This Watch Is Beautiful From Every Angle! ( Non Hacking )

This watch has just launched and it is beautiful from every angle. It also houses a fascinating automatic movement, the 5000a which incorporates a micro rotor which not only makes it interesting to look at, it helps make the movement very slim!
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[@darrenhojnacki6636]

Baltic and Lorier insist on not using sapphire. What a shame

[@rioriggs3568]

Absence of sapphire is a deal breaker every time

[@knight0924]

I’d love for Baltic to sell this bezel separately. The MR01 bezel was completely polished and I think this brushed finish is much nicer looking

[@gregtolley3455]

I can get that same movement in a Lobinni for 1/3 the price. Like the look though.

[@redbarchetta8782]

The issue with Lobinni is just how ugly they are. Worse than plain it just doesn't fit the movement look.

[@thebetamaxman]

@@redbarchetta8782 Lol I guess beauty or ugly is truly in the eyes of the beholder

[@paulwiffin2452]

Which lobinni model has that movement?

[@nichio77]

Got the Lobinni 2 yrs ago. Beautifully made, however the Hangzou movement came with a problem and no wonder, the chinese seller (Lobinni official store) was unable / unwilling to honor their warranty....

[@paulwiffin2452]

@@nichio77 doesn't sound very good

[@zimtage1744]

Killer looks, typical microbrand price, but skimping out on the crystal ruined this for me.

[@mk84142]

I don't think they skimped out on it. Pretty sure it's part of the design with the vintage aesthetics. It doesn't make sense given the design, movement, quality, finishing, cost etc...that they decided to go hesalite over sapphire to save a few dollars.

[@waffle911]

Definitely an aesthetic choice rather than a cost saving measure. Hesalite/acrylic is less reflective and slightly warmer in appearance than sapphire glass and more appropriate for the time period that inspired the Baltic MR family.

[@TelephoneNinja]

@@waffle911 this is nonsense - so shouldn't they also use appropriately outdated movement too? It's 2024 ffs, there's no excuse for this.

[@sharpe8888]

Chinese movement is period appropriate?

[@monologic4806]

The dial and movement are really nice to look at.

[@SenerS10]

Looking forward to see Baltany homages of these models soon.

[@kerkiraz]

Why? You thinking of buying cheapskate 🤷‍♂️

[@mk84142]

Baltany usually do homages of discontinued or extremely limited vintage watches. Partly why I like Baltany as a brand. They generally don't make designs from watches currently in production. Also amazing quality.

[@mk84142]

​@@kerkirazWhat do you hope to achieve by calling people names? What a pointless waste of cloud data storage.

[@kerkiraz]

@@mk84142 You couldn’t answer the question so I rest my case.

[@nonamename638]

Buy Lobinni Model Nr. 1888. 1/3 price of Baltic with Saphhire.

[@rossroteliuk5838]

Nicely put! A fair perspective in my view 👍

[@CoolWatchesOnly]

Beautiful, the movement looks even better

[@mojoe7951]

A very pretty watch & something a bit different. Baltic are smashing it.

[@adk7962]

I really like that dial. I went to the website, and even though I’m a bracelet guy, I think this one definitely looks better on the leather. Thanks for showing us the watch! I really like their dual crown Aquascaphe. I don’t think they make one bad looking watch IMO.

[@HORIZONTIMEPASSIONEOROLOGI]

very nice how they decorated the movement it looks like a watch that costs much more

[@spikefcast1892]

A reverso flip front/back version would be nice 🥰. A sweety.

[@thebetamaxman]

You can when on sale get a similar watch with the same movement also with micro rotor and small second, on ali for $200 can, the Lobinni interlaken.

[@trailblazerking6473]

👍 very under-rated and the Micro Rotor reminds me of the 70's "Universal Geneva" there micro Rotor watche's the "pole Router" ect.

[@nukadog1969]

I loved the idea of wearing it upside down so you can look at the movement. When someone asks why, simply say you have a phone for the time and a watch for joy.

[@hootonhoot]

Absolutely! Actually makes sense 😎

[@monologic4806]

Lol. 👍

[@fdloop]

Grotesque

[@ginocolella6373]

Super nice caseshape and a cap on the hands 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@Jim-wx8dh]

That display case is really something. At first glance it looked like case back was off. Disappointing that it’s not sapphire crystal, especially at this price point.

[@knight0924]

Not only is it not sapphire, it’s acrylic. Scratch magnet.

[@ccr6042]

Thx for the review. I had this one in blue. Desperately sold it for the crystal was too reflective, spoiling the dial design, although it was an acrylic crystal, which usually are NOT reflective. I cannot understand their choice.

[@stevebryan9459]

Does the price quoted include import duties to the UK from the EU? I've bought Baltic before (and enjoying the watch) but had to factor in the duty when purchasing.

[@AlexanderB.]

I like the movement but this watch isn't for me. There are sapphire crystals just as beautiful as this acrylic, but unlike acrylic, sapphire stays beautiful.

[@aSlimtube]

Baltic watches are really elegant. One of them is in my future.

