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Thanks for taking the time to post the New Arrival thread for this offering from Red Sea. I was curious to get an opinion as I am interested in what Red Sea has out at the moment.
Can you comment on fit and finish? It is encouraging to hear the owners would rather sit on sub par bracelets than send them out. That says a lot imho.
Nice look to the Holystone in PVD. I have a Lum-Tec so I am familiar with and a fan of their lume. All in all this looks to be a nice package at a resonable asking price.
Again thanks for taking time to give us your thoughts and some Red Sea eye candy.
Like I mentioned in the original post, it's my first PVD, so I don't have anything to compare it to in terms of coating. That said, I think the rest of the fit and finish is certainly up to par with comparably priced brands.
The bezel is 60 clicks and has a good feel. I really like the slight overhang of the bezel, which makes it easy to grip. You need to apply a little pressure to move through each click, but it's not stiff. Compared (unfairly) to my Omega PO, the RS bezel is "looser" and there's a little more give between minutes. Probably not something you'd see with a high end watch, but certainly common for my other dive watches in that price range.
As you can see from the lume shot, they've done a good job matching the bezel lume to the dial lume. If you charge it, the lume is awesome, but it doesn't really glow that bright moving from light environments to darker ones. By contrast, my Helson & Omega are pretty bright just from wearing them in a room with the lights on. Also, I hadn't noticed it until my photo, but it looks like the lume on the minute hand may be a little uneven. I'll need to check, because that also could just be the way I took the picture.
As for Josh & Troy, they've gone overboard in terms of getting this watch launched. They kept preorders informed, managed delays, and included extras for preorders. They even let me switch my order from SS to PVD without paying the difference since I had been an early preorder.
I'd certainly recommend a RedSea watch to anyone looking for a sub-$1000 diver.