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LakeTravis
28
Sep 20, 2018
Personally, I'll take the rather subtle Massdrop logo over all the somewhat obnoxious branding ArmourLite normally plasters all over the dial. I have several Traser and Ball watches with T25 Tritium and love them, I'll jumping all OVER this one.
nfetterly
84
Sep 20, 2018
LakeTravisTotally agree. When I first saw the comment on the logo - I thought "what logo" as I had only glanced at the watches & hadn't noticed the logo.
IMO - great improvement over the traser original. Getting older - I like a clean uncluttered watch face with obvious hands - one that I can tell the time on 5 feet away, never mind at the end of my wrist :)
GaleForce
407
Sep 20, 2018
LakeTravisI didn't even realize the logo was there. I thought everyone was complaining about the one milled into the back which wasn't making much sense to me so I went back for another look. I totally don't mind that. Some watchmakers have such atrocious logos and, despite sometimes having really nice designs, the logo kills the watch for me. I never understood why watchmarkers had to use the same version of their logo every time even if it totally clashes with the design they were going for. I understand the concept of branding but at least come up with a really simple logomark or, in the case of what Massdrop did here, make it incredibly subtle. Plus, Massdrop helped design this watch in a collaborative effort, are the exclusive retailers of it (and aren't your traditional retailer), and personally I never minded their logo on products they sell.
Anyway, I think the price is pretty impressive too. I've looked online before and finding a titanium watch, let alone one with a titanium band for not really all that much more, along with tritium illumination and a simple, elegant watch face is pretty rare. Reading the post, when it said under $500 I thought the reveal was going to be like $499 in which case I probably wouldn't be interested on an impulse buy. But $250 is pretty reasonable given what the competing watches out there sell for., so I think I might be in on this drop (haven't decided yet) And I happen to find the blue/blue one to be my favorite so as much as I sort of wish I wanted a titanium band at $40, I love that look and I really like NATO straps since heavy watches are not my thing. I tried to wear my Submariner for a year, really tried, because I love that watch but I couldn't get used to it even after a year. Tried with a NATO strap before and it is nice, but I tend to just wear it out now.
mhip
242
Sep 20, 2018
LakeTravisI wish they could have compromised and went with an "MD".
idoc72
1181
Sep 21, 2018
GaleForceTotally agree. This is a fantastic watch at a very reasonable price - Ti, T100, sapphire, clean design and a very modest size/thickness. I don't understand all the complaints about the quartz movement - perfectly acceptable, and frankly preferable, for many in a watch of this type. I saw the blue face (already have a black Armourlite T100) and considered my money gone. Until the logo. Honestly, it's so subtle I missed it at first glance on my small screen. Now it's really bugging me. What to do?