I bought the two tone with green bezel the other day after being so impressed with my friends two tone with blue dial and bezel. They are stunning watches, well finished, tough and a very comfortable size! Love the case shape, certina are great watches and have a lot of their own style!
Certina offer incredible value for money. They are the sister company of Longines. I own the ds action quartz, cosc certified, 200m watch. I bought it last June on offer in the UK. It has gained 2 seconds since then!!
Looked everywhere for the 38mm but couldn’t find it. Lady Luck smiled upon me when I went to a store and found a DS Action Diver Titanium Precidrive at 41mm case (coz of its bezel, case is like 40-40.5. Bought it at a fantastic discount as well. Lug width is 47mm and the bracelet tapers down at 47mm making it wear like a 38-39… It’s the perfect size!!! Wears superb and is extremely light weight. Certinas are the real deal. Fantastic quality! P.S. just realised you’re Malaysian! 🇲🇾 Woot woot! Shoutout to another Malaysian watch lover !
@@yusufbest4475 hi ! Both my Midos are actually very accurate. My local watchmaker tested the accuracy at three angles . +2 / +7 and -3seconds per day.
The Powermatic 80 just blows most Seiko movements out of the water without demanding unreasonable price premium. Certina has a lot of interesting and beautiful models but unfortunately this brand is not well marketed here.
Great looking blue! Love that case shape and crown guards. Beautiful caseback. It looks good on your “small, girly 6” wrist!” Ha! I’ve got an 8” wrist, so I’m on the other end of the spectrum…I know how you feel. I usually like the male end links as it adds to the lug to lug wearability, whereas I know you probably prefer female end links.
Thanks for the very detailed review, it was a pleasure to watch. One thing that’s inconsistent though is that the watch doesn’t seem to fit your wrist and doesn’t look comfortable at all and looks top-heavy (may have a tendency to turn around your wrist). It’s too big because of male endlinks, sits low enough on your wristbone to break your hand when you fall and it’s impossible to size because of the budget divers extension preventing adding more microadjustment holes.
Well, I have many, many Seikos, but this is much better. For as start everything lines up, and I'm afraid Seiko don't even offer that as an option these days.
Absolut ja. Ich habe die Schwarze Certina DS Action Diver 38mm. Beste Uhr. Ich liebe sie. Habe auch andere, wie Seiko, Mido, Tissot Citizen. Die Certina ist meine Lieblingsuhr. Niemand muss zig 1000€ ausgeben, um eine tolle Schweizer Uhr zu besitzen.
@@Oparalf Nein, dass die Uhr keinen Sichtboden hat stört mich überhaupt nicht. Nach fast zwei Jahren in denen ich die Uhr fast täglich trage sind meine kleinen Kritikpunkte: - 19mm Band, daher schwierig alternative Bänder zu finden - Die Tauchererweiterung wirkt recht billig - Nur ein Microajustment an der Schließe - Die Lünette wackelt etwas und ist mir tatsächlich schon einmal abgefallen (habe sie dann vom Uhrmacher wieder kleben lassen, seit dem hält sie) - Die Krone lässt sich etwas schwer greifen, da sie glatt poliert ist Aber das sind wie gesagt alles nur Kleinigkeiten, ansonsten eine echt tolle Uhr in der perfekten Größe.
@@s.w.4409 ich kann deine Kleinigkeiten nur teileweise teilen. Mir gefällt das Band, ich brauche erstmal kein anderes. Es passt bei mir perfekt. Lünette ist fest und hält(noch) Benutze ich allerdings nie. Die Krone kann ich gut packen, kommt aber 1-2x im Monat zum anhalten, weil sie leicht im + läuft. Wenn ich sie Tag/Nacht trage, habe es im Urlaub getestet, läuft sie wie eine Quarzuhr so präzise. D.h. konkret in 2 Wochen hat sie 2 Sekunden aufgeholt. Wie ein Chronometer. Ich liebe diese Uhr wirklich. Mich stört auch der nicht vorhandene Sichtboden nicht. Ich liebe die Schildkröte
Nice review. I have the bright green 41mm precidrive DS Action diver. Prefer that over this 38mm as this one wears even larger than my 41mm dur to the lug design. Sucks you can’t find a good fit. A 3rd micro-adjust hole would have been nice, or using the ratcheting clasp like on the 43mm divers. My DS Action has that as does my MIDO Ocean Tribute. At least they included both full and half links for adjustments. Certina is a great, underrated watch brand. Hopefully they get more presence in North America in the future, as I like them better than Tissot overall.
