Steinhart divers
Discussion
Just to close this out, I am now happily wearing a Steinhart Ocean 1 Black. I was going to go up to Chronomaster to try some on but thought the cost of returning the watch if I didn't like it was going to be slightly less than a 3 1/2 hour drive each way! So ordered at 14:00 on Thursday and it arrived at 10:00 on Friday.
First impressions are very good, very well finished and a good solid weight to it, and for me anyway the concern over the lug length is not an issue, perhaps my wrists aren't as skinny as I thought
.I managed to adjust the bracelet without any difficulty but have ordered a leather strap for every day use. So on the whole very happy indeed. Thanks to those who offered advice 
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First impressions are very good, very well finished and a good solid weight to it, and for me anyway the concern over the lug length is not an issue, perhaps my wrists aren't as skinny as I thought
.I managed to adjust the bracelet without any difficulty but have ordered a leather strap for every day use. So on the whole very happy indeed. Thanks to those who offered advice .They're good value.
Similar (although some will hate this) in spec and quality to Christopher Ward's watches, but at the price point CW used to occupy.
Only downside I found is that the Ocean One (I had an Ocean Black with the DLC coating) tries TOO hard to look like a Rolex, so always felt (to me) like a wannabe watch. If that doesn't bother you, there's not a lot not to like (aside from the rather slow and unresponsive ordering process via the website).
I have an Apollon, which can't be accused of trying to look like anything else and it's a firm favourite (although the looks do divide opinion!
). It's got 300M WR, but isn't a diver.
M
Similar (although some will hate this) in spec and quality to Christopher Ward's watches, but at the price point CW used to occupy.
Only downside I found is that the Ocean One (I had an Ocean Black with the DLC coating) tries TOO hard to look like a Rolex, so always felt (to me) like a wannabe watch. If that doesn't bother you, there's not a lot not to like (aside from the rather slow and unresponsive ordering process via the website).
I have an Apollon, which can't be accused of trying to look like anything else and it's a firm favourite (although the looks do divide opinion!
). It's got 300M WR, but isn't a diver.M
marcosgt said:
They're good value.
Similar (although some will hate this) in spec and quality to Christopher Ward's watches, but at the price point CW used to occupy.
Only downside I found is that the Ocean One (I had an Ocean Black with the DLC coating) tries TOO hard to look like a Rolex, so always felt (to me) like a wannabe watch. If that doesn't bother you, there's not a lot not to like (aside from the rather slow and unresponsive ordering process via the website).
I have an Apollon, which can't be accused of trying to look like anything else and it's a firm favourite (although the looks do divide opinion!). It's got 300M WR, but isn't a diver.
M
I must admit I like the Ocean One but went for the OVM as it didn't have the date bubble and standard Rolex style hands. I've not had anybody ask me if mine is a Rolex before but suspect they might with the Ocean One if that bothers you or not.Similar (although some will hate this) in spec and quality to Christopher Ward's watches, but at the price point CW used to occupy.
Only downside I found is that the Ocean One (I had an Ocean Black with the DLC coating) tries TOO hard to look like a Rolex, so always felt (to me) like a wannabe watch. If that doesn't bother you, there's not a lot not to like (aside from the rather slow and unresponsive ordering process via the website).
I have an Apollon, which can't be accused of trying to look like anything else and it's a firm favourite (although the looks do divide opinion!
). It's got 300M WR, but isn't a diver.M
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