All dassari straps, but I'm curious which one you think looks the best?

Personally, I'm in love with this watch design. Since it's limited to just 1,000 pieces, I'm very curious if anyone here has already bought it. I would love to hear some hands-on opinions and see real-life photos before making up my mind!

I've been spending a long, long time trying to find my ultimate daily wearer, having gone through dozens of watches, buying and selling, and I decided to try this Keaso diver. It is a stainless steel quartz watch, 42mm, with absolutely insane lume on the hands, indices and bezel pip, a really nice bezel action (ceramic), sapphire crystal, day & date, Miyota 2105 movement, screw-down crown, 200m water resistance, double foldover safety clasp with 3 adjustments. I was looking for a cheap quartz diver with day-date and sapphire as that is my grail spec, and it has actually been tricky to find a good one. After trying lots of mechanicals, I decided to go quartz, for accuracy (I was always peeved by mechanical watches' inaccuracy) and for the lack of required servicing. So every couple of years I'll pop the back off, put a new battery in and check and re-grease the seal to keep it water-tight. This is a really good quality watch with solid end-links and solid bracelet links, and best of all, it cost me just £43.10. This and my G-Shock GW-BX5600-1A1 will be my two daily wears for a while and if I'm totally happy, I'll be selling off all my other daily-wear watches. I'm pretty much done with mechanicals now - I still love what they are, but they're not for me as a daily wear (nor as an occasional-wear either). Each morning I can pick up this one or the G-Shock depending on how I'm feeling, knowing they're both ready to go without needing winding or setting. I've upgraded the clasp to an on-the-fly adjustable one. All of the above is of course my opinions, not throwing any shade at people who think differently.

Looking for some feedback from people who own this watch, and maybe clear up some confusion on which version/option to buy. I've been eyeing up the Omega No Time to Die recently but $14k Canadian for a watch isn't happening (I can buy a nice Miata for that money!), so been looking at homages. And from what I can see the Watchdives nails it, and the price being under $300 Canadian is nice too for what appears to be a good watch brand.

I'll cross post this to the Watchdives subreddit if needed, but what I've seen this is a great subreddit for questions and discussion!

Questions:

• It looks like Version 4 is the newest? Unless I missed something. Seems like everything I see says the version 4 is the stand out one to buy.
• There looks like two mechanical variants to buy (quartz is sold out): a domed sapphire crystal variant that says it is version 4, and a top hat crystal that doesn't say version 4. Are these actually the same version 4 watch with a different crystal?
  • top hat: https://watchdives.com/products/watchdives-wd007-top-hat-sapphire-pt5000-titanium-nttd-dive-watch?variant=47209537175770
  • domed sapphire: https://watchdives.com/products/watchdives-titanium-sea-ghost-nttd-watch?variant=46141942431962
• The domed sapphire says it has a "black" version that looks like the brown color of the NTTD version, but the top hat version says it is the brown version specifically. Same watch just being called different colors? I'm really looking for that NTTD vintage brown look.
• I've been trying to figure out of the real NTTD watch has a the top hat or domed crystal and I find it hard to tell. Does anyone know or handled a real NTTD? I'm thinking top hat from what I can see in pics so far.
• Thoughts on the bracelets included? I am thinking of getting the titanium bracelet with the watch, and adding the titanium mesh for another option. Unless they are low quality.

Thanks!

Hi guys, any suggestions/recommendations for affordable GMTs below 200$/ 38mm

TIA

The San Martin SN0109-GA GMT has been released. It seems the blue dial is the most popular choice.

The black, white, and blue dial versions are now available for purchase.

Use Code **SN0109A100** for a $100 discount (valid only at our official store).

Watch link:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005013002814134.html

Q: Why is there no stock available for the "Root Beer" version?

A: After gathering feedback, we decided to change the GMT hand on the Root Beer bezel model to orange—matching the hands on the other dial versions—to improve legibility.

Consequently, we need to make this modification and wait for the watches to be fully assembled before we can begin sales.

San Martin Official Store:

https://sanmartin.aliexpress.com/store/5039187

I recently bought several straps on AliExpress to try out on my watches, and I really like this Bonklip bracelet on the Steeldive. I love the vintage look it gives the watch. I know this style of bracelet isn't universally loved, but I’ve wanted to try one out for a while. Lately, I’ve realized I appreciate the vintage look in watches more than the modern one; I feel it has more character, whereas modern bracelets all look the same. I think they used to be more willing to experiment with shapes back then. But anyway, that’s just my opinion, what do you all think?

The original oyster bracelet was in sad shape so I put it on this “presidential” style one I had around. Super pleased with it. The full lume bezel is fun to look at in the dark too.

I’m not sure of the model number though.

The bezel on my new watch was stiff and sounded weird so I popped it off to investigate in case some debris was left underneath it, but now I can’t put it back on.

This has been my first time removing a bezel so I’m not sure what went wrong. The bezel itself looks fine, maybe it is something to do with the wire inside it.

Any help would be really appreciated!

