Baltic's New Field Watch - The Hermétique Tourer

[@marvean2519]

Beautiful release. Personally I’ll take a 9000s miyota over a modified eta powermatic 80 any day. I just prefer higher beat movements shorter power reserve over slower beat with longer power reserve.

[@TheAlucard900]

Interesting. May i know why?

[@marvean2519]

@@TheAlucard900 High beat movement, really well made, pretty good looking and no plastic parts.

[@AndreiGeorgescu-j9p]

​@@TheAlucard900you want to know why he prefers his watch to be smoother? Something people pay 1000s for?

[@rcn5008]

@@marvean2519Although I agree with you on the beat rate and metal components, I do like the antimagnetic properties of some of the plastic components in the Swatch group modified movements.

[@WatchSniper]

I love how it looks black depending on the lighting. You conviced me to get one!

[@pilotwjf]

Beads of rice looks nice, but flat link is definitely the way to go. I actually love that crystal...adds a ton of character. Nice review

[@BruceWilliams]

Thank you!

[@lupodisol]

I love Baltic watches. I own two Baltics. Their accuracy is uncanny without chronometer ratings.

[@BruceWilliams]

They do a great job of that. This one is near spot on

[@kresimirpleic]

Bruce, I completely disagree with you on the movement criticism. I would pick this Miyota 9 series over any Powermatic 80 movement (a butchered ETA really) any day of the week and twice on Sundays. And as for Seiko 6R35 - it is probably the worst movement in the world among serious watches right now, and I honestly can't believe you even made that comparison. This Miyota 9 is a fantastic, accurate and reliable movement, it can easily be serviced and regulated by your local watchmaker, and the price is totally fair.

[@markloubser2433]

Absolutely agree. Nh35 has rubbish timekeeping properties. I have two 9000 miyotas, great accuracy in all positions, movement looks good too.

[@scottlauren3145]

I agree 100%. The Powermatic 80 certainly had its flaws and I would also take a 9 series over the 80 every time

[@BruceWilliams]

It's fine to disagree. I would take a powermatic over a 9015 personally. Though the point I was making was about the future of power reserve norms. Citizen owns LJP now and those have bumped reserves that are market driven. There is area for improvement. The 6r isn't the worst seiko movement. Lol by far that is the 4r

[@roycedot]

One movement is -10 to +30 secs / day, one is -15 to +15, one has 42 hr reserve and the other has 80. The winner seems clear to me

[@BruceWilliams]

@ktakahara9145 yes they are

[@piotrszmidel]

At 4:40 is it glue sticking from under the indices at 6:35 and 6:40?Also 2:25 indice tip seems to be crooked?😳

[@lenq9561]

Has a very Aqua Terra look on that bracelet, and that's a compliment! I own the Mr02 and it's a great piece. Baltic really NAILS their dials!

[@BruceWilliams]

Big fan of thr MR02

[@spg5658]

I like Baltic and I own one of their divers but I wish the lugs curved more. Flat lugs is one of my three big pet peeves regarding watches.

[@ivermec-tin666]

I agree. I would like to see a VAER and Baltic love child. VAER goes the extra distance on lug design. Baltic went full on with the iindices in this watch. I love the BG9 lume on the Blue watch.

[@omar10213245]

I'm telling you, 10 years from now, we're going to be talking about Baltic as one of the premier entry-level luxury watch brands (and they'll be a legitimate "brand" brand, and no longer thought of us a "micro"-brand)

[@PerKolind]

No

[@omar10213245]

@@PerKolind yes

[@yurymol]

CW has been at it since what, 2004, and they're still not there yet. It takes more time.

[@omar10213245]

@@yurymol fair point. My point is, they're going to be an up-and-coming player in the watch game, and they're only going to get bigger and better as time does on

[@lasses3887]

@@yurymol you are so wrong. cw isn't longer considered a micro brand!

[@jimlightanddark]

Baltic has been doing great stuff. Very impressive.

