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
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