Totally agree with you. I have the titanium Precidrive DS Action Diver and it wears like a small watch. 47mm lug width and the bracelet literally drapes round the wrist so well. I have the Mido Ocean Star Tribute as well in black. The ocean star is truly a fantastic watch for its price. Truly bang for buck. Quality and feel is out of this world.
No hate for saying that at all, I believe any Seiko fanboy can recognize that this watch is simply a lot more value for the money. This DS Action Diver, the Serica 5303, and the CW C65 Dartmouth are on my to buy list!
you mean they can recognize by just looking at this video (without having this certina on hand to compare)? If so, how is it so clear just from the video?
Pretty tough choice between this and King Turtle/King Samurai. One with better ETA based movement, more digestible size. And the Seiko comes with lesser movement but ceramic bezel, saphire, cheaper price and more original design. My head says Certina, my hearts says King Turtle. 💆♂️
I had the Seiko turtle for 3 years, very nice watch, but even I wouldn’t hesitate to chose the Certina over the Seiko if I had this choice at the time. Look at what you get - Swiss ETA movement, powermatic - 2 x longer power reserve, accuracy, but ISO6425 cert. (Seiko PADI is not the same thing), Looks like a win win to me.
I think Certina might have much better bracelet. Everybody and their dog complain about the seiko bracelets. Plus turtle isn't really that original. Take a look at Doxa Sub series. Seiko pretty much copied their 60s design. Yes, Certina looks "Rolexish". But it's really quite hard to make something new in diver watch category that would look really good. I'd take good looking Certina any time of the day.
This would be the perfect diver if it had female endlinks. I have a small wrist for a guy (it’s why I love your channel) and I will never understand why they put male endlinks on a small watch.
Black is more versatile with different outfits, but blue is more playful and eye catching. You can't go wrong with both, I ordered the blue one from Hodinkee 2 days ago.
Great review sir. Really enjoyed it. You might have just convinced me to buy another watch now. I just wanted to know to you know if there is a ceramic bezel insert available to mod. Thanks again
Hi, I looking for my first diver watch, and my wrist is aound 6.5 inch which almost 17cm, may i know this watch is suitable for my hand wrist, btw very appreciate for your video given very informative watch review 👍🏻👍🏻
titanium 38 mm ds diver with large knurled crown willl certina be more inventive perhaps fixed lugs like tudor nationale diver but 38 mm and large crown knurled for a more tooly diver.
I’ll rephrase that - who wears a diver’s watch for diving nowadays? I can’t think of any reason not to wear a diving computer instead. Edit - ninja’d 8 months ago!
It does look oversized on your wrist. I have 8 inch wrist and this watch is MAX I can go with (5 feet 10 inches tall, weight about 200 pounds). But I am looking for daily wear watch not for watch "on ocasions". Watch "Sopranos" what people are wearing (except too much gold they wear)
Certina got their sizes wrong in my opinion . The 43 mm is too big and heavy and the 38 mm is too small . They should have done what Tudor did ( they ain’t schmucks ) and do a 39 mm and a 41 mm or possibly a 41.5 mm . I don’t get their new logo but OK , but too much text on the bottom . Powematic 80 could go on the case back and the text should be preferably all the same font and size .I mean who decides and approves this stuff ? I could do a lot better , trust me .Clasp is cheap looking with only two micro adjustment positions , really ? For not much more they could have an on the fly micro adjustment clasp , screws instead of pins , and a ceramic bezel . People would pay a few bucks more for those , or just put them in at cost to gain market share . Yes I agree 19 mm lug width is also not smart it should be 20 mm . That said their DS Action 41 mm Precidrive quartz pieces were great . I don’t know why they discontinued them ? I bought three of those , one for myself and two as gifts .
I bought the two tone with green bezel the other day after being so impressed with my friends two tone with blue dial and bezel. They are stunning watches, well finished, tough and a very comfortable size! Love the case shape, certina are great watches and have a lot of their own style!
I have that too and absolutely love it !
@@fungusfoong9080 👊🏻 fantastic watch and good choice brother!
Certina nailed it with this release ! Great video ! ....
Affordable BB58 blue. Thks for the review
Certina offer incredible value for money. They are the sister company of Longines. I own the ds action quartz, cosc certified, 200m watch. I bought it last June on offer in the UK. It has gained 2 seconds since then!!
Reason they use a divers extension is to maintain iso certification.
