Honestly, in pictures I thought this looked like a fashion watch from aliexpress. But your footage has really opened my eyes to all of the details/light play. I quite like this, especially the purple and green dial color.
This is the third video I’ve seen about this offering and I’m loving it more each time. I’ve got several dress watches this size, so I’m not in the market, but if I was, I’d grab it!
"Cocktail watch" feels like a "casual dress watch" for me, if that makes sense. Interesting sub-genre. This dial is nice; feels a little showy but not bling due to the fine dimensions, i think. The mesh is respectable in my opinion because it's rare to see nowadays a milanese with end links like those sweet Omegas of the 60s. Your suggestions on leather strap are top-notch and way better than that sent with the watch.
Normally I'm all about the drilled through lugs, being more of a tool watch person, but on a dressy watch they seem out of place. Especially with the quick-change bracelet/strap offerings. Other than that it is a very elegant watch for an evening out.
I like your comment about that other strap - “I refuse to take this into consideration.” I really like your honesty, your fresh perspective and your camera work! Keep up the great work.
Were it not for the brand name, you could write a compelling story about how this dial was inspired by a visit to the Valley of the Kings. At 36mm, were it not for the case, you could say it’s going for a vintage look. This cocktail has too many ingredients for me, but no watch is for everyone. 😊
I don't like it. I think there is too much space around the square indices. If they narrowed that brushed ring underneath a bit, got rid of the those indices all together that would fix it. Something seems to be off in the proportion between those two aspects. The rest of it looks great.
It's not really to my taste. There is so much going on that it risks coming across as tacky. Certainly seeing all the colours together gave off that impression a little. Thankfully there is a lot of considered detail when zooming in and in this salmon colourway it tones down the sparkly loudness a bit. The smaller size will also help a bit. I like the alternating steel finishing on the bezel, but get no real joy out of the dull bead blasted titanium centre portion of the case. Separate elements of the dial are certainly nice, but it's not quite hitting the right notes for me right off the bat. By the way, is the chapter ring not simply the outer extreme of the fanning centric guilloché?
You're right that the mesh bracelet doesn't work here. A dress watch looks much better on a leather strap. For me Baltic haven't paid enough dues to be worthy of the price (£1000 plus by the time you have it in UK) but I like the watch and I know they have many admirers who will buy it.
I have two Movado hand wind watches from the late 1990's (let call them 25 years old) that use this Movement ETA Peseux 7001, Great movement they keep very good time, and are extremely thin watches
Hi Tim: This watch reminds me of the movie 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘰𝑝𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴 ("The mediator between brain and hands must be the heart!"). In fact, it could have been worn by Joh Fredersen himself, the master of the city. In Metropolis the clocks did not show 12 but 10 hours (the length of a work shift), but Baltic would have known how to solve that small detail. Regards from Chile!
Very interesting watch. There seems to be some problems with the bracelet and the straps which are quite awful. This may compete with some Nomos manual winding models which have boring German "Bauhaus" style dials.
DON'T buy any baltic watches, they are garbage. I ordered their MR01 for 605 euros, paid in full, in advance. I received the watch 7 months later. It ran 9 MINUTES fast per hour (not 9 seconds). The b.o.r. bracelet was very cheap, I have $100 watches with vastly superior bracelets. And the return process was a nightmare. They couldn’t: find my address, couldn’t send a prepaid return label. Wanted to refund my money to paypal when it was not used for the purchase. So I paid for the return shipping and they committed in writing, to refund the shipping cost. Then they refused to pay for the return shipping cost after receiving their returned watch. This company is wildly incompetent, and massively dishonest.
Honestly, in pictures I thought this looked like a fashion watch from aliexpress. But your footage has really opened my eyes to all of the details/light play. I quite like this, especially the purple and green dial color.
I like it. It' got a Flash Gordon art deco vibe.
Gorgeous dial.
Swiss movement.
Winning combination. 👍👍👍
The size and movement are nice but the rest of the watch has no redeeming qualities at all. and the price!!!
This is the third video I’ve seen about this offering and I’m loving it more each time. I’ve got several dress watches this size, so I’m not in the market, but if I was, I’d grab it!
Nice looking watch on the leather strap, I really like it.
