Timepieces

[Matthew Strongin]

Hulk really is pretty damn cool, in my opinion. One of the very few green dials I like.

I generally love green dialed watches, though of course it depends on the shade of green. The Hulk doesn't photograph all that great and the green on the dial is awesome in person. It's a keeper for sure.

[funcrusher]

Of all complications my favorites are annual or perpetual calendar or travel time.

and the calendar is actually useful

i mean, how often do you use a chronograph to actually time something? when i wear mine, my daughter likes to press the buttons when it is on my wrist so i guess that is good

[NYCfixie]

Maybe where you live. We've never been able to keep that watch in stock for a minute. Even back to the very first one. So much so that I've only ever held one in hand at the store once and that was on a day that I happened to be there when a shipment came in.

This is not a criticism but Miami does have a "flashier" kind of watch scene (so I am told).

In the NYC metro area (and the short time I was in the Boston area) the watch seemed to confound people. Several watch friends (and acquaintances from watch events/meet-ups) said the same thing: it's kind of cool but just looks like a really big DateJust. As such, there did not seem to be much interest for it (pre-pandemic). My AD shared that the precious metal ones on leather straps did about as well as the precious metal DateJusts (or Day/Dates..can't remember which one it was so long ago) on leather straps in that they sat for months in the case and were finally discounted just to get rid of them. Once the SkyDweller steel versions were announced, the pandemic arrived, and the shortages began it seemed they became in high-demand (aka allocation models).

Maybe it was a slow starter in some markets. It's not like the Daytona was a hit when first announced.

Again, just a perspective. You might have professional insight.

[twowheels]

Maybe where you live. We've never been able to keep that watch in stock for a minute. Even back to the very first one. So much so that I've only ever held one in hand at the store once and that was on a day that I happened to be there when a shipment came in.

My son in law has a white gold white dial one. Its gorgeous.

[MisterDangerPants]

I got both these watches last year and thought I'd finally post them:

First up is the Redux VALOR. This is purchased thruogh the Kickstarter campaign back in May of 2021. Finally took delivery in October of 2023. I ordered it with the Miyota 90S5 movement, X1 superluminova lume and added a paratrooper watch strap. The rotating bezel is nice and clicks positively with absolutely no slop in the action. It's okay overall. The presentation in the packaging was really quite nice.



Immediately after I received the Redux VALOR, County Comm released (November 2023) this Maratac titanium pilot automatic and I jumped on it. I had a (2017) steel automatic and currently have two steel quartz, so thought the titanium version might be nice. It has the Miyota 9015 movement, the previoius steel version had the Miyota 8215, and was the same 39mm size so that certainly piqued my interest. I like the titanium finish more than the Redux, but in general I like the steel finish better. One thing I really like about Maratac is the absence of branding on the watch face. Nice and clean.