[@jeanlefranc3817]

Bruce, the Baltic's power reserve may be on the low side, but Tissot or Seiko boutiques look very uninspiring compared to the Baltic ones in Paris, London and New York. Baltic has real good vibes, when a PRX is only a soulless mass produced item

[@ivermec-tin666]

The primary benefit of the Miyota 9000 series movements are their slender height. A movement from Seiko or ETA would require a height increase in the case of 1-1.5mm. While the Hamilton modified ETA movements have a remarkable reserve, they are also prone to failure far more than the unmodified ETA movement. Miyota movements have a long service interval, like Seiko movements. This makes them cheaper to operate over the life cycle of the watch than an ETA movement.

[@DookeyRidr]

What Bruce failed to mention is that the other option, besides a different watch with a powermatic 80 or a newer Seiko with 70 hours PR would be for Baltic to adopt movements from La Joux-Perret (as many Indy makers have done now, and the list keeps building). The LJP G101 would drop in, and be just as robust and reliable as a Miyota, and give you that 68 hours of PR.

[@absar8304]

The lugs shoots straight out, does that make it wear big?

[@Neil.....]

Polished links on a field watch are useful for signaling airplanes, luring fish and blinding charging bears.

[@xfortysd40]

I think people way over state pr, seriously, they could have increased it like Tissot did and just brought down the vph such as the powermatic 80 and increased the pr. I personally don't see an issue here at all. IMO at under 600, it completely fits the price. Plus were talking a true independent brand without the power of the Swatch group behind them for movements and cheaper manufacturing. As far as the watch itself, not bad, it's got style and especially like the beige colorway. But 37mm is just to small for me, but solid design!

[@DonaldPerley]

Another take on power reserve is that if I take a watch off for a day, I probably won't get back to it for a week or more.

[@jakubklein]

Great looking watch, however, the price is really steep for Miota 9039 movement. For a field watch I would prefer a larger crown, but I guess this was a design choice...

[@themrgumbatron]

Is the rotor loud on the wrist like the MR01 and other models. Hopefully the closed case-back buffers some of the unwanted rotor swinging sounds.

[@ivermec-tin666]

The current movement spedicied in the MR01 is a Hangzhou CAL5000a Micro-rotor. Did they previously use a Miyota 9000 series movement? IME, the Miyota 9000 series movements themselves are nearly silent. The rotor is a one way design, and it is audible depending upon the case design. But, it is no where near as audible as the Miyota 8000 series, which is an entry level movement that I would avoid. Yes, common ETA movements do have a bi-directional rotor design, like Seiko movements. These appear to be quieter by necessity. ETA also has a certain buttery smoothness in winding and setting that is appealing. But, ETA's have a shorter service interval than these Japanese movements. Life is about tradeoffs.

[@kojiattwood]

Thanks for the thorough review, the crown makes the overall proportion of the dial a bit off to my eye, but otherwise another fine looking offering from Baltic.

[@UserKR13]

Great video Bruce. How do you take such clean shots? Not a finger print or even a spec of dust!

[@BruceWilliams]

I don't always have clean shots, but I do always wipe the review watch down with a microfiber cloth before filming

[@eugenethomas4647]

I'm a bracelet guy but I think both of the bracelet options for this miss the mark. That flat link needs to be completely brushed and the BOR bracelet, in my opinion, doesn't match well with the field watch aesthetic. For me, these watches look so much better on the colour matched rubber straps. My choice would be green on green unless they do an update with a fully brushed bracelet.

[@loganj6203]

Hey, I'm in the US and was going to get one. However, I noticed they charge the tax almost 1/4 of watch price. Is it normal? It's my first time buying something from France but I think it's crazy even I do not live there

[@Musashiryu]

Just want to make the point that I prefer 40 hours power reserve over 60+ hours. Automatic watches only go so far before they need servicing. I don't need 50% of that wear and tear happening while I'm not wearing the watch. Longer power reserves are a boon for big companies that charge high prices for servicing thewir own watches, but I don't see them as being consumer friendly. Big companies also spent years developing / telling us we wanted curved TV's, but that didn't pan out.

