I'm not generally much of a fan of fluted bezels but it works so well here. Stunning dial, stunning watch. Congrats.

I like Hamilton and like the Murph, but the Oris takes this easily imo. A watch with a fairly unusual complication from a truly independent brand, plus a more easily serviced movement and better finishing. No brainer.

That's the funny thing about Invicta. The abject disdain that the watch community has towards them makes them the eternal underdogs of the watch world, but at the same time they have their own design language and an absolutely huge following. There are people who only collect Invictas, and have dozens of them. That's mind-blowing to me and quite heart warming!

I can't say I personally like their watches - they're mostly huge, garish nightmares tbh - but I do admire their gumption! The deeper I get into this community the more I realise that so many people just follow the trends and jump on whatever is popular. At least Invicta will always be outside of that bullshit. I'd genuinely rather have a few beers with an Invicta collector than someone who just jumps on whatever is hot at the moment.

(Sorry, strayed off topic from Glycine but had to get it off my chest!)

Mine would be my Sinn 556 IM:

The sunburst dial and applied polished indices means it dresses up better than the standard version, but it's still at heart a tool watch - sapphire sandwich with amazing AR coating (nothing else I own comes close), 200m water resistance, all brushed case and bracelet so less noticeable scratches, very well regulated but easily serviceable movement... It's the only watch I own that frequently has me questioning the rest of my collection.

The Combat Sub wears smaller than its dimensions imo, thanks to the steep downturn at the lugs and the slim case (can't remember exactly but I'm sure it's under 11mm thick). Wears very well on an average wrist. Here's mine:

Haha oh dear! On that point though, it's worth noting that a Combat Sub would set you back almost a grand before the buyout, now the same watches made in the same factory (or perhaps more accurately "assembled" in the same factory at this price) cost about 1/3 of that.

That's the economies of scale that comes with a huge brand as your parent company I guess.

The Combat Sub is an absolute bargain, in America especially so (you can't get one in Europe for anywhere near the price that people find them at in the States). But even at European prices they're well worth it. Rock solid, no bullshit tool divers.

The Invicta buyout definitely harmed their perception in the watch community, but Glycine were really struggling before the buyout, so I'd much rather have them owned by Invicta than them going bust.

And it must be said, Invicta has nothing to do with the production of Glycine watches, they are just the parent company.