I’ve owned this watch for 2 years now. Looks and fits perfectly on my medium 7.5 wrist. My only comment is for the sake of 2 cents of material, the included nylon strap was just bit short forcing me to spend $20 for a third party strap. Come on Marathon.
@Flockingtheherd3 жыл бұрын
Really under appreciated watch. Of all my watches, these have been surprisingly the best everyday wear watches and the simplicity of the dial mixed with the complexity of the hands gets me every time. Tritium- actually practical for night use. They also have a version with a date window. Some people complain the strap is too short but marathon offers 16mm leather nato and regular nato straps, both a bit longer and both super comfortable and durable. Really the nicest nato straps I’ve ever had. I normally wear 18-20mm watches so I wasn’t expecting 16mm to wear good but it’s fantastic
@a.j.c.t.39043 жыл бұрын
you own the mechanical NH35? does it have a ghost date wheel in the first position of the crown?
@Flockingtheherd3 жыл бұрын
@@a.j.c.t.3904 yes unfortunately, the NH35 movement does have a date wheel complication. However the date wheel has been removed but when adjusting the watch you can still pull out crown to pos 1 and adjust the date feature though it does nothing. Second Pos for adjusting time. Although I do believe marathon offers a version of the gpm where the date wheel has a window, I think it’s an extra 10 dollars. Although the reason they removed the date feature from most of them, was to make the dial clean and uniform.
@xpusostomos3 жыл бұрын
It's quite hard to get 16mm straps, especially if you have a big wrist. Not much out there
@user-yy9lg6gs4h Жыл бұрын
What!?🤔 I think this watch looks perfect on you. 34mm is your size! There is more to collecting and wearing watches than just looking at a watch face. The strap and context play a role in style too.
@megasoid Жыл бұрын
I own this watch in black. While the 34.5mm size is pushing it, I wouldn't trade this watch for anything. Great build quality, mechanical with tritium. Perfect trifecta, thanks for the review.
@transistor2812 жыл бұрын
This was standard issue in 1991 Coast Guard Pearl Harbor Hawaii, but it was plastic and manual wind instead of sapphire it was plastic
@transistor2812 жыл бұрын
Maybe only for aviation, my dad was a C-130 pilot but he said it was given to him when he transferred from Sacramento to Oahu
@MrPleers3 жыл бұрын
I like the size and brown colour case. But a fieldwatch with only 30 meters water resistance ???
@danlaclair013 жыл бұрын
Pascal Leers I was thinking the same thing.
@mylesgalos64653 жыл бұрын
Me too
@lbjoshbal3 жыл бұрын
That’s because it’s mil spec. 😆
@entertainme75233 жыл бұрын
When are you ever going 100ft under water? Honestly?
@MrPleers3 жыл бұрын
@@entertainme7523 No one is talking about diving (or even swimming). But 30 meters waterresistance for a fieldwatch is rediculous. Not a watch I would take with me when going camping or hiking. 50 meters would be the absolute minimum I would feel comfortable with.
@muddlemore3 жыл бұрын
Field watch,✔️ , for small wrists? Not really. I’ve had my Benrus movement stainless Marathon mechanical for years rocking on my 8 1/4” wrist. I love it, don’t feel it, can easily read it day or night, glasses or not. Size only really matters if you’re trying to impress, or if it is truly too big, imho.
@biharijivandana68943 жыл бұрын
was deeply searching for this and you have covered it already wow
@nathanmaynard1312 жыл бұрын
I bought the GP(Quartz) version with date in sage green. I have a leather nato coming also, as well as a grey nato that I can’t wait to try on it. Honestly the small size makes the dial even more intriguing to me. The tiny tritium tubes and radioactive logo get me every time, with the added bonus of “Swiss Made” in tiny letters at the bottom. It’s really an awesome watch for the price, as long as your wrists aren’t too big.
@the_lotus27202 жыл бұрын
How do you remove the permanent spring bar?
@nathanmaynard1312 жыл бұрын
@@the_lotus2720 I did not, that’s the great thing about nato! One single strap that goes through both
@torgomax9 ай бұрын
I,m going to order one⌚👍
@baz0073 жыл бұрын
Very similar to my Boldr Venture. I like that Marathon a lot!
@faendir7483 жыл бұрын
Great Video as always! Speaking of smaller Wrists: could you feature the Orient Bambino 5s? It's an unisex Bambino with 36,4 mm case and since the size is the biggest complaint about the other Bambinos, it's the perfect dress watch for smaller wrists in my opinion. And overlooked by most people.