Really great watch for the money. I have the black two tone. Wasn't sure about it at first but it has become a favorite.
If only I didn't bought my 38.5 Seiko Solar diver I would have preferred this instead. Really nice watch from Certina.
Great review, spoken with authority and with balanced opinions on the watch, thank you.
Thanks for the kind words 😊
I'm thinking of getting the two tone blue & gold - poor man's Bluesy !
Nice piece, and really like the hue and sheen of the blue on the bezel and dial.
Lack of more micro adjustments is a miss but I'm making it work.
Looked everywhere for the 38mm but couldn’t find it.
Lady Luck smiled upon me when I went to a store and found a DS Action Diver Titanium Precidrive at 41mm case (coz of its bezel, case is like 40-40.5.
Bought it at a fantastic discount as well.
Lug width is 47mm and the bracelet tapers down at 47mm making it wear like a 38-39…
It’s the perfect size!!!
Wears superb and is extremely light weight.
Certinas are the real deal.
Fantastic quality!
P.S. just realised you’re Malaysian! 🇲🇾
Woot woot!
Shoutout to another Malaysian watch lover !
Hi, hows the accuracy? Is the powermatic 80 considered as cosc certified?
@@yusufbest4475 hi !
Both my Midos are actually very accurate.
My local watchmaker tested the accuracy at three angles .
+2 / +7 and -3seconds per day.
Isn’t the 41mm a quartz?
@@ChromeMan04 you’re right.
My Certina is a Precidrive Quartz at 41mm
Saw it at a shop. It does not have solid endlinks but hollow endlinks. To me it's a deal breaker since a solid endlinks is a must have.
Why though?
The Powermatic 80 just blows most Seiko movements out of the water without demanding unreasonable price premium.
Certina has a lot of interesting and beautiful models but unfortunately this brand is not well marketed here.
Great looking blue! Love that case shape and crown guards. Beautiful caseback. It looks good on your “small, girly 6” wrist!” Ha! I’ve got an 8” wrist, so I’m on the other end of the spectrum…I know how you feel. I usually like the male end links as it adds to the lug to lug wearability, whereas I know you probably prefer female end links.
THE BEST. review on the internet about this piece
Thanks for the very detailed review, it was a pleasure to watch. One thing that’s inconsistent though is that the watch doesn’t seem to fit your wrist and doesn’t look comfortable at all and looks top-heavy (may have a tendency to turn around your wrist). It’s too big because of male endlinks, sits low enough on your wristbone to break your hand when you fall and it’s impossible to size because of the budget divers extension preventing adding more microadjustment holes.
Disagree. I think it's a pretty good fit.
Looks good to me!
Absolute nonsense
Nonsense looks good on the wrist in video
The bracelet protruding kill the small diameter case. 38 mm case but 51 mm watch span lug to lug, it doesn't make sense.
I agree. This watch would be perfect if it comes with female end links.
Well, I have many, many Seikos, but this is much better. For as start everything lines up, and I'm afraid Seiko don't even offer that as an option these days.
Newer Seiko’s come with higher price tags but I sad to say that their quality hasn’t been really on par.
Absolut ja. Ich habe die Schwarze Certina DS Action Diver 38mm. Beste Uhr. Ich liebe sie. Habe auch andere, wie Seiko, Mido, Tissot Citizen. Die Certina ist meine Lieblingsuhr. Niemand muss zig 1000€ ausgeben, um eine tolle Schweizer Uhr zu besitzen.
Geht mir genauso. Es gibt zwar ein paar kleine Kritikpunkte aber insgesamt eine tolle Alltagsuhr.
@@s.w.4409 welche Kritikpunkte meinst du? Der fehlende Sichtboden?
@@Oparalf Nein, dass die Uhr keinen Sichtboden hat stört mich überhaupt nicht. Nach fast zwei Jahren in denen ich die Uhr fast täglich trage sind meine kleinen Kritikpunkte:
- 19mm Band, daher schwierig alternative Bänder zu finden
- Die Tauchererweiterung wirkt recht billig
- Nur ein Microajustment an der Schließe
- Die Lünette wackelt etwas und ist mir tatsächlich schon einmal abgefallen (habe sie dann vom Uhrmacher wieder kleben lassen, seit dem hält sie)
- Die Krone lässt sich etwas schwer greifen, da sie glatt poliert ist
Aber das sind wie gesagt alles nur Kleinigkeiten, ansonsten eine echt tolle Uhr in der perfekten Größe.
