Oxymoron "Original Cadisen"! Review of the Aqua Diver - Perth WAtch

[@alexsdg3441]

hey Ivan. it is Alex again. ha ha. Cadisen has been taking a back seat for last a couple of years. San Martin, Pagani, Heimdallr, Addisdive, Watchdiver, Seestern, Sugess...etc. then after few other names, Cadisen will come up. Actually, I like this watch. Decent design & good price. But as you said, it falls short on the clasp and push pin & some strange color choices. And as for Aqua Diver name, I don't think the buyers would mind, if they are choosing this type of watches. As you know, Chinese watches are really making fast improvements and I would say that there are few brands that I can consider them as real & legit "micro brands". Unfortunately, it seems like Cadisen got stuck in "Pre-Covid" time. And they got a lot of catching up to do. Good to see you again, Ivan and thanks for the review.

[@PerthWAtch]

Thanks Alex - haha there’s a brand called “Watchdiver”!? That I gotta check out! By “legit micro brand”, do you mean those who have some originality in design?

[@alexsdg3441]

@@PerthWAtch sorry. the brand is called Watchdive not diver. yes. it is coming up very fast and very affordable and solidly made. But can not call microbrand yet. San Martin can be now called a microbrand. they now have a legit microbrand item. Thanks. Ivan

[@jamessmith6402]

Thanks Ivan that’s a good looking watch 👍

[@PerthWAtch]

Cheers James!

[@23727bgk]

Very nice but could use more micro adjustments and better lume

[@PerthWAtch]

Or any lume haha

[@JinKee]

Aqua diver which dives into water, not to be confused with Helldiver

[@PerthWAtch]

Sure. Now explain what you mean by “Helldiver”

[@philspencelayh5464]

It'll do what 99.99999% of people need it to do in the water and isn't a sub "homage" at a reasonable price. Some of my watches have no lume at all and others have it I rarely find it makes any difference. If you want to try a diver to see if it's right for you it's hard to see where you can go wrong with this.

[@PerthWAtch]

I think given that there are more functional and arguably better quality product for the same price… it’s harder to see this succeeding

[@piotrszmidel]

It isnt original,its an homage to Longines Ultra Chron I think🤔

[@PerthWAtch]

I think if I poke my eyes first and squint very hard it might kinda look like that 🤔

[@KP-wp5sz]

@@PerthWAtchcloser to Islander port Jefferson

[@PerthWAtch]

Yep, definitely much closer to that

[@carlogalopo2605]

Weird to see a diver with no lume in the indexes

[@PerthWAtch]

That’s because this is a “snorkeler” 😆

[@carlogalopo2605]

@@PerthWAtch Interesting category, so there are watches specifically made for snorkeling, kinda limiting genre to be in. I mean, if you are already at sea or any body of water, a "Diver's" watch is still reassuring. Even through the rating is never really pushed to its actual rating in real world use.

[@PerthWAtch]

Haha no, I’m being facetious… I think they missed the mark not making this 200m