- #Aquatico blue angles blue dialsapphire crystal full
- #Aquatico blue angles blue dialsapphire crystal plus
The Newmark needed the usual clean, service and polish (I still need to do the crystal, but it has a small crack, so I may look at finding a replacement). The square one is an EB88XX 17 jewel Newmark day/date, probably from the late seventies or early eighties judging by the design, and the second is an Accurist Accu2 quartz.
so today we have two sunburst blue dials. (Who am I kiddin', I'm a sucker for anything with a dial.
I'm a bit of a sucker for anything with a blue dial. It also has the display case back which shows a rather plain movement with a decorated OW. Even though the crown is unscrewed in my photo, it does in fact screw down properly. I've timed it over a two week period when worn for up to 12 hours daily and it lost a total of 3 seconds. It wears easily and has quickly become a favorite. It has decent lume a beautifully finished case and a substantial bracelet. In addition to the NH36a movement, I like the crisp white dial and the second hand being minus that awful Invicta logo thing on the end. American river and I saw it on cyber Monday last year for 66% off of the normal street price, which is lower than retail by quite a bit. This example was served up by the on-line retailer named after a S. If you overshoot the center position, you have to do it again as the internal gears will fail to mesh. To stem wind the movement, you have to push the crown in to the seated position, then pull it out a second time to the center position. You have to push the crown in, then pull it out to the mid position to change the day/date as usual. Frankly, I like the stem winding feature but it is fiddly.
I originally purchased this watch to find out if I would like this movement as I was considering transplanting one into my Seiko 7S26-0020. I features the SII NH36a movement which has hacking and stem winding along with day and date. This is the model 7044 which isn't rare but it isn't seen all that often either. Today's offering is a fairly new Invicta diver.
#Aquatico blue angles blue dialsapphire crystal full
I may pop the engine in to a slightly less tatty case at some stage, for the full franken-noodle experience. No blued screws or other bling, but still fascinating to sit and watch. I think it is just a pretty low end skeleonized Chinese standard movement. This particular watch doesn't even feature a see through case back, only the front view of the works is available to the wearer, so here is what you would otherwise be missing. There is something mesmerizing about skeleton watches, even slightly tatty ones, that gives them a charm of their own.
#Aquatico blue angles blue dialsapphire crystal plus
At 0.99p plus P+P it is one of the lowest cost members of the 404 club. The dial looks a whole lot better, and the thing keeps remarkably good time, +/- 5 s/day at the worst, which is a bit of a bonus as I was expecting the performance to be pretty poor. There is some damage to one of the lugs, and it had some dial damage (blue metal salt crystal "fungus" round the edge of the dial). This Chinese skeleton movement "Identity London Diamond" just got a pit of TLC. The watch was essentially new with no faults at all, yet I paid slightly over half the cost of a new one. I purchased this from a previous owner who tired of it after only wearing it a few times. I like both but have the nylon strap on it most of the time. The watch came with two different straps, one vintage leather and one solid nylon. The case back is the display type with an etching of an airplane on the inside. You can almost read a newspaper with the emitted light in the dark. The watch features a stunning blue dial with C-3 lume on the numerals and hands. It is a robust, fairly accurate movement that is widely available. It is powered by one of my favorite movements, the Seiko NH35 which features hacking and winding plus date but no day wheel. This is an Aquatico Pilot, Blue Angels model. Overall value, if any, is in the eye of the beholder. Thanks to the power of the internet, virtual storefronts can be built quickly and easily to display and sell these watches. Most of these microbrands don't use ETA movements so parts aren't all that difficult to come by. I'm encouraged to think that this means more work in the future for watchmakers. Most have little or no service support after the warranty period. Many of these microbrands are destined to be a 'one and done' effort. This has produced some outstanding examples of good component selection, coupled with savvy marketing. Some suppliers have such a low minimum that as few as 100 watches of a particular model can be assembled and sold for profit. There's no need to do the expensive design and development, just use standard off the shelf components with the exception of whatever branding you choose to add. Literally, anyone can source cases, movements, dials, even display boxes for a minimum investment. Never before have we had so many choices concerning watches.
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