jkingston
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Comments about dive computers and more
Oct 26, 2011,02:21 AM
I understand that a modern microchip infested dive computer can do more than this watch and do it more cheaply. But my friends so can my $20 Casio quartz watch which has a perpetual calendar, calculator, alarm function, chronograph, note taking memo function and on and on. With a few chips these days one can have a watch solve quadratic equations. But that's not the point is it? If we were searching for inexpensive solutions providing lots of functionality, we would all abandon our watch collections and go diving in Thailand (as someone suggested), car racing in our own Lambos, and bid aggressively at auctions of rare Bordeaux instead.
What this watch is about is accomplishing more mechanically than any other dive watch has ever done. And in this it succeeds magnificently. The comparison between the precision and functions of this watch and all other mechanical dive watches puts the X Fathoms head and shoulders at the head of the pack, by a lot.
I think the photos are not fair to the watch. The photos look busy and a bit jumbled. In the hand it does not appear that way. The reactions from those who saw and handled the watch at its debut were overwhelmingly positive. This is one of those timepieces that has to be held in the hand to appreciate (I might add that I have a few pieces in my collection like that: hated the photo, loved the real thing).
As for Nico's comment on the strap, he is right. There are no conventional lugs. To compensate for the large size the strap integrated directly into the case. And it works.
So I am suggesting a little perspective here or we will all abandon our hobby for quartz.
Jeff