Man of Honour
Aquascaphe Bronze arrived today
Need to wait a few days for the oxidation to form a nice layer. I might buy a Joseph Bonnie tropic in blue as I'm so used to the softness of them now that any other tropic, even Baltic's soft rubber, just doesn't feel as soft. Initial thoughts are the seconds hand at first was a bit odd as it's white, but strangely I am not minding it. Fit and finish is on par with the SB01 Aquascaphe I have, very nice. The addition of crown guards removes the vintage appeal the SB01 has but adds a more tool watch aesthetic I think.
Sadly there is an issue though, the bezel markers on the lower half are not spaced correctly so from 15 to 30 it looks a little off centre from their relative dial markers by a few mm. I have emailed Baltic and asked if they can just sent a correctly engraved bezel and I can swap it out as opposed to sending the whole watch back etc.
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Baltic have said they will sort the issue, I just need to follow the repair/service process and get it sent back. They don't send just the bezel out. Ah well it was a nice <24 hours lol.
Need to wait a few days for the oxidation to form a nice layer. I might buy a Joseph Bonnie tropic in blue as I'm so used to the softness of them now that any other tropic, even Baltic's soft rubber, just doesn't feel as soft. Initial thoughts are the seconds hand at first was a bit odd as it's white, but strangely I am not minding it. Fit and finish is on par with the SB01 Aquascaphe I have, very nice. The addition of crown guards removes the vintage appeal the SB01 has but adds a more tool watch aesthetic I think.
Sadly there is an issue though, the bezel markers on the lower half are not spaced correctly so from 15 to 30 it looks a little off centre from their relative dial markers by a few mm. I have emailed Baltic and asked if they can just sent a correctly engraved bezel and I can swap it out as opposed to sending the whole watch back etc.
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Baltic have said they will sort the issue, I just need to follow the repair/service process and get it sent back. They don't send just the bezel out. Ah well it was a nice <24 hours lol.
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