The extremely grippy, slightly oversized crown has already started to develop a patina and is a dark brown with me. The finishing on the case is basic, but nicely done, it doesn’t need to be spectacular because the patina that will develop will tarnish the case. It features four planes, the blue angels and is rather nicely done, the case back looks good on this one. The case back is solid and made of 316L stainless steel (not bronze) to avoid the bronze rubbing off on your skin). It’s refreshing to see this type of bronze used in a micro brand of this price, other watches at this price point have used aluminium bronze and it won’t develop the same character of patina that CuSn8 does, so when you’re checking out a bronze watch make sure that it has CuSn8 bronze and not aluminium. The case and crown are both made from CuSn8 marine grade bronze and like I mentioned before that means that over time this watch will develop a beautiful patina and a patina that is unique to each watch, bringing extra character to it. So, if you overshoot the date you have to go the whole way round again to get the correct date. That being said, the date window is large and clear, the crown has a quick set function for changing the date instantly but no quick correction for it. The dial also features a date window that isn’t colour matched which is a pet peeve of mine, I think it would have helped the dial immensely and would have made the whole look flow better if it was a brown date window with contrasting white numbers for the date. The large sword hour and minute hands are beautifully bronzed on the outer edges and are accompanied by a sweeping bronze seconds hand that has a lovely red tip. The aforementioned brown dial is contrasted by large printed bronzey brown numerals that are clear and easy to read. The dial is uncluttered and precise, leaving no room for distraction, I can’t help but feel the removal of the 24 hour Indicator would be a welcome addition on this watch. The beautiful speckled brown dial features a 24 hour indicator at the 11 o’clock marker and is a neat (but I don’t think particularly useful) feature that I’ve not seen on a watch before. It is covered by a flat sapphire crystal with AR coating on the underside, and it does wear very flat on the wrist. I tend to stick to watches under 42mm and below 50mm lug to lug but this wears surprisingly well on my 7 inch wrists. It’s a pilot watch so naturally it’s going to be larger, and it measures 43mm in diameter, and a rather large 51.5mm lug to lug. I can’t wait to see how this will patina over time and develop a character of its own. The Aquatico Bronze Blue Angels.įirst impressions are good, as you open up the box you’re immediately struck by the beautiful glow of bronze, this being my first time trying a bronze watch I was more awestruck than normal when unboxing this beauty. So, I’m introducing, rather confusingly, a pilots watch from a predominantly dive watch company as the name suggests. He believes that great timepiece designs should not be confined to luxury brands. Having been fascinated in mechanical timepieces for many years, building one was the next step. Share facebook twitter linkedin View commentsĪquatico watches is based in Hong Kong and was founded by Calvin.
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