MoT's WDF

ManOnTime wrote:

Now that I have one, all the praise this Ratio Freediver gets from [mention]Bolster[/mention] and most recently [mention]recapt[/mention] is well deserved. What a fantastic watch, and absolute thievery at $68 ($76 including shipping) from Creation Watches. I think this is my best buy for 2021.

This is why it wears so well on essentially everyone:



It's quite thin.

TheJohnP wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 6:17 am That's gorgeous @pgcity !
Congrats on a spectacular purchase.

pgcity wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 6:13 am The Longines Heritage Military Marine Nationale L2.833.4.93.2 arrived today.

Dial is a nice light yellow/light gold biased champagne dial with maybe some dots sprinkled at random. I find sometimes 2 or 3 but seem to lose them on second inspection. It's not easy to find them with my cheap magnifying glass either. I was only able to see the speckled design when used the zoom on my phone's camera as seen on photos below.

So, I am happy the fauxtina(if I can even call it that) is not over done/look artificial like on the Heritage Military linked here

The color on the dial seem sto change depending on the source of light and time of day. Outside it's a nice fresh light yellow/light gold tint. Indoors or when its turning dark, the dial has more silvery tint to the yellow and dial gains depth somehow. A very lovely 3mm tall boxed domed sapphire crystal paired with dainty drilled lugs that makes the watch seem delicate. It's 12.5mm from top of crystal to the bottom of the case.

I never thought I'd find a "sei tacche" caseback on a brand new watch but the faithful reproduction is welcome though slightly less text would have been better. I also wish they upped the water resistance to from 3 bar to a bit more but I am never letting this watch drown so not going to be an issue.

The 7.7mm crown is nice, oversized and buttery smooth to turn. Strap is a little stiff and squeaks now and then at buckle and the drilled lugs. I wish it was 18/20mm but due to the proportion, I think 18mm would have made it a bit too small and 20mm would be comically large. This is the only watch I own with 19mm lugs but now that I have it in hand, I see the proportions are correct. I'm unsure if Longines could have made it "better" while keeping it close to the original proportions though the original was a 33m watch with 18mm lugs and 13mm thickness.

The arabic numbers are crisply printed and black lumed. They glow blue when lighted up with an UV torch. Lume however is short lived and with the overcast day here I didn't see it light up at all when coming in from the outside. I don't think lume not necessary but I'll take it as a bonus since its there.

The best part of the watch are the heat blued hands. I find myself turning the watch(very often) to an angle just to see it. Happy with the purchase.

Some pictures below

balcorn80 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 9:04 am @pgcity that is stunning! Are those 36mm?

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recapt wrote: ↑Fri Oct 29, 2021 10:19 am This was a big week for me, watch-tastically-speaking. After 3 years of admiring and, at times, obsessing over the original Black Bay 58 I've finally added one to my collection.

I am thrilled. I love it.

I had a moment of clarity about a month ago and knew it was time for me to make this move. I realized that all I really had to do was sell a few pieces that I wasn't really bonding with to put in within reach.

This was absolutely the right decision.

Side note: Although admittedly esoteric, I feel the need to share that I have named him Jack Lambert, because he's number 58 and wears black and gold. IYKYK.