Jumbo SAR Navy, 4th Generation?

I like military styles watches as well as divers and for a long time I had wanted to check out the Marathon watches because they were both. The regular SAR however seemed a little small for my 8" wrist so a couple of months ago I sold a few watches I was not wearing and got a Jumbo SAR. I liked that so much that I sold more watches and got a second one, then traded another watch for a third one.

The case is really nice, a little on a beefy side of things, it well made with quality materials. Mostly brushed in accordance to military traditions to not use polished surfaces which could be too shiny and send off reflections and glare, the finish is really nice.

Thick lugs seem indestructable but have practical drilled through holes for ease of strap changed. The bezel is also tall and easy to grasp, secure in action and pretty smooth. to turn, however in the time I have worn the watches never once turned by mistake. The bezel seems thick because the crystal is also thick sapphire, when I tap on it it's like tapping on a block of granite, it does not sound like glass but thick solid rock almost.

The crown is also one of my favorite, not too large it is long enough to stick out from the crown guards which are made so one can easily grasp and turn it, the surface is textured so as to allow a nice grip and the crown turn easily, in or out. The caseback reminds me of a miniature safe, it seems thick and secure. The whole watch is so in fact and if I had to define it with just one word, I would use the word "solid".

The dial is military looking with good lume that lasts all night, this is I guess their brand of luminova that require charging to glow rather then Tritium. The hands... well they looked like corn dogs. I actually got used to them after a bit and did not mind them as much as before, but since I have three of them I decided to give it a try and change the looks a bit. The task was not easy since there are no readily available hands that would fit the movement and the large dial. Most hands seem thin and short on the large dial. However I had an idea, in looking at another watch that I have I saw that the hands were large and longer then normal. The watch is a Seiko SRP043. So I decided to give it a go and got a set of hands for the hour and minute. Then ordered a black seconds hand from Ofrei.

Put these together and close everything up. The minute hand reaches the markers just right and overall it seems to me that it looks pretty good. The lume is very similar and is excellent Seiko standard.

I decided this was a successful project and hence I decided to share some pictures of what a 4th Generation Jumbo SAR could look like, I like to think of this as the NAVY edition.

Please pardon any dust spec or lint on the photos.































Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/11/2012 06:33PM by carlopmwf.