Magrette's Moana Pacific Waterman GMT

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Magrette's Moana Pacific Waterman GMT

Post by AtomicTom » Fri Sep 27, 2019 9:43 am

Has anyone had time to catch Magrette's new Moana Pacific
Waterman GMT already?

With the new GMT, you have a choice of 42mm stainless steel,
or CuSn8 bronze cases, and nice engraved two-tone aluminum,
or ceramic bezels. Not to mention 500m WR, AR coated box style
sapphire crystals, nice black dial with Super Luminova coated
hands, and markers, Tropic-like blue rubber strap, or brown
leather strap, and ETA Caliber 2893-2 automatic movement.

Just a few pictures...

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OceanicTime with this, and more...

http://oceanictime.blogspot.com/2019/09 ... n-gmt.html

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Re: Magrette's Moana Pacific Waterman GMT

Post by djh1201 » Fri Sep 27, 2019 11:04 am

Nicest watch they've made in along time, maybe ever! Not a big fan of the GMT hand though.

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Re: Magrette's Moana Pacific Waterman GMT

Post by CGSshorty » Fri Sep 27, 2019 11:19 am

Is it me, or do the hands not work well with the dial?
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Re: Magrette's Moana Pacific Waterman GMT

Post by hoppyjr » Fri Sep 27, 2019 11:40 am

CGSshorty wrote:Is it me, or do the hands not work well with the dial?
I think they’re ok, but a slightly fatter standard baton handset would work better.

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Re: Magrette's Moana Pacific Waterman GMT

Post by four20 » Fri Sep 27, 2019 11:44 am

hoppyjr wrote:
Fri Sep 27, 2019 11:40 am
CGSshorty wrote:Is it me, or do the hands not work well with the dial?
I think they’re ok, but a slightly fatter standard baton handset would work better.
i agree, Hop. especially with that stoplight :fro:

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Re: Magrette's Moana Pacific Waterman GMT

Post by Jeep99dad » Fri Sep 27, 2019 11:56 am

Like them a lot overall but they need to change either the hour/minute hands or the second hand.
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Re: Magrette's Moana Pacific Waterman GMT

Post by Ryeguy » Fri Sep 27, 2019 1:33 pm

I actually like this quite a bit. I need to decide if I $780 like it, but I think they look good.

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Re: Magrette's Moana Pacific Waterman GMT

Post by tmw » Fri Sep 27, 2019 2:13 pm

It’s not bad.

This may be a mash up of the most watches ever into one.
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Re: Magrette's Moana Pacific Waterman GMT

Post by Bradystraps » Sat Sep 28, 2019 6:09 am

YES! Finally a Magrette with the date window in the proper place. Lovely watch!
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Re: Magrette's Moana Pacific Waterman GMT

Post by CarloDWC » Sat Sep 28, 2019 8:35 am

CGSshorty wrote:
Fri Sep 27, 2019 11:19 am
Is it me, or do the hands not work well with the dial?
I think the seconds hand is out of place. Otherwise it looks nice. But could use better colors on the bezel insert in my opinion. :grin:

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Re: Magrette's Moana Pacific Waterman GMT

Post by matt.wu » Sat Sep 28, 2019 10:58 am

I like the SS blue bezel. Some inspiration from other places, but as far as micros go these days, I think this one is pretty unique.

Not a fan of the 2893 for how I’d use a GMT watch, but I’d buy one of these used.
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Re: Magrette's Moana Pacific Waterman GMT

Post by unsub073 » Mon Sep 30, 2019 8:47 am

Their normal ones wear big at 44mm to me. Hopefully this one wear's a bit better.

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Magrette's Moana Pacific Waterman GMT

Post by tattoo chef » Mon Sep 30, 2019 9:16 am

unsub073 wrote:Their normal ones wear big at 44mm to me. Hopefully this one wear's a bit better.
Pics of the original waterman. These were taken on a smartphone a few years ago so they look a little larger, but the 42mm wears well. (7 1/2 inch wrist)

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