutting measure.
I think the reason is the picture on the back , it is easier to fix with a press in the right angle !@@CasebackWatches
MWC do a better version than this. In auto or VH31 sweep meca quartz. 18mm lugs. They do a wicked range of Dirty Dozen reps as well. 😊
5 atm=dress watch...
Your English is excellent however "willingly" = "deliberately".
Ok, thanks.
It's chubby 😂😂😂
Their watches are sooo tempting. especially there authentic sized ones.
Great video as usual!