Review: Orient FERAP002W "Masquerade"
After having spent a few weeks wearing the Orient Masquerade I can confidently say that this is a great watch. It is built well, looks great, feels good to wear, is very unique and is quite affordable. I covered many of my opinions in my initial impressions a couple of weeks ago, but wanted to present some more substantial views here.Case: Stainless Steel w/ IP CoatingMovement: Orient Caliber 46S50 21 Jewel Automatic w/ dateDial: Multi-layeredLens: Mineral CrystalCase Back: Polished Stainless SteelStrap: Beige Genuine LeatherWater Res.: 5atm (50m/150f)Dimensions (rectangular): 46m x 35m (38 w/crown)Thickness: 12mmLug Width: 25mmWarranty: 1 year international guaranteeThe Masquerade is a well-built watch with a confidence inspiring weight to it. The body is primarily a single solid chunk of IP coated steel that maintains a thickness of at least 1/8 inch all around giving no part of the case any fragility. The body is basically a rectangle with various bevels on, short fat lugs and a cur

A Week On The Wrist: The Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe
This year is the 60th anniversary of Blancpain's Fifty Fathoms dive watch. To celebrate, Blancpain released the new Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe, a tribute to one of the best-known Fifty Fathoms from the late 1950s. The watch takes some design inspiration from the original while still being a thoroughly modern watch, and we had to take a closer look for ourselves. A week on the Cote d'Azure, where French Marine Nationale divers originally used the Fifty Fathoms, was the perfect excuse to spend some time with the new Bathyscaphe and here are my thoughts. 1 OF 47 The Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe History of Fifty Fathoms The Blancpain Fifty Fathoms was the original modern dive watch. Yes, you read that correctly. While many people would instinctively give this title to the more well-known Rolex Submariner, the Fifty Fathoms actually debuted a number of innovations a year before the Submariner. While the first commerical Fifty Fathoms was released in 1

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Hello everybody!I think the diver looks sick with the ss bracelet.Want to try and find a used example to save some money. Guess AP sell these pretty hard?Can some good guys here help me? :)Takk, danke, merci, thanks

Version of ROO case back
Hi guys,I have noticed that there are at least two versions of case back for the same ROO model. For example in the below two pics, both are ROO 26170 with H serial no. but has different font and lettering arrangement of the Offshore. Does anybody knows which one is a newer version and since when it is available to ROO?Thanks in advance.

GMT line seems so... fragmented...
Zero bezel/dial/24hr hand/dial script consistency. SS models have three bezels, three different hand colors and two versions of dial script. PM sometimes use black dials, sometimes colored, and are completely inconsistent with SS versions (WG Pepsi now blue dial, WG hands); green dial still a bit out in left field, etc. Used to be you could have SS with black dial; TT/PM with black or brown, 24hr hand in red or YG (consistent with case/bracelet) and a couple of bezel choices for the black faces. Now, there are five versions (SS, TT, WG, RG, YG) and seemingly none of that consistency. A little jarring when looking at the whole line at once, particularly given its gentleman's tool watch history.