GIVEAWAY: Traser Red Combat Watch
As a watch lover you may not have heard as much about Traser watches as you should have. The brand has been selling durable professional-use timepieces mostly to law enforcement, military, and other active professionals that need highly reliable timekeepers. Traser is actually part of MB Microtec - the Swiss company that produces all the tritium gas tubes you'll find in watches. These small self-illuminating tubes are a preferred form of luminant for many people. All Traser watches contain MB Microtec tubes and the new for 2014 Red Combat is no exception.Designed to be light and durable, the Red Combat has a 45mm wide glass-fiber reinforced resin case that is just 80 grams in weight. The all-black design is accented with red, including the hands and hour markers (which also contain Tritium gas tubes). The case has a rotating timing bezel (made from steel not resin) and the case is water resistant to about 200 meters. The Red Combat features a sapphire crystal and inner steel container

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PAM 50 strap issue
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Incoming BLNR aka batman
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