@evannussbaum18633 жыл бұрын
Yeah! I hear so much, “why don’t we have a 36mm bambino”. I always just wanna say, “We do!”
@MrBacchus183 жыл бұрын
Weird 17mm lugs
@faendir7483 жыл бұрын
@@MrBacchus18 unfortunately yes. I just used a 18mm one, cause the taper down to 14mm on the original strap is really skinny :D But the 21mm lugs of the bigger Bambinos are weird too though ...
@henrycollins24783 жыл бұрын
I want to apologize to math teacher, I am no longer paying attention
@TeddyBaldassarreReviews3 жыл бұрын
Haha stay in school
@henrycollins24783 жыл бұрын
@@TeddyBaldassarreReviews alright
@lookatwrist3 жыл бұрын
I like the watch but it's hard to get over plastic at this price, even one made by marathon. Plastic is crazy strong, and incredibly light for that strength, but it's just not appealing. It takes scratches easily and looks terrible, hard to repair. If these were under $100, or if I were in a situation where that lightness were critical to my survival or health, I think this fits. And that's what it was made for. But at this price, there are some very attractive options in titanium or steel. At a much lower price, you can get a resin Bertucci which I think competes with this well. I still have my eye on the 39mm GPQ in stainless, even at almost twice the price I think that's the one to save up for.
@Flockingtheherd3 жыл бұрын
I have the berrtucci and several gpm’s. Bertucci and this watch are absolutely uncomparable. I bought the bertucci because I too thought it was similar to this watch but after having it I’ve worn it once and went back to these. The quality and feel of this watch is 1000 times the quality and feel of the bertucci
@lookatwrist3 жыл бұрын
@@Flockingtheherd That's useful information, helpful to me. I'm still hesitant to pick up a resin GPM any time soon, it's not a fit for me. But knowing this makes me focus more on the Stainless GPM a bit more, and hold off on buying the affordable alternatives until then.
@JRTL202533 жыл бұрын
Well think about it. Most military members wear gshock watches which are almost exclusively made of resin. This isn’t a flashy watch this is made to survive and be practical. Think of it like hardlex versus sapphire. Sure it scratches easier but it’s gotta take a hit a whole lot better.
@Furniture1213 жыл бұрын
JOMW just covered this watch as well, it's a very cool "real" field watch.
@mariog72133 жыл бұрын
I don’t mind the size as much as the permanent spring bar. I’d love to put this on a distressed leather two piece
@jeffreyokogbaa71923 жыл бұрын
Marathon has leather nato’s
@mariog72133 жыл бұрын
@@jeffreyokogbaa7192 Im not the biggest fan of NATOs. I haven’t come across a NATO that has the right length so they either have too much left to loop around or too little and it just sticks out.
@Flockingtheherd3 жыл бұрын
Marathon makes 16mm leather natos for this. Nicest straps I’ve ever found. They also make ones with standard nylon material that can be cut to size
@RedesCat Жыл бұрын
have had this for over a year wearing it nearly every day and at night you can almost read a book with the tritium glow its awesome
@megasoid Жыл бұрын
Exactly. Why people would prefer SuperLuminova over tritium is baffling. Tritium stays lit all night, while traditional lume peters out way too fast and you're stuck with nothing in the evening.
@supperhey Жыл бұрын
@@megasoid Because of the half-life of 12 yrs, the glow will decrease over time, and almost disappear after ~10 yrs or so (half life means that the concentration of radioactive tritium will reduce to 50% by 12 years). Might be a lesser problem with SuperLuminova
@MR-C5-C1303 жыл бұрын
Great review of a real military watch maker! I was issued two Marathon (battery-quartz movement) watches in late 90's and loved them...worn on many airlift missions spanning the world. Both had manufacturing dates in 1997, H3 tubes, 12 hour rotating bezel, black face/case, and were basically indestructible. In my squadron though, we aircrew members found that the tritium ceased its bright useful glow after a year, so we switched to a G-Shock for flightcrew standard issue. Has there been any improvements by Marathon to improve the tritium glow duration (or gas tube sealing) over the years? Even if they only glow for a few years, they're still cool watches that carry a rich history with the military. And the Seiko automatic movement only makes them better IMHO. Thanks!
@xpusostomos3 жыл бұрын
It's an unalterable law of physics that tritium degrades 50% in 12.5 years, so it's pretty odd that you think they massively degraded in 1 year.