@@s.w.4409 ich kann deine Kleinigkeiten nur teileweise teilen. Mir gefällt das Band, ich brauche erstmal kein anderes. Es passt bei mir perfekt. Lünette ist fest und hält(noch) Benutze ich allerdings nie. Die Krone kann ich gut packen, kommt aber 1-2x im Monat zum anhalten, weil sie leicht im + läuft. Wenn ich sie Tag/Nacht trage, habe es im Urlaub getestet, läuft sie wie eine Quarzuhr so präzise. D.h. konkret in 2 Wochen hat sie 2 Sekunden aufgeholt. Wie ein Chronometer. Ich liebe diese Uhr wirklich. Mich stört auch der nicht vorhandene Sichtboden nicht. Ich liebe die Schildkröte
@@Oparalf Stimme dir grundsätzlich zu. Meine Kritikpunkte sind wirklich nur absolute Kleinigkeiten.
Nice review. I have the bright green 41mm precidrive DS Action diver. Prefer that over this 38mm as this one wears even larger than my 41mm dur to the lug design. Sucks you can’t find a good fit. A 3rd micro-adjust hole would have been nice, or using the ratcheting clasp like on the 43mm divers. My DS Action has that as does my MIDO Ocean Tribute. At least they included both full and half links for adjustments. Certina is a great, underrated watch brand. Hopefully they get more presence in North America in the future, as I like them better than Tissot overall.
Totally agree with you.
I have the titanium Precidrive DS Action Diver and it wears like a small watch. 47mm lug width and the bracelet literally drapes round the wrist so well.
I have the Mido Ocean Star Tribute as well in black.
The ocean star is truly a fantastic watch for its price. Truly bang for buck.
Quality and feel is out of this world.
No hate for saying that at all, I believe any Seiko fanboy can recognize that this watch is simply a lot more value for the money. This DS Action Diver, the Serica 5303, and the CW C65 Dartmouth are on my to buy list!
you mean they can recognize by just looking at this video (without having this certina on hand to compare)? If so, how is it so clear just from the video?
Pretty tough choice between this and King Turtle/King Samurai. One with better ETA based movement, more digestible size. And the Seiko comes with lesser movement but ceramic bezel, saphire, cheaper price and more original design.
My head says Certina, my hearts says King Turtle. 💆♂️
Certina has sapphire crystal as well, also 80hr power reserve is worth mentioning.
I think the seikos look better
I had the Seiko turtle for 3 years, very nice watch, but even I wouldn’t hesitate to chose the Certina over the Seiko if I had this choice at the time. Look at what you get - Swiss ETA movement, powermatic - 2 x longer power reserve, accuracy, but ISO6425 cert. (Seiko PADI is not the same thing), Looks like a win win to me.
I think Certina might have much better bracelet. Everybody and their dog complain about the seiko bracelets. Plus turtle isn't really that original. Take a look at Doxa Sub series. Seiko pretty much copied their 60s design. Yes, Certina looks "Rolexish". But it's really quite hard to make something new in diver watch category that would look really good. I'd take good looking Certina any time of the day.
This would be the perfect diver if it had female endlinks. I have a small wrist for a guy (it’s why I love your channel) and I will never understand why they put male endlinks on a small watch.
Yup. Really wish more watch makers will adopt female end links.
that lack of micro-adjust is a shame, bc it fits so well on wrist otherwise. good vid!
Yup, that's one of the main negatives.
I have one and found that with the half links and (limited) micro adjust positions I can get it perfect.
It’s 100% far superior to a Seiko quality wise and appearance
Definitely not all Seikos
Ahh an actual review.
So much better than any Seiko diver in 300-1000$ range. P.S. really nice review.
Nice watch, but it wears still a bit too big. What smaller watches are there similar to this?
That's pretty much as small as it gets for this type of dive watch. Are you looking for a dive watch specifically or a watch in general?
Tissot Seastar 1000 36mm
Great review, thanks .
Hi! I can't find this watch on the Certina website. Where is it being sold and may I ask what's the price?
I'm not getting your level of accuracy. Did it take some breaking in?
Hmm...not too sure if there's a break in period. If the accuracy is within the rated range, I think it's acceptable.
You can bring this to a machinist shop and ask them to add a third micro adjust hole. It is extremely simple to do, and should not cost more than $20.
And they'll scratch it up like hell in the process.
Black or blue is more appealing?
Black is more versatile with different outfits, but blue is more playful and eye catching. You can't go wrong with both, I ordered the blue one from Hodinkee 2 days ago.
