Never mind the quality, feel the width
This morning selection of the Marathon MSAR got me thinking about the 70's British sitcom, because of the MSAR profile.
Its a thick beast, although not as much as you would believe it to be, because it's actually a hair thin slimmer than my SPB147.
But the case thickness and the cog like appearance of the bezel is what catch the attention, and for good or bad it's also what will decide in its favor or not.
I'm pretty much in favor, which is why I bought one. The thing is, the Marathon looks like it does because this is exactly how it's supposed to look like. Everything that is there has a reason and a purpose.
And the quality is there too. For a price, because the the MSAR isn't exactly cheap, but it's not not extravagantly expensive and you do get a lot of watch for its price.
It also wear extremely well despite its heft, and is perhaps the most legible watch that I currently own.
I'm a big fan of watches that are interesting because they are either unique, have interesting features, well designed or simply offer a great value for their price.
I have a Marathon GSAR and love it! The watch wears smaller than it's on paper dimensions. IMO if you don't own a Marathon watch buy one before Marathon figures out how great of a value their product is
Oh, she thicc!
Keep saying this and in the end convince yourself you will
The depth of the dial is due to the necessity of providing clearance for the tritium tubes on each hand.
It's no big deal for me and what also help is that there are zero alignment problems, which would have been amplified by the parallax caused by the depth of the dial. But then, quality is quality and Marathon is not Seiko.