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JakeRoberts
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JakeRobertsI have two Spinnakers and really like them overall... for what I paid for them, which was substantially less than the MSRP. At a significant discount, they're fine watches. At MSRP, there are certainly better options.
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JakeRobertsMight be this company? Many of their wood watches match the basic designs on some of the wood spinnaker watches. I think I might cancel my drop... : https://www.3watches.com/
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The crown wobbles like crazy when unscrewed and the movement makes this disconcerting snap sound when you first move the crown to change the date or the time. The watch does work, but it's not what you should expect from a $350 MSRP (on their website) watch.
About the Overboard, it does use an NII (Seiko) NH38 open-heart movement which is, arguably, better/more modern than the Miyota 8215 on the Tavolara. But it uses a 28mm integrated strap system; and while the width within the lugs appears to be 24mm, you'd need to find a strap with the same cut-out as the integrated silicone strap. And if the strap is being held on by screws and not "decorated springbars", your strap would need to be able to accommodate the width of the screw. Your millage may vary here.
And then there are the Youtube "reviews" linked here and that I've found searching. Guys like Peter von Panda, Watch Addict and Aron Dunlap have "reviews" of this model but, curiously enough, all of them were given discount codes by Spinnaker... which makes you wonder how truthful they are about their opinions, or the true value of the watch when the manufacturer discounts it regularly. Orient USA does this all year long, but still, makes you wonder.
None of them said anything negative about the Overboard, even though in Von Panda's video you can see the disparity in lume quality, the same issue I see with the Tavolara. And even though it's a "review" he "thinks" the lugs are screwed in and never bothered to check, labels the movement just like Spinnaker describes it, "Seiko 24 jewels"... the reviews I've found just seem to be paid advertisements, which is basically the same situation I ran across while researching the Tavolara, so I wouldn't take them too seriously.
For $130, you could take the gamble, but this is definitely not a $400 watch. As for the "1000 meter" water resistance rating, if its not ISO-certified then I wouldn't trust it, just like @ECKSTER wrote.