Marathon MSAR

AdamAuto

I've looked at Marathon Divers at least once a week since last fall and am getting the feeling that I really want one. The MSAR is a possibility.

To all the owners and those who have tried it on, thoughts on how it wears please?

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HKasdf
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To me, there aren't many better dive watches than the Marathon GSAR, TSAR, and the MSAR.

I have 6.0" wrists so I started out with a MSAR (TSAR Medium, as it was called back then). Even though the quartz version is 1mm thinner than the automatic counterpart, it feels too tall for its size.

Eventually, I was able to try on the automatic MSAR and it was indeed too tall for the case diameter. Too tall that I didn't like it, especially with the 18mm lug width. I sold it after a week. Before COVID, the automatic version of MSAR went for ~$500.

About a year ago, I got a regular GSAR and it is one of my favorite, most worn watches. It is very tough, and relatively affordable to purchase, and service. I actually bought a very beat up one and had it fully repaired and serviced for ~$900 including the Watch.

I wear it in a very rough environment and I can't wait to beat it up after years of use.

Go for any of the Marathon watches. I don't think that you can go wrong with any. At the least, their service dept is able to carry the parts for years and decades.

AdamAuto
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Thanks for the informative post!

biglove
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Have owned the MSAR. Great diameter but has same height as GSAR. Wears way taller, it seems, at 36mm.

Dallen
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Unless you have a particularly small wrist, I think the GSAR is probably a better fit. It wears more like 39 or 40, and the MSAR probably wears more like 35. They are tall. It doesn't really look tall to me, personally, but I've been wearing it almost every day for a year at this point. It feels tall though, when you're trying to get sleeves over it or your arm is resting on the head of the watch. I'm glad I have thinner watches to wear when I really want a thin watch, but the vast majority of the time I'm not bothered at all. The crown is pretty aggressively textured, so it's not a watch you want really loose, bouncing into the back of your hand all day long.

AdamAuto
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Dallen

Unless you have a particularly small wrist, I think the GSAR is probably a better fit. It wears more like 39 or 40, and the MSAR probably wears more like 35. They are tall. It doesn't really look tall to me, personally, but I've been wearing it almost every day for a year at this point. It feels tall though, when you're trying to get sleeves over it or your arm is resting on the head of the watch. I'm glad I have thinner watches to wear when I really want a thin watch, but the vast majority of the time I'm not bothered at all. The crown is pretty aggressively textured, so it's not a watch you want really loose, bouncing into the back of your hand all day long.

Thanks for the info. I have 6.5 inch wrist. Own a 41mm case, 46.7mm L2L, 12.7mm thick Chris Ward diver that, despite largish wrist presence, fits well IMHO. GSAR might work.

Mr.Deluxe
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I have the GSAR on rubber and I love it!! I haven’t tried it on the oem bracelet. I ended up purchasing the aftermarket bracelet from Long Island watch (brac-90) which has tooless micro adjustments and it’s like half the price. I think it only fits the 41mm