One watch collection competition. All under 400. Episode 3. WildCard Group B.

We are still long way to go to find the "best" watch for 1 watch collection under 400$. It seems that the first group of the WildCard is covered and the winners are clear. So it is the time to move to the second group. 4 watches. 2 proceed and 2 out. Contestants: 1. Victorinox Alliance Mechanical Sizes: 40mm case diameter, 50mm lug-to-lug, 9mm thick, 20mm lug width. Movement: ETA 2892 (automatic, hacks, handwinds, Date, 28800 bph, bi-directional rotor, 48 hour power reserve). Materials: 316L steel polished and brushed (mostly polished). Crystal: Sapphire with underside AR coating Lume: SuperLuminova Band: Metal bracelet with solid links and male end-links, butterfly deployant clasp. WR: 100m Price: 400$ (Grey market) What to love: Great movement, interesting dial Grain of salt: Side profile looks very slabby, 50mm lug-to-lug could be a problem for some. Butterfly clasp. 2. Big Design × RZE TI Field Watch Solar Sizes: 40,5mm case diameter, 46mm lug-to-lug, 11mm thick, 20mm lug width. Movement: Epson VS43 (quartz solar, day-date, power storage ≈ 6 months). Materials: Blasted Grade 2 Titanium Case Crystal: Double-Dome AR Sapphire Crystal Lume: SuperLuminova (green) Band: Brown Horween leather strap + Nylon NATO WR: 100m Price: 399$ What to love: Very light, nice discreet bezel. Solar movement. Nice case shape. Grain of salt: Dial design is questionable with that TI at 12 and it looks a bit to tooly for the job of GADA watch. 3. Seiko SBTM213 Sizes: 38mm case diameter, 46mm lug-to-lug, 9mm thick, 20mm lug width. Movement: Seiko caliber 7x52A (quartz solar ,automatic GPS time setting, date, dual-time, in-flight mode power storage ≈ 6 months). Materials: Hard-coated Titanium polished and brushed Crystal: Sapphire crystal with underside AR coating Lume: LumiBrite (arrows only) Band: Titanium bracelet with solid links and hollow end-links, pressed clasp with 2 holes of micro-adjustment WR: 100m Price: 330$ What to love: Light titanium watch, universal looks, SEIKO, solar movement, great size Grain of salt: Seiko bracelet, Radio fix seems to work only in Japan. 1. Boldr Venture Titanium Sizes: 38mm case diameter, 44mm lug-to-lug, 12mm thick, 20mm lug width. Movement: SII NH35A (automatic, hacks, handwinds, ghost date, 21600 bph, bi-directional rotor, 41 hour power reserve). Materials: Hard-coated sand-blasted Titanium Crystal: Flat sapphire crystal with Anti-Reflective coating Lume: Japanese Lume? Band: Nylon NATO with titanium hardware WR: 200m Price: 299$ What to love: Light titanium watch, clean dial, unique and interesting case shape. Grain of salt: Blasted titanium always gives me very military vibes. So a bit difficult to dress up Please vote, comment down what you think of watches, share your experiences. All usual stuff.
95 votes ·
Reply