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Stuhrling Depthmaster 883 Automatic Watch

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Stuhrling Depthmaster 883 Automatic Watch

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If the Sturhling Depthmaster looks familiar, it’s not a wonder why. It’s done in perhaps the most iconic diver style there is—a look that’s been worn on the wrists of gentleman everywhere for decades Read More

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Apr 29, 2018

My two cents, take them as you wish: I bought a Stuhrling watch in 2011. It broke before 2012.

Cloaca

1906

Apr 29, 2018

The mineral crystal concerns me. But then I remembered that I'm looking for a gardening watch, something I can abuse. Even then, with a new watch I'd feel inhibited. The idea occurred to me that I could buy a new watch like this and put it in a rock tumbler for a day or two. Has anyone ever done this? The concept is kind of like making faded blue jeans. Would the crystal turn opaque? Normally you use water. Would a 20 ATM watch survive? Since the goal is not to make a polished stone, but rather to make a watch, you could try it without water, or shorten the time.
This could be the next bit thing in the watch world after bronze and brass force patinas!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkpdCrp-zMw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOT375x8t4E

This is going too far:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8sxwK2pJI4

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Cloaca

1906

Apr 29, 2018

I'm 90 percent serious. I do want a true beater, a watch that I feel no inhibitions about beating up. Of course I could just buy a no brand quartz watch for $10. But when I think of that I realize that I want a stylish, cool beater. When I start to think more about it, I realize that I would not want to wreak or damage my cool beater, so it would not serve its purpose. Also it gets me into idiotic situations like watching auction sites for nicely scratched watches, and seeing them get bid up to $50 or more.
Buying an inexpensive but not that inexpensive watch and then, before even using it, deliberating scratching it up would give me my cool beater while at the same time inoculating me against any second thoughts about really wearing it hard and bashing it around. And the process of distressing the watch would be creative and fun.
I'm looking right now at the Jomashop site. An Invicta Mako Pro Diver Automatic 40 mm Rolexy homage is only $84.99, plus shipping. Mineral glass, usually a deal breaker, but that is better for what I'm thinking. And automatic, so even if water got in it, it would probably run for a year or so before it seized up.
Now all I need to do is price a rock tumbler: Only $50, up to about $220, on Amazon. Hmmm.
I think I would start with larger rocks instead of sand or grit. I don't want to smooth the watch down, I want to scratch it up. But the right mixtures and times would have to be worked out empirically. I'm thinking that I should probably tumble the watch case and the bracelet separately. And maybe I should tape up the crystal and only expose that after the case is almost to where I want it.
I just thought of a possible problem: Putting an automatic watch in a rock tumbler for a day would be like putting it on a winder for 100 years. The movement would likely be destroyed.

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Daisy_Cutter

1288

Apr 30, 2018

CloacaOK I see where you're coming from. Here are a few thoughts:
- I'm not sure a rock tumbler would work out so well even if you taped up the crystal, because it seems like there'd be a good chance the crystal would crack or shatter. Maybe sandblasting might work better?
- I don't think any mechanical watch can be a true, no-inhibitions beater. All it takes is a good strike against concrete or rock and that's it for the crystal and/or movement. My ultimate beater is a G-Shock Rangeman. I have my eyes on the new GPS G-Shocks.
- If it must be a mechanical, what about a Seiko 5? They're cheap, and the 7s26 movement is known to be robust.
- The other approach is to get something that's built to be really tough and scratch-resistant. I've been wearing a Damasko DC66si with Damest coating for 2 years and it's gotten its fair share of knocks against hard surfaces and corners. Only damage so far is light scratching of the external AR coating, but otherwise not a mark. This applies to the coated buckle too.

SpiritOne

719

Apr 28, 2018

I've never heard of this movement before.

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SpiritOne

719

Apr 29, 2018

Sure it's not Chinese crap? I'm not interested in the watch either way. Ilk have to look into the movement out of curiosity though.

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Cloaca

1906

Apr 29, 2018

SpiritOneLook below in the comments. Somebody links to a page where the movement is compared to a Seagull movement.

