Marathon SSNAV
(Stainless Steel Navigator, No Date)
This SSNAV is pleasingly more high-quality feeling and looking to me than the composite version of this watch (even though I suspect the composite ones may actually be tougher), and the claim is that this is an #HAQ (rated 10s/yr). And also there's a nice little battery-change hatch!
Oh, and the no-nonsense, no-charging, always-glowing tritium tubes are definitely part of the draw.
Until, you know, a half-life or two have passed and they get annoyingly dim.
But realistically, that'll mostly be Somebody Else's Problem.

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Well, that's over now.

#goodbye2023 #JLConNYE #newyearseve

[NOTE: as a point of stubborn pride— any blurring you see here is optical, not digital]

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The Twelve.

(the Christopher Ward Twelve, that is)

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Okay, remember a few days ago when I showed this Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Control Calendar on its nice brown leather strap, asked if it seemed like a proper "summer watch", and decided nope?

Waitaminnit now, here it is on the lovely shiny bracelet JLC introduced after I'd bought my watch!

This is quite a transformation! I mean, the leather remains excellent in its way, but the way all this metal re-frames the dial and its color presents the watch in a whole different light.

And... a metal bracelet can be rinsed off as needed, and when you combine that with this watch's entirely decent if not undersea-adventure-grade 5 bar water resistance rating (that even with the existence of all those setting buttons on the sides of the case) – dammit, THIS IS A SUMMER WATCH NOW!

And I've been wearing it as such.

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The JLC Master Control Calendar on its original leather strap.

Does this feel to you like a summer watch?

The light face seems like it's tropical-climes-ready... but it's a pretty fancy formal-ish thing, and this leather strap (while refreshingly informal compared to the usual fancy-watch allodiles and crocogators) isn't the sort of thing which stands up well to extended use in the sweaty season.

So I'm gonna say "maybe not." But what do you say?

I still like it a lot though! JLC roolz.


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The eminently practical Seiko Astron #SBXD009!

There's little not to like about a GPS-synchronized watch in a tasteful size and shape and in titanium, with a nice ceramic bezel. The only thing I fret about with this one is the potential for the black coating to scratch off the base titanium bits, but so far 🤞that hasn't been an issue.

I have to say that I like this generation of 3X22 Astron better than the most recent I've seen, where they figured out how to abandon the ceramic bezel and presumably still get decent satellite reception. I really like the addition of the ceramic part's subtle variation in tone and finish — and of course the extra-good scratch resistance.

See also the #SBXD003 (maybe posted here soon) for a rounder sibling of this in steel and blue.

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