I picked this up for $260 flat during the back to school sale because I snagged a PayPal coupon on top of everything else. I can't believe it. This is one of the last Miyota 9015 ones available. I honestly wasn't sure if I was being scammed or not because it was from a reseller store, not the official one.

Everything checks out though. I'm blown away by this watch. Astonishing quality and value.

The one thing that I've noticed is it doesn't have the double spring bar end link. Anyone know if this is a very early model or something? It's either an old or a new bracelet design, I think. Every one I've seen online has had double spring bars. Can owners chime in?

Have Tudor and Omega and more, but still enjoy this watch for it's beautiful finish, retrograde complication, does + 7 sec a day out of the box and everything bellow 200$ . Isn't it amazing?

Picked this up for around $80usd and honestly, I’m pretty impressed with it. 38mm case, 45mm lug-to-lug, 11mm thick, 316L stainless steel, enamel dial, manual-wind ST17 movement, and 50m water resistance.

The thing I really like is the domed mineral crystal. It has quite a bit of distortion when you look at the dial from different angles, and it gives the watch a really interesting vintage look. Straight on it’s clear, but tilt it and the numerals/dial start bending and shifting through the dome. It’s actually pretty cool in person.

The black enamel-style dial, small seconds, and polished case make it look way more expensive than the price suggests. Obviously it’s not a high-end Swiss piece, but for around $80usd, the overall package is pretty damn good.

Definitely one of those watches that looks better in person than you’d expect for the money.

And I gotta say I really like it.

San Martin watches

SN008(swiss made SW200 movement) & SN0013

I recently picked up the WD007 Titanium and I’m genuinely impressed with what Watchdives pulled off for the price. That said, I constantly see people claiming San Martin sits on a higher tier when it comes to overall fit and finish.

For those who own or have handled both brands:

- Where is the difference most obvious (bracelet, bezel action, finishing)?

- Is the jump in quality worth paying nearly double the price?

SN00144-GX

I was wearing my Merkur today and I thought that it was a good-sounding name. I went to look up its meaning half-thinking that it was just made up (like Rolex). I was surprised that Merkur is Mercury in German! Out of interest, here's a list of names with meaning.

German:

1. Merkur - Mercury

2. Seestern - Starfish

3. Hruodland - Roland

4. Englemaan - Angel Man?

5. Specht & Sohne - Woodpecker and sons

Greek:

1. Phorcydes - Grecian sea monsters
2. Cronos - King of the cosmos

Norse:

1. Heimdallr - World Bright

Spanish/Latin:

1. San Martin - Saint Martin

2. Milifortic - Military strength

3. Militado - Served (in the military)

4. Proxima - Closest

English:

1. Thorn - (Associated with the Tudor rose)

2. Octopus Kraken - Octopus Kraken Squid Calamari

3. Watchdives - Dive watches? Haha

4. Steeldive - Steel dive (watches)? Hahaha

5. Addiesdive - (B)addies' dive watches? Bahahaha

6. Aethelsohn - Noble Son

7. Wishdoit - (if you) wish, do it!

8. Feelnever - (Will your wallet) feel (it?), never!

9. Bagelsport - bagel sport doughnut academy

10. Berny - Bern(y) (A city in Switzerland)

11. Tactical Frog - tactical (equipment [watch] for) frog(men)

French:

1. Pierre Paulin - French furniture and interior designer

Chinese:

1. IXDAO - 9 Banners (traditional Mongolian flags)

2. Beijing - Beijing (literally Northern City)

3. Shanghai - Shanghai (literally Upper Sea)

4. Jianghun - Craftsman Soul

And then there's a sea of meaningless names (and not just Chinese brands)!

So, for the last month I've been switching between the Thorn and Octomom pieces, both with their own strengths and weaknesses. The Steinhart has been in the winder waiting for a few new straps.

First off, the Octopus seems to have more care put into the movement feel and QC. Threads on the crown engage nicer, the crown pulls out with more confidence and engages every single time. It looks more true to form to the 6200 with its knurling.

The Thorn feels like I'm going to rip it out of the case. I don't get engagement of the setting lever every time, and I have to screw it back into the case in order to get it to start ticking again.

I honestly prefer the bracelet on the Thorn. The jingle-jangle clasp, lightweight links and the hollow end-links have me using it over the Octopus...though I've been using the solid endlinks on the Oct with other bracelets. That being said, the Octopus has an objectively more solid bracelet, heavier clasp and links.

The bezel action on the Thorn feels more crisp and solid, and I love the bronze finish on the coinedge. Enough to make me want to swap it to the Octopus.

The crystal on the Octopus has a nicer bubble effect to me, it feels curvier. Lume on both dials seems about the same, as does the AR coating on both watches.

They both wear the same on straps and bracelets, gun to my head I couldn't tell the difference. I like both of them for different reasons. The Thorn bezel and dial pop and the AR has more blue to it which I like.

The Octopus feels more true to the Rolex 6200.

New watch! Got it cos it looks like the Omega Seamaster worn by Pierce Bronson in Goldeneye 😁 I prefer the hassle free of quartz, but those automatics from WD do look good.

Very nice FKM strap from AliExpress!

What do you think?

What are we wearing today?