Hello, What a watch on 0:03 second? Thanks)
It's a Heebie Jeebies diy clock. Please see the intro video on my channel for details.
how's the crown action? does it screw in properly?
It's working as it should be.
@@GFWatch do you still wear it?
How much is this in our currency (MYR) ya? I'm planning to get one as well.
About 2k+
nice review, thanks
Where can I find this edition with the blue ring? Thanks
It's available on Certina's website
Great review buddy. Are you based out of Malaysia or Singapore? What does this retail for pls ?
I'm from Malaysia. The rrp is MYR 3,040 but you should be able to get some discount on it.
@@GFWatch thanks buddy. Appreciate the response.
Nice video and lovely watch! I've been looking for this for a while, any ideia where to get it on the US?
Should be available in several online stores
Great review sir. Really enjoyed it. You might have just convinced me to buy another watch now.
I just wanted to know to you know if there is a ceramic bezel insert available to mod. Thanks again
Glad it helped 😅.
Dans quelle site je peux acheter
Certina website?
Nice watch, thanks.
Hi, I looking for my first diver watch, and my wrist is aound 6.5 inch which almost 17cm, may i know this watch is suitable for my hand wrist, btw very appreciate for your video given very informative watch review 👍🏻👍🏻
It should fit your wrist nicely.
Just ordered mines from Jomashop!
Why ruins the watch with this male endlink, its a pity.
Female end link would be perfect.
@@GFWatch Absolutely!! And a little better clasp, cheers.
The male endlink ruins this precious watch!! Almost perfect!!
I really wish it comes with female end links.
titanium 38 mm ds diver with large knurled crown willl certina be more inventive perhaps fixed lugs like tudor nationale diver but 38 mm and large crown knurled for a more tooly diver.
The only fault: the date is ruining the symmetry of the dial. Who needs that for diving?...
A no date will be best. A date at 6 can still be tolerated 😅
Who goes diving with these watches these days ??
@@fungusfoong9080 I was once called an imbecile for saying the exact same thing 😅
It's actually pretty handy if you own an underwater lair. You don't have one?
I’ll rephrase that - who wears a diver’s watch for diving nowadays? I can’t think of any reason not to wear a diving computer instead.
Edit - ninja’d 8 months ago!
How much is this diver's watch?
€750 - €850 at ADs (mid-2022 prices)
where is the best place to buy this in the united states, and best price?
Hodinkee
It does look oversized on your wrist. I have 8 inch wrist and this watch is MAX I can go with (5 feet 10 inches tall, weight about 200 pounds). But I am looking for daily wear watch not for watch "on ocasions". Watch "Sopranos" what people are wearing (except too much gold they wear)
yup totally agree....better than seiko
The only good thing is diameter. A part from that is a totally anonymous watch
Haha, seiko fanboy found
@@rtyuuuuu but its true though. Its simple which is good, but it can be too boring imo.
@@rtyuuuuu not at all, I have all brands such vostok, Zenith, Longines, breitling, seiko, Casio and so on
@@rtyuuuuu No, this design is not very attractive imo. If they had brought back their vintage DS designs, it would truly be a Seiko diver killer.
I have both, recently got this 38mm one, for me it blows Seiko out of the water easily, and yes I also actually use it for diving
80.111 calibre with plastic escapent again? Shame for a such nice watch. I’ll pass.
I love this watch except the font on the dial. It gives that chinese plastic feeling to the watch.
Certina got their sizes wrong in my opinion . The 43 mm is too big and heavy and the 38 mm is too small . They should have done what Tudor did ( they ain’t schmucks ) and do a 39 mm and a 41 mm or possibly a 41.5 mm . I don’t get their new logo but OK , but too much text on the bottom . Powematic 80 could go on the case back and the text should be preferably all the same font and size .I mean who decides and approves this stuff ? I could do a lot better , trust me .Clasp is cheap looking with only two micro adjustment positions , really ? For not much more they could have an on the fly micro adjustment clasp , screws instead of pins , and a ceramic bezel . People would pay a few bucks more for those , or just put them in at cost to gain market share . Yes I agree 19 mm lug width is also not smart it should be 20 mm . That said their DS Action 41 mm Precidrive quartz pieces were great . I don’t know why they discontinued them ? I bought three of those , one for myself and two as gifts .
How dare you compare this watch to Seiko. Seiko is mainstream rubbish. Certina could lap around Tissot and Hamilton in terms of quality.
Seiko Astrons aren't that bad.