"Cocktail watch" feels like a "casual dress watch" for me, if that makes sense. Interesting sub-genre. This dial is nice; feels a little showy but not bling due to the fine dimensions, i think. The mesh is respectable in my opinion because it's rare to see nowadays a milanese with end links like those sweet Omegas of the 60s. Your suggestions on leather strap are top-notch and way better than that sent with the watch.
Love the case, the lugs, the movement - lovely!!, the looks of bracelet. But the face of this watch looks just bad.. boring… dull
Normally I'm all about the drilled through lugs, being more of a tool watch person, but on a dressy watch they seem out of place. Especially with the quick-change bracelet/strap offerings.
Other than that it is a very elegant watch for an evening out.
That leather strap looks like it cost 25 cents from Ali Express 😢. Fun looking watch otherwise
This looks like a watch to be worn by someone at Gatsby's summer party.
Lags should be shorter and sligtly bend
It's 1178 Euros on their website, a bit underwhelming for the price.
At this price Baltic is starting to enter Nomos territory.
an automatic would have been nice
I like your comment about that other strap - “I refuse to take this into consideration.” I really like your honesty, your fresh perspective and your camera work! Keep up the great work.
Were it not for the brand name, you could write a compelling story about how this dial was inspired by a visit to the Valley of the Kings.
At 36mm, were it not for the case, you could say it’s going for a vintage look.
This cocktail has too many ingredients for me, but no watch is for everyone. 😊
I don't like it. I think there is too much space around the square indices. If they narrowed that brushed ring underneath a bit, got rid of the those indices all together that would fix it. Something seems to be off in the proportion between those two aspects. The rest of it looks great.
Price for Germany shows as €1,249.50 on mesh. Quite high compared to other Baltic watches or similar microbrands.
It's not really to my taste. There is so much going on that it risks coming across as tacky. Certainly seeing all the colours together gave off that impression a little. Thankfully there is a lot of considered detail when zooming in and in this salmon colourway it tones down the sparkly loudness a bit. The smaller size will also help a bit. I like the alternating steel finishing on the bezel, but get no real joy out of the dull bead blasted titanium centre portion of the case. Separate elements of the dial are certainly nice, but it's not quite hitting the right notes for me right off the bat. By the way, is the chapter ring not simply the outer extreme of the fanning centric guilloché?
You're right that the mesh bracelet doesn't work here. A dress watch looks much better on a leather strap. For me Baltic haven't paid enough dues to be worthy of the price (£1000 plus by the time you have it in UK) but I like the watch and I know they have many admirers who will buy it.
I have two Movado hand wind watches from the late 1990's (let call them 25 years old) that use this Movement ETA Peseux 7001, Great movement they keep very good time, and are extremely thin watches
Love the purple dial, crown just too small for a hand cranker and I don't like using index finger and sliding up then down.
Looks a bit like my Pierre Paulin😅
I can imagine this on a judas priest style black leather studded strap
Beautiful watch. I just bought the MR01. Sort of wish I had waited for this one.
Hi Tim: This watch reminds me of the movie 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘰𝑝𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴 ("The mediator between brain and hands must be the heart!"). In fact, it could have been worn by Joh Fredersen himself, the master of the city. In Metropolis the clocks did not show 12 but 10 hours (the length of a work shift), but Baltic would have known how to solve that small detail. Regards from Chile!
Firstage.
The classic 80s catalogue watch. Nasty.
Very interesting watch. There seems to be some problems with the bracelet and the straps which are quite awful. This may compete with some Nomos manual winding models which have boring German "Bauhaus" style dials.
That is a nice watch.
DON'T buy any baltic watches, they are garbage. I ordered their MR01 for 605 euros, paid in full, in advance. I received the watch 7 months later. It ran 9 MINUTES fast per hour (not 9 seconds). The b.o.r. bracelet was very cheap, I have $100 watches with vastly superior bracelets. And the return process was a nightmare. They couldn’t: find my address, couldn’t send a prepaid return label. Wanted to refund my money to paypal when it was not used for the purchase. So I paid for the return shipping
and they committed in writing, to refund the shipping cost. Then they refused to pay for the return shipping cost after receiving their returned watch. This company is wildly incompetent, and massively dishonest.