@MR-C5-C1303 жыл бұрын
@@xpusostomos Very true and well said regarding the half life glow. I could have chosen better wording, implying that somehow the measurable light emitted was less than standard decay. Didn't mean to slight physics. Still, we found in actual use from dozens of watches the squadron was issued, the amount of light emitted was not adequate after the first year and we switched to G-Shocks. The tritium still glowed, but not powerful enough to be useful for aircrews. Still, I love the watches and still have mine.
@xpusostomos3 жыл бұрын
@@MR-C5-C130 yeah, I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just saying it's odd. I can only guess the phosphor was damaged early by radiation, but I haven't heard of that happening for tubes.
@MR-C5-C1303 жыл бұрын
@@xpusostomos I really have no idea and shouldn't guess as to why they didn't glow as well after we started using them for a year or so...but it was noticable. Guys were frustrated because it was the first watch we were given that had a rotating (GMT) bezel - something we really needed at the time since all missions used Z-time. Even so, they're still great watches...and I'd still consider and encourage others to buy one. It's a piece of military history... and a simple, uncluttered, yet effective design.
@stevenc80543 жыл бұрын
More wrist presence than any size watch
@kdesjarlais82002 жыл бұрын
Had 2 watches with the nh35 movement, 1 crapped out -the others fine. On the fence with it, My 2 different orient in house are bulletproof
@allenjanes59763 жыл бұрын
I managed to pull through an 18mm strap and made mine way better. Wish it had a date though, otherwise it's hardly noticable on the wrist and very accurate.
@bricoghetto52183 жыл бұрын
It's a fantastic watch for women, and you should market it as such. There are virtually no cool mechanical watches or military watches for women because the wrist size is usually huge, which is a shame. It is almost impossible to find a nice no nonsense watch for woman, and this is it ! It's also very lonely in its category (the 34 mm Timex marlin hand wound does not look durable enough). I'm a bit disappointed to see reviews that mention the small wrist size only as a disadvantage instead of thinking about all the women who could finally be targeted by a practical watch... Good review though ! Do you know how many seconds a day it loses on average? I feel I have to adjust it a bit often, I'm wondering if it's normal.
@Flockingtheherd3 жыл бұрын
This is a men’s watch but could totally dub as unisex due to its size. It wears absolutely perfect on me but then again i think it would wear absolutely perfect on anybody
@Flockingtheherd3 жыл бұрын
As for the time, the reason these are so pricy is because they are made in Swiss factories and expertly tuned. I have a few of these and they both keep great time surprisingly for a NH35 movement. I find after two to three weeks my watch is about 30 seconds to a minute off compared to my atomic time gshock. So not bad at all
@Beck-Stein3 жыл бұрын
Title is misleading. I have a large 8” wrist diameter and i wear this 34mm watch.
@markphillips80977 ай бұрын
The field watch is supposed to be small tough and through out time all have been like that and the water resistance is fine as a field soldier it's all you need ,you can get it wet
@newgunguy41762 жыл бұрын
I was going to buy one but, 30m water resistance is insulting at any price range. Unbelievable. So much goes into making a watch yet, can't even swim with it.
@adrianbenenati70493 жыл бұрын
Jody from just one more watch also just reviewed this marathon
@cliffv33 жыл бұрын
Teddy... the term field watch should be reserved for pieces with at least 100m of water resistance. First a 50m Hamilton and now this 30m abomination? I’d sweat just washing my hands thoroughly with these. Please do your viewers a favor, and introduce them to the Boldr Venture watch. Literally the actual best bang for your buck mechanical field watch currently available by far!
@mylesgalos64653 жыл бұрын
Watchmakers decision what they produce to sell
@Othusdragonreviews3 жыл бұрын
if they had dutyfree shopping, i would go for Boldr. alas, they dont.
@mariog72133 жыл бұрын
I get your sentiment, and agree to a certain extent. But I will say that field watches from the 70s and before- the style these types of watches are emulating- didn’t really have more than 30 or 50 meter WR so technically they can still fall within that descriptor. However, if we went by those rules dive watches would only have to be 100m and still use super compressor cases so I understand it’s kinda of a weird discussion. That being said, I’ll bet you the price tag of this piece that you can take it swimming no problems.
@mariog72133 жыл бұрын
@@Othusdragonreviews where are you located and where is boldr? I wonder if there’s a way to circumvent those taxes. There must be. I’m gonna look into it
@Othusdragonreviews3 жыл бұрын
@@mariog7213 Mexico. Boldr seems to be based on Singapore. i know some brands have dutyfree like Sternglas, so it might be doable somehow.
@StuntpilootStef3 жыл бұрын
You reviewing this watch within 24 hours of Jody is a little suspicious, Teddy...
