???WTH???Where Are Your Quartz Drive Divers F74???

Search shows the last mention of quart divers was late 2022!
Are you telling me F74 has abandoned quartz watches?
Well that just won’t do.
SOOO F74,post up ALL your quartz drive divers!!!
Battery,Solar,Kinetic,show your dark side!!!
I’ll start with my newest..As my vision is about 70% gone in the last year I’ve gravitated toward divers with heavy & large indices/numbers/hands & away from automatics…I can still make out T100 in the middle of the night when lume has failed so when I came…

???WTH???Where Are Your Quartz Drive Divers F74???

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Under $3k need help!

So I have been consolidating my collection, selling off both higher end and lower end pieces. Currently I’m left with a Pelagos FXD, CWC SBS, Sangin Merlin Brushed, Tactix 8 and a ton of random G-Shocks.

I have owned about every diver under the sun: Sea-Dwellers, Subs, Oceanking, CW, Black Bays, Pelagos, Turtles, SKX’s, Marine Masters, SBDC143’s, Seamaster Pro, 2254.50, Zelos, Scurfa’s, Breitling Superocean, Planet Ocean, Steinhart, Squale, Marathon, Oris Aquis, Aquaracer.

All of them…

Under $3k need help!

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Why Don’t More Use Sapphire?

I’ll post this thread here since my primary interest is in divers, but this discussion applies to all watches. Simply, why don’t more manufacturers use sapphire over mineral/coated mineral cyrstals? I understand there is a cost difference but I think it would be negligible and lead to more sales?

I see lots of cool watches I’d be interested in, but walk away when it’s not sapphire. I’m a snob like that but think about this: I can buy a sapphire crystal for $30. I’m sure the…

Why Don’t More Use Sapphire?

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