[@AndreiGeorgescu-j9p]

Lol not how that works, the higher tick rate will be significantly more taxing.

[@affegorilla1299]

Did you get your hands on the new JLC Polaris Chronograph in grey? It’s fantastic imo!

[@BruceWilliams]

I dont have any JLC contacts sadly

[@affegorilla1299]

@@BruceWilliams oh no this new grey polaris chrono is nr.1 on my watchlist it’s insane imo✌🏻

[@anonymouswatchguy4223]

Nice looking watch..little small for me but nice

[@muzjikstb]

not into the crown and have never got on with the baltic case.

[@marty298]

Great video! Maybe I missed it. But what is your wrist size? Does it wear a bit larger indeed? The smallest watches I have are 38.

[@BruceWilliams]

My wrist is 7.25"

[@markrhode5069]

Great content. Thx.

[@kevinr206]

Looks perfect, except need micro adjust and it’s too small, 40x48 is the sweet spot

[@jackdaniels8030]

Reminds me of the Omega 300

[@larsstougaard7097]

Cool watch, hope they make a diver called Baltic Sea :)

[@jelsner5077]

Love it.

[@karepy]

no date watch. winding them is a blast no complain here.

[@philipmeiring3582]

If that bracelet is not the same as the flat link made by Fostner....looks near identical

[@markloubser2433]

Yes, thats a winner, gimme........!

[@IronicIrony.]

How is it so cheap

[@scottlauren3145]

A field watch with polished links? Nononono

[@food2430]

Oh look, we have a little expert here 🤦‍♂️

[@Ae073001]

That's a good-looking watch. I really liked the salmon sector, but this is a winner, too. I'm not sure about that crown, though. Also, 42 hrs in pwr is low, but if one really digs this watch, I don’t think that would be a concern.

[@turnbasedtoddy7664]

To me power reserve is the most overrated feature of a watch. It’s kinda useless. You either have a collection of watches in which case you are going to be rotating watches out anyways so it’s going to run out of power regardless or this is your only watch so power reserve doesn’t really matter anyway at that point. I would much rather have the higher beat rate of the miyota over the powermatic 80 hour power reserve.

[@roycedot]

Love the design, would buy at 39mm

[@mikep5478]

Too much high polished on this one, especially for a field watch. I'll take the MIYOTA 9000 series over the problematic SELLITA SW200 24/7.

[@differentxminds9907]

How rattly is that movement tho?

[@BruceWilliams]

Not bad. You can hear it faintly from time to time

[@AndreiGeorgescu-j9p]

??? The swatch movement is the same thing but they modified the movement to reduce the tick rate to increase the power reserve. What are you talking about

[@michaeledwardlenzi]

Bruce your face has no lume. Turn up the lights!

[@goo4tube]

Baltic did a good job on the dial, I quiet like it. But they failed miserably on the Lugs. It overhangs way too much, beyond the end links of the steel bracelets, making it look ugly. Another thing is that the winding crown will be very difficult to wind. I will pass on this one, sadly

[@gavinosullivan3144]

Why did you feel the need to cut and paste that comment into every video about the watch, surely saying it once would have sufficed?

[@SaSpursFan]

Brackets dosent match the case imo

[@redfish7081]

Great looking watch but will be way too small for a lot of folks. 39-40mm would have been better. Would have liked an SW200 instead of the Miyota. My two cents...

[@fatbreadkwok]

Agree to your points😊

[@Hadzie]

Nobody gives a shit about power reserve, why do people push this stupid singular stat so hard, just wind the watch. It’s literally what it’s designed to do… Id rather that then a shitty Tissot or Hamilton movement with plastic pieces

[@moneymikz]

Quality looks good but designs are yawn 🥱

[@perfectdiver1]

the movement is definitely a let down. for this package i am willing to pay $350 for it

[@sergelegault6027]

Looks like Baltic is in bed with watch influencers. These are cheap watches, don't succomb to the hype!

[@TAP1999]

Baltic looks like a bucket

[@phillipearmstrong5510]

I wonder if it's good prices r cos of cheap Chinese metal?