Baltic Aquascaphe Bronze: three years of patina and adventure
Baltic Aquascaphe Bronze and three years of patina
As we come to father's day 2023, it marks two things for me. First, it's been three years after Covid-19 derailed anything we saw as "normal." Second, it's been three years of wearing a bronze watch and watching it patina; the Baltic Aquascaphe Bronze.
If a watch had an odometer, this one would have the highest mileage out of my collection.
As we come to father's day 2023, it marks two things for me. First, it's been three years after Covid-19 derailed anything we saw as "normal." Second, it's been three years of wearing a bronze watch and watching it patina; the Baltic Aquascaphe Bronze.
Of the many posts, photos, and podcasts I’ve published, there is one that I get asked about more than nearly anything else; this watch and how dark a bronze it is.
It started with a Father’s Day.
Given to me as a fathers day gift in 2020 from my wife, I had no way to realize what this watch would become for me. The myriad of wristchecks on several different podcasts and social media posts highlight that if this watch had an odometer, the mileage would be quite high. From summiting Mt. Saint Helens with me in 2020, to diving in the Salish Sea and the Gulf of Mexico its natural patina carries more stories and adventures than I could count from those three years…More on Analog Explorer 🧭
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I hope my bronze Glycine Combat Sub looks like this when it patinas.
Wow definitely need a bronze watch now. Love this Baltic.
I hope my bronze Glycine Combat Sub looks like this when it patinas.
Right on 🤙🏼. Wear the heck out of it and I’m sure it will patina well for ya 😊
Wow definitely need a bronze watch now. Love this Baltic.
Thanks! It’s a fun process, especially going through the photos over the years and seeing how it’s taken on its patina. 🤙🏼
Looking at the patina on yours, I’m glad I got my bronze wise ad8 in blue! Looking great btw