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From its clean dial and diver’s bezel to its 200-meter water resistance rating and workhorse movement, the Glycine Combat Sub is a staple of the watch community. It’s been done in a wide spectrum of colors and finishes, but never before in bronze—until now Read More
Really Beautiful trustworthy watch at a fine price.
The Watch is everything I wanted it to be. Practical, Reliable and looks great on the wrist. It’s nothing to do with Drop at all but unfortunately, it took an age after landing in Sweden to go through Swedish Customs and Tax. It took seven weeks after arriving in Sweden to get to me. However, the frustration and wait paid off because I’m delighted with this watch. Thank you!
Arrived yesterday and I am more than impressed with this watch !! arrived in its own Vaccume sealed bag ,, nice .
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Once removed I was more than happy with the build and feel of it , really nice to hold and giving it the once over i could find nothing to fault , just a well made Swiss Bronze diver .
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The strap is also very nice , Genuine leather that's made in Italy with a bronze toned stainless steel buckle and smart looking blue textured top ,, not bad at all .
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It has the blue ' Gradient ' dial that I personally like , other people not so much but I like it , I have been wearing it for about 29 hours now and is keeping good time +5 seconds and I am sure it will settle down after a while to be in the + or - 3 seconds like my Combat ' Soda ' has .
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All in all a great Swiss watch for little money .
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One more thing this one has the 25 jewel ETA 2824 and my Soda has the Sellita SW200 26 jewel , basically cousins but the Sellita gas one extra jewel in the winding mechanism ,, it will be interesting to see how these two compare a few years down the track .
Cant forget about the Lume !!! in a word AWESOME !!
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Last thing is the 120 click uni-directional bezel is up there with the best I own , smooth , firm with ZERO backlash !!
ps . the strap is 22mm , NOT !! , 24mm in the description
Not necessarily as I have a bronze OEM buckle on my IWC Big Pilot and I put an aftermarket bronze buckle on my PAM Bronzo(507) and have had no probs or staining from either one.
I'm sure, that like anything else, it depends on the quality of the buckle.
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RPJacobsIIThey must have a clear coat of some sort because Bronze ,, more exactly the copper in the bronze stains skin green really quick .
Yep ,, IWC 5 k ? Paneri ,, 6 k ?? nice watches .
Watch arrived 2.5 weeks ago and I've been wearing it each day since. Fit and finish and alignment of everything is great. Screw down crown is very nice and smooth. Bezel has brilliant tight movement, better than the other watches I own. Lume is amazing! As bright as my best Seiko. The watch gains about 8-10 seconds a week (pretty damn good!). The dial, while the gradient struck me as it did many others when I opened it new, as the watch has started to gain patina the fade on the dial becomes less apparent, and I now think it looks really good.
Strap - I read many dislike the strap, and when I first opened the watch I did too, it felt stiff and cheap. However after wearing it for just a couple of days it broke in to my wrist and is now super comfortable. I do wish the buckle was bronze, as obviously it has not patinaed as the watch has, and now looks a bit out of place to me. I have ordered a bronze buckle to replace it.
Why we're all here - the bronze case! Was very bright and blingy (not at all my style) when first opened, but within just a couple of days wear had dulled significantly. Now after 2.5 weeks on my wrist (day time only and not showers etc - force of habit) it has darkened up nicely, with a couple of small greeny/blue spots but mostly just a darker colour overall. I like it a lot! Have a look at the pictures and judge for yourself.
Yes I know, but for me I like it better with the dark patina. I should take some more photos now a few weeks later. It does get bits of blue/green show up on it, but they seem to rub off easily so don't stay for long. Might be different depending on your wear habits, but a ride on my motorbike (under gloves) or even a day under a shirt cuff at work tends to remove any blue/green patina. Which I don't mind, I prefer the dark patina anyway.
metalhead140I did also buy another band with a bronze buckle. I don't like the band as much as it is bulkier, but I do prefer the way the bronze buckle matches the case. I did buy a bronze buckle but it's not suitable to work with the original strap, I will have to see if I can find another that is.
I was totally disappointed with the gradient dail.
I am very exited for this beauty but shocked to see the gradient dial. Most of the picture in drop doesn't do good job at showing that gradient. But in person it sucks :( . I wish there could be a black dial with no nonsense color hue. It's a no brainer, especially on black dail, I don't know how glycine folks let it be this way.
Received mine today. Excellent Swiss Diver with a high quality Swiss movement. Bronze case ideal for swimming. Overall very good craftsmenship, high quality dial, indices and watch hands.