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TheGreenManalishi wrote:Very much a crossroads decision for you Ralf, my opinion is this, you have the best sub $500 watch in the market ,which has the Miyota movement, the Sea Devil.
So go for both - faithful to your business model with both varieties. ETA GMT at that price - wow.
Great idea!
The Sea Devil was terrific value (I've just received mine) but there aren't many left and I agree there must be a healthy market for a sub $500 watch in Ralf's line up. Prices of recent models (whilst still good value!) have crept up a little too.
I voted for the quartz because I'm a little happier wearing a quartz when doing more "rugged" jobs than I am an automatic.
It would be great to have a Benarus for those times
I believe the Moray has the same pricing as the Barracuda and the Sea Devil.
True, with a switch to ETA movements in the latest two designs, the Megalodon and the soon to be named GMT, prices have jumped up a bit.
I'm sure that at some point Ralf may offer a quartz based watch or a Chinese/Japanese automatic based watch. That said, he may continue to make new watch designs with ETA movements, if that is what the majority of his customers request. For myself, I would only be interested in a perpetual type quartz movement, either solar (e.g., Citizen Eco-Drive) or mechanical (e.g., Seiko Kinetic).
You don't have to like or buy every single Benarus watch (though I'm sure Ralf and Steve wouldn't mind if you did!). :)