Last month, I had the opportunity to interview John Patterson, the owner and founder of Bathys Watch Company. This month, I had the privilege of reviewing their best selling automatic timepiece: The Bathys 100 Fathom.The HeadThe head of this watch is by far the selling point. It is fantastically well finished. The crystal is sapphire, slightly domed, and has an antireflection coating which glows blue in flashes of light. The real pice de rsistance is the ruthenium grey dial which has many subtle Replica Cartier w1529756 Tank Louis Cartier Watch tones and is quite iridescent, flashing grey and brown. Although this is not the most popular 100 Fathom model (the black on black is their best seller), this dial is truly unique and like nothing I have seen on another watch. The markers on the dial as well as the hands are covered in superluminova, a paint that glows brightly in the dark.
I wore the watch to Live Free and Die Hard and I can attest to its very capable luminosity which easily lasted the duration of the film. And then theres the stainless steel, black PVD-coated case which somehow both gives the watch a stealth appeal, and actually makes it stand out more than any of my more shiny watches. The PVD makes it scratch resistant and adds to the overall depth and quality of the piece. Replica Cartier w62018y5 Roadster Watch The caseback is also PVD-coated, and is engraved with a map of the Hawaiian islands. The watch is water resistant to 200 meters (about 660 feet, or roughly 100 fathoms, naturally), and is known to be very reliable in an aquatic environment as it was designed for divers and surfers.StrapsThe watch comes packaged with two straps: a black leather strap with a PVD-coated deployment clasp, and a rubber divers strap with a PVD-coated buckle. I generally dislike rubber straps, but this one is excellent.
I wore it on the rubber for about a day and found it very conformable in the formidable heat of the Canadian summer. The leather strap, unfortunately, did not work out as well. Its beautiful and would be a fine strap if only the deployment clasp would work. No matter what I did, I couldnt get the pin guard to snap shut. I Replica Cartier w20073x8 Santos 100 Watch even resorted to carefully tightening it, but no dice. I think this issue is due to the fact that I have small wrists, and I believe the deployment clasp would work on a larger setting. This is definitely something to look out for if you are among the narrow-wristed, and something Bathys could improve.
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