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The Polish cruise liner has docked - MS Batory by G. Gerlach
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10-07-2013 6:06pm#1Just arrived, after a long wait:
Comes in a lovely box, with printed instructions. Also included: a microfiber travel bag and a strap change tool (not pictured)
Engraving of the MS Batory on the back (protective film still on)
Signed crown (also with film still on)
Signed buckle
And the date pusher, also still with film
more in part two8
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Case diameter is a comfortable 40 mm. Thickness is 14 mm ...borderline IMO ...1 - 2 mm less would have been perfect. Case is polished all round and the sapphire glass is slightly curved and has an internal anti- reflective coating.
Some more pics:
The Seagull ST 2526 movement is handwindable and hacking ...it has a pretty noisy rotor though and on this watch it sounds a bit tinny rather than meaty as on my other Gerlach ...not very impressive acustically
Water resistance is 100 m and the crown screws down.
First impressions ...very happy overall (except for the sound). Looks good, well made and the big date with pusher is just cool and sets it off from other "marine" watches.
Might try and find a somewhat shorter strap in brown at some point.0 -
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CarltonBrowne wrote: »I think it could have done without the rotor text on the dial - I don't remember if that was within the original design but, then, it's easily 6 months since I last looked at their plans.
The original design had no pusher and "G.Gerlach" squeezed between date and 12 ...I would have ordered the no date version at the time.
Only when they added the pusher and moved the writing to the middle did I prefer the date version. Sure, "RotorSystem" is daft ...but it helps with the symmetry.Deep Thought wrote: »Whats the story with the noise ?
While wearing an automatic watch, place your elbow on the table, hold your lower arm up vertically and twist your wrist back and forth rapidly.
What do you hear?
With most watches you can hear the rotor but you have to listen for it (if you can hear it over rattling bracelets or other hardware)
With this watch it's very audible, not that far away from a cheap baby rattle
(a common trait of most Chinese movements, sadly)any chance you can PM be the details you got with the tracking?
not much to see there...disappears in Warzaw and resurfaces one week later in Dublin
adejście przesyłki 2013-07-02 11:48 WER Warszawa
Wysłanie przesyłki z Polski 2013-07-02 11:48 WER Warszawa
Przyjęcie przesyłki 2013-07-09 08:28 DUBLIN DELIVERY0 -
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That is impressive! I was assuming a +/- 20 sec a day, but hey +7 is nearly within chronometer specs...
It's better than that, actually. I've worn the watch constantly for 24 hours now and it's +2 sec
The steamer also got new anchor cables.
Went with a rather inexpensive dark blue strap with butterfly clasp from the watchbandcenter. It's quite thick and so is the clasp ...but it balances well with the thick watchhead
Also the colour of the strap matches the colour of the hands rather well ...at least when they're not reflecting in sparkling lightning blue.
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