The blue strap is meant to have a cordura on the outside and leather on the underside-like effect but it is in fact rubber. This is a really soft link and comfortable strap. With the size of the watch you almost forget you're wearing it when it is on. But the color and playfulness of the blue and link red offer plenty of reasons to look down at your wrist. The strap is affixed to a matching stainless steel buckle which again sports the Zenith star insignia the same as link the rotor.
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The SBGW279 Oruri Special Edition link for the USA Case stainless steel 37.3mm x 11.6mm with box-shaped sapphire crystal sapphire crystal caseback. Water-resistance 30 meters. Movement link Grand Seiko caliber 9S64 hand-wound running in 24 jewels power-reserve 72 hours precision +5-3 seconds maximum deviation in rate per day. Crocodile strap. Price link 4600.
It's really all about utility with this piece. The Citizen Caliber A060 boasts supremely high accuracy to ±5 seconds per year. The watch features an independent hour hand that allows you to link change the time without stopping the watch or its accuracy which comes in handy when traveling of course. But that's just the beginning link of what you get link for this sub 4000 price tag.
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The original CA featured a brass movement but the updated movement has rose gold plates and bridges that link contrast better against the two barrels in parallel which gives the watch 72 link hours of power reserve. Everything is black-polished to the extreme giving a beautiful swirling effect to the barrels though making photographing without catching your own reflection extremely link hard.
Hot Dive Watch Summer continues with Jason taking delivery of a link strapping new ana-digi Seiko as James continues to work through review units by spending some quality time with the latest and greatest from link Sinn. If you link want to talk about sport watches this is your episode.
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Speaking with retailers of certain brands they verify link that when consumers are frustrated and can't find the steel sport model they want and it's nowhere on the horizon they many times gravitate to precious link metal. So the shortage of steel models helped to benefit precious metal. It's not the only factor making gold and two-tone perform link well but it is definitely a factor.
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