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Pstirzel

Apr 27, 2018

Dear CalledIceman/Blue Sapphire THANKS!!--I came here all excited at the prospect of scoring a dive watch WITH a Swiss automatic movement for under $150 (and I don't mean $149.99) and made the mistake of reading the "discussions" and marfing around the various links for close to 45 minutes I'll never see again...then when I clicked on your link and was taken to Stuhrling's site, my marf there came across the fact that one of their less expensive quartz dive watches made into the Adventure Junkies "Top 10 dive watch" list for 2018 ...thanks to my adventure addicted son, I'm familiar with Adventure Junkies and they're the real deal...so the way I figure it, if Stuhrling's LESS expensive quartz dive watch makes the cut, then their more expensive mechanical Swiss powered dive watch is at least as good (and not that much more considering I'm getting a SWISS automatic movement)...re that helpfully confusing watchfreeks post...it seems Fossil owns Zodiac -- an old line Swiss brand (I have their floating hand mystery watch), does it make sense they bought a "marquee" brand like that to jam it with crap and kill two of their investments (they have a stake in Claro as well) with one watch brand? And so what if the "parts" are finished or whatever in China? What does that even mean anymore?. I'm writing this on my Thinkpad (formerly IBM now Lenovo and made in guess where....and it ain't Silicon Valley ...and once I'm done with this, I'm going home for the weekend...but first I'm stopping at a friend to loan him my Sony MDR1000X before he leaves on a 2 week trip ---they set me back close to $400 ...but they're better than any BOSE I've come across, so I treated myself(and told my wife she's off the hook for my father's day and anniversary gift(s) this year)anyway guess where SONY--the quintessential Japanese company makes their top of the line headphones? (hint it ain't their homeland), as I'm going to hit Friday traffic I'll call my wife to tell her I'm running late....gee I hope Apple knew what they were doing when they hired a Chinese company to make their iPhones (BTW anyone actually believe their new SE2 iPhone will one again have a headphone jack? Sorry for the rant. But I've been looking for a Swiss automatic dive watch for a while and after what I spent on my Sony's it was prudent I tread lightly $$ wise. So when a buddy told me about this Stuhrling deal, I didn't get TOO excited until I did my homework. A lifetime ago people said the same things about Japanese quality... then Sony, Panasonic, Pioneer (among others) gave everyone a wake-up call... at first the classic "high end" US audio brands like Scott, Fisher, Marantz etc laughed... Now, history's repeating itself and since it means I can score a Swiss automatic dive watch from a real company for under $130...you're gonna have to do better than veiled generalities to talk me out of it. BTW 1000 pardons for the rant you just read... as I said earlier, I came here ready to buy the Stuhrling dive watch then I hit the "discussions tab" and as I'm a bit obsessed with mechanical watches, one link led to another and before I knew it, there went 45 minutes of my life never to return, had I started with Icemand's link to the Stuhrling site and seen their dive watch top ten award, everything else would've been moot and I wouldn't feel compelled to add way more than my 2 cents to a discussion where everyone involved seems determined to prove that a branded Swiss Automatic dive watch selling for $129.99 ISN'T a great deal... guys get a life,,, I'm getting this watch (assuming my wife signs off)

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A community member

Apr 30, 2018

Highly relevant in my humble opinion. Thanks for the contribution.

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Daisy_Cutter

1288

Apr 30, 2018

Agreed, highly relevant.

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OnePunchMan

330

Apr 27, 2018

i was wondering why this watch looked so good, read comments, then im like ahh, that nagging feeling I got, now I know why. Nice looking watch.

Jrausis

Apr 28, 2018

OnePunchManWhy then ?

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lisiren

Apr 27, 2018

http://timetransformed.com/2018/03/22/stuhrling-depthmaster-883/

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sadiq

253

Apr 27, 2018

Isn't this the brand from Airmall catalogs?

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IAmHolland

Apr 27, 2018

Chinese movement, finished in Switzerland, enough to garner the "Swiss" name. It should be OK, but I think the Orient watches are better.
If by Swiss you mean ETA based, then, no, it is not.

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IAmHolland

Apr 27, 2018

Yep, legally a Swiss movement. But, it's a Seagull ST16 based movement. Modified and finished in Switzerland (in-house) with 50% minimum of the value of the movement in Switzerland. So, yes, it's exactly like I stated. A Chinese designed movement, refined in Switzerland.
There's nothing wrong with that, and like I said, it should be fine.
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f72/claro-semag-cl-888-versus-sea-gull-st16-tear-down-312588.html

boozed

297

Apr 30, 2018

IAmHollandIt likely doesn't even have to be 50% (now 60%) of the value of the movement itself; a Swiss worker simply has to spend enough time on it (I don't know, assembling or decorating it or something) for 60% of the total expenditure to have occurred in Switzerland. Considering how cheap basic Chinese movements are, that wouldn't take very long!

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BruceRe

162

Apr 27, 2018

Not for me, but it's cheap, with a decent water resistance. And at 42mm with 47mm lug to lug, it's a perfect size for almost any wrist.

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FrancoisCartier

Apr 27, 2018

I still can't understand why Rolex can't sue the legions of companies (such as Stuhrling or Invicta) who produce cheap, nearly identical, versions of the submariner. I mean, a specific design should be covered by some sort of copyright, no?