It's a water tightness indicator. If water leaks into the case, the color of the ball changes.
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Reminds me of these, from when I was a kid...
Whisky has killed more men than bullets, but most men would rather be full of whisky than bullets.
Winston Churchill.
Winston Churchill.
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I know it did that on the original model, but I thought this one was simply there to visually connect it to the past. It’s functional?Chocodove wrote:It's a water tightness indicator. If water leaks into the case, the color of the ball changes.
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Size looks good on your wrist. I also needed time to adjust to my first 40mm and 38mm watches, but now I really like those sizes.
Lovely watch, except for the pokeball.
Lovely watch, except for the pokeball.
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I don't know for sure, but everything I have read seems to indicate it's functional.
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Looks awesome! Congrats!!
Utah get me two!
Utah get me two!
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The water ingress indicator is functional. It looks stupendous, congrats!
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It looks appros on your wrist. Not small at all...the way it should.gmallon80 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 08, 2018 5:49 amEarly thoughts: Have been wearing the watch for just over a week now.
My early assessment: once the initial excitement of actually receiving the watch after a 7 month wait was over, I was honestly underwhelmed. It was a very strange and sad feeling given the expectations and excitement. Why? I loved the look of it, but just wears smaller than I expected. It just didn’t have the wrist presence I expected. While still 40m, the smaller case and lugs do make a big difference. My daily wearer is my ceramic sea dweller (4K) which i adore and green ‘hulk’ sub. These definitely have more ‘presence’ on my wrist. 2d photos don’t pick up on this as it does look big in photos. So it’s not the case diameter but the 13mm depth making it feel smaller and less ‘dramatic’.
So my first days were ones of a weird sense of underwhelmed and essentially disappointment if I’m honest. I liked it, I just didn’t love it.
However, a few more days in and it’s all change. Once you get over of the smaller size (or maybe smaller impact) and get used to it, you see what heritage and class you’re wearing. I was being stupid. Just because it’s not popping off my wrist in a blingy or dramatic way. This thing is stunning. The dial, the lume, the bezel, the finishing, the retro feel and styling and the water indicator ball. The off white colour of the hour markers and bezel. It’s not a ‘faux-tina’, it’s he luminous coloring that gives this finish, and is amazing in poor lighting. The overall whole finish is superb.
It reminds me of Jacques Cousteau era every time I look at the time. It does feel like a famous dive watch. I’ve had more comments in the last week from non watch people and aficionados alike than I ever had with previous watches. It looks regal compared to the others, honestly.
It doesn’t have the instant punch in the face of the SD4k but nor does it need to. It’s subtlety and refinement make it the Rolls Royce of dive watches. Its a labored cliche but it’s true. It’s a touch of class every time you look down.
Not sure how others feel but curious to hear thoughts.
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My first thought was that BP changed the way the crown guards (on the underside) were machined on this compared to the other FFs at 40mm, but now I'm not so sure.
Next time I retrieve my Trilogy from the bank box, I will look again.
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I was on WUS earlier tonite and that Milspec flipper is still trying to sell. He lowered his price to 15500 and no takers and now to open to "reasonable offers"...whatever that means.
Any body?
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10,500ish was price when I got the call last month.
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