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 Posted: Sat Aug 20th, 2011 12:26 am
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 I agree with the video for the most part except #1.  I'm not knocking Invicta, the SAN's just don't do anything for me.

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 Posted: Sat Aug 20th, 2011 12:30 am
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 The list is decent....could agree with most of them, especially under $300. I would add Momemtum watches to that list as well .



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 Posted: Sat Aug 20th, 2011 01:13 am
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 Well informed reviews - i would agree with him on all of the choices - I dont know if I'd rate the SAN III as #1 although i did love that model when i owned it

gotta love the website name (LOL) i didnt even know i had copied the name until a couple of years ago when i stumbled into the blog/page



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 I agree, it is a pretty good list. I would probably have all of them there but not necessarily in that order.
    
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 I would be happy to dive with most of the watches on this list. But, I have no desire to try and read the busy dial of a SAN III at 100'. Not a bad list. I've added a couple to my "need to get" list.



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 I also feel Momentum watches deserve to be on this list. Great value for the money across their entire line up, not just the under$300 category.
    
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 Invicta?
    
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 seems odd, with all of the great watches out there, to have two invictas in the top ten, doesn't it?
    
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 ...and since when is an invicta subaqua noma under $300? i guess they aren't taking into consideration msrp, and that seems odd too.
    
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 last comment, the luminox doesn't have a screw down crown (some of the invicta pro divers don't either). i thought that was mandatory for dive watch consideration.
    
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 not just odd, but wrong, lousy list IMHO
    
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 yeah, i'm not taking sides, or implying anything (okay, maybe i am), but i'm fairly new to watches compared to most everyone else here, so i've read a lot of what those more experienced have to say. i've never read anywhere, ever, that anyone preferred a subaqua noma to a monster.
    
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 no screw-down crowns? then they are not dive watches period.
they are sport watches so why are they on the list.
I suggest someone start a new list and throw this one out completely
    
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 sounds about right. there are certain things that should be mandatory in order for a given watch to be considered i think.
    
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 I think it would help to determine their criteria. Seems to me it might be looks or something irrelevant. However I looked at many of these recently and them all very nice, but would push the reactor up the list to the top - GREAT bezels! The seikos and deep blues rule too!



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 Nice list but to place an Invicta above Seiko, Deep Blue, Citizen etc. kinda taints the listing.
    
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 Totally agree. The Ecozilla or the Monsters should have been 1 and 2.
    
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 Great Top Ten presentation. I think that given ones personal preference in watches many could change the listing around but I think most would certainly agree that all of these watches belong on the list.

Good Job.

I look forward to watching more of your thoughts about watches ad the industry in general.
    
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 I stopped the video as soon as an Invicta soiled the screen at 0:32 sec.  :%

Last edited on Tue Nov 22nd, 2011 12:03 am by Bone-Frog



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 can't agree more bone-frog
    
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