@ross64rob7 ай бұрын
I love my sage green general purpose with the older lexan crystal.
@boston9613 жыл бұрын
30m water resistant., So you basically can't do anything in the water with it ?
@john.t6453 жыл бұрын
Not true.
@entertainme75233 жыл бұрын
When are you ever going 100ft underwater?
@boston9613 жыл бұрын
@@entertainme7523 sarcasm thanks for that . if you look at Teddys other videos regarding water resistance 30m is only Good for rain , it isn't even covered to wear in a shower let alone swimming . If I'm paying for a field watch i want peace of mind it can handle more than just a little bit of rain . Do your research .
@newgunguy41762 жыл бұрын
@@entertainme7523 Waterproof ratings don't mean what you think they mean.
@newgunguy41762 жыл бұрын
@@john.t645 Oh, it's true.
@SameenIslamАй бұрын
I wanted to see the tritium lume!
@kingadjust54223 жыл бұрын
hi teddy!!! 😎✌️
@143AD Жыл бұрын
A look at the movement would have been nice, especially and the caseback is so darn easy to remove!
@subiediaries61572 жыл бұрын
Picked on up from you guys and loving it so far, a bit pricey tho
@johnherman88615 ай бұрын
Teddy, I have my SandY 490 that i wore in Desert Shield/Storm. I want to give it to my grandson, but I need it repaired. Any plave i can send it or take it to get serviced? i live in Chicago.
@mohammedzahid5019 Жыл бұрын
I also have a 6.25 inch wrist. Doesn't the strap stick out and flap around or can it be folded in?
@shashank5133 жыл бұрын
Sup Teddy!!🙏
@TeddyBaldassarreReviews3 жыл бұрын
Hey man!
@BrianRoediger11 ай бұрын
Wow! I WISH it was still $288 😂😅
@theodorerzepski84913 жыл бұрын
My Marathon fogged the first time I wore it. Is this a frequent complaint? It's 34 mm width and dark illumination are great.
@luisislas12 жыл бұрын
Haces envíos a México?
@markc.5750 Жыл бұрын
This watch screams for a Bundt strap.
@Mace-pw7bh2 жыл бұрын
Class watch
@MarcelitoRecords3 жыл бұрын
3 atm for a "field watch"...
@john.t6453 жыл бұрын
I used a cheap timex that I got from the px at ITB. 3atm is fine. You'll live.
@entertainme75233 жыл бұрын
When are you ever going 100ft underwater?
@MarcelitoRecords3 жыл бұрын
@@entertainme7523 im a navy seal
@entertainme75233 жыл бұрын
@@MarcelitoRecords then you can afford better watches than a marathon
@Yupthereitism3 жыл бұрын
@@entertainme7523 it couldn’t do 1 foot with this rating.
@nomad95193 жыл бұрын
Ah yes the small watch channel.
@mariog72133 жыл бұрын
Nah, he does plenty of bigger watches. Maybe not 50mm invicta but definitely some larger watches. Although, he might be focusing more on pricier watches lately and I suppose those tend to have more modest sizes.
@heisenberg4703 жыл бұрын
And thank goodness
@ABSEDFLESHLGHT2 жыл бұрын
I won my mechanical gp for the price of the quartz on eBay!
@brianjkelly15513 жыл бұрын
Any chance you could do something nice for us thick wrist types I have a 19cm wrist but don’t like chunky g shock style watches?
@mariog72133 жыл бұрын
I’d say that’s just slightly above average wrists. Mine are 7 inches so around 18cm and I have just about average
@brianjkelly15513 жыл бұрын
@@mariog7213 measured incorrectly my wrish is 21cms
@brianjkelly15513 жыл бұрын
Wrist
@nintendokings3 жыл бұрын
Don’t see who this is for. Weird dimensions and specs
@mariog72133 жыл бұрын
Maybe for enthusiasts that would like a more “historically accurate” piece or size. I’d definitely go for it if it didn’t have permanent lugs as I’d like to change it to a nice two piece but even still. The more I look at it, the more I want it. You gotta remember that back in the day, 34mm wasn’t considered a small watch
@idid18662 жыл бұрын
Certainly, not for some city slicker!
@v-gun97353 жыл бұрын
Urghhhhh
@utbplay3 жыл бұрын
so basically CWC and Khaki rip off
@markphillips8097 Жыл бұрын
No it is an actual military field WATCH that is not a tipoff ,it the real deal
@rumatadestora3 жыл бұрын
Have a look at RZE Resolute instead. yeah, it costs a 100$ more, but so much more character, better design and utility than this Marathon tin can