[@AdAce21]

Great-looking watch, but I'm just not a fan of the offset small seconds (I prefer it at the 6). Maybe it's just me, but it looks much larger than 36mm. Maybe b/c the bezel's so thin?

[@redbarchetta8782]

I've been looking for a micro rotor watch for a while but the earlier Baltic watches didn't entice me, nor the much uglier Lobinni watches. This new Baltic does change that. I will have to look into this and see. Thanks for the update.

[@donnyboon2896]

Yes

[@FabioTWK]

10.3 mm isn’t thin at all, by any watch standard (excluding complications). It can be easily beaten by a traditional rotor movement watch, like a vintage 5605 Seiko (9.5 mm watch) or an ETA 2892 (Ebel, 8 mm watch) and probably even an NH35 can fit in a 10.3 mm watch. The Huangzhou microrotor movement allows down to 8 mm total thickness, Chinese brands are doing that but Baltic just chose to not do it. Silly to call Baltic a thin watch, that size isn’t anything to write home about.

[@TelephoneNinja]

Right? I mean on the top of my head: RZE Resolute Pro (Miyota 9000) 10.5mm thick, or Tissot 1938 (ETA 2824-2) 11.3mm thick, both including the SAPPHIRE crystal - if anything, Baltic wasted the opportunity to make it really thin, and for what? Certainly not water resistance...

[@TheCvp33]

Love the movement and exhibition caseback……hate the uninspired dial. Baltic needs to see Zelos for inspiration.

[@WatchesOnWood]

The Hangzhou 5000 is an awesome movement for the money - would have loved to have seen the academic with this movement in

[@user-sumptemi52]

Nice but, you’re fawning over it is over the top! Just another plain watch

[@Mannin_Watch_Time]

Reminds me of the original concept for the J&G academic🤩!

[@rava2107]

I would have been interested in getting one but the hesalite crystal was a definite no, shame to save a bit of money and it has ruined it for me.

[@bigjoel360]

If I were to get this watch I would use it upside down too! 😅 but I’m not.

[@griffn14]

Definitely one of those movements to be worn upside down 👍👍👍

[@chrisdavis8399]

I know Baltic is the darling of the watch world and lots of KZbinrs but I’m not sold. I’ve handled an Aquascaphe and the MR classic and they felt kinda cheap and tinny. San Martin and Cronos blow them away in the finishing department and overall build quality. No sapphire and they make them too small for my 7.5” wrist. They are well overpriced in my opinion but as always to each his own.

[@marcheezy.]

How big or small is a "roughly average wrist"? 18cm? 7"?

[@WparuSlowach]

One big issue. Too small for anyone who has 18cm or bigger wrist. 😢

[@chrislyall6251]

4 Me Baltic and Koue make lovely Dress Watches.

[@Miginath]

I find it remarkable that Baltic charges what they charge for their watches given they use affordable movements and components I guess French labour for marketing professionals are high because I highly suspect that little to know manufacturing or assembly occurs in France but other places that start with "C". They are definately a brand that is deep deep down the rabbit hole of watch collecting with their enthusiast sizing and enthusiast mark up.

[@caktaylor]

Canada?

[@Miginath]

@@caktaylor lol. Not a lot of manufacturing of watches going on in the Great White North these days.

[@holgermuller3597]

Wow, and it´s NOT a San Martin 🤗

[@eColi8]

These chinese watches just keep getting better!

[@Skurtle]

This 5000a hacks now? Used to not to…

[@MiscName]

How on Earth doesn't this have sapphire, at that price? When the Aliexpress $100 watches are all sapphire these days...

[@michaelcozens7537]

Love Baltic but you can get that movement in a Lobinni 40mm dress watch for about £200.

[@Stephane-wj5up]

But a watch is not only a movement. Maybe I am not very neutral because I am french... but the Lobinni looks a very old style, without a reinterpretation or without timeless design code, like the step case, with an ugly date window (for none white models) and 40mm is big for a dress / neo vintage watch.

[@AckoMunze]

At 600€, I would not want to worry scratching the crystal by accident, which makes it at least that much overpriced for what it offers. I worry scratching my Orient Bambino, let alone something like this that costs 3.5x. Otherwise, beautiful watch.

[@deparoo]

Make it 38mm and I'm sold.

[@fdloop]

Yes it is French like I and it is not quartz crap

[@ML-dh6ly]

I realise your channel is geared towards value watches but how about doing a premium watch review ( say £1000+ ) once a month just to give some more variety

[@appjresq]

I would love to own this watch... it's absolutely gorgeous and the movement is different and looks so premium... but 36mm? Baltic needs to provide a larger diameter watch. This is too small for even just medium sized wrists. I have a 7.5 inch wrist and I do own a 37mm watch right now and rarely wear it because it looks like it belongs to my 6 year old son on my wrist. Baltic... wake up... you make beautiful watches but you're missing a large audience by not adding a few mm to your watch diameter. A 39mm would be a way more universal size. Just my opinion.

[@ffwrd001]

Sorry, but this is clearly a dresswatch, not a diver. 36mm is the perfect size for that type of watch.

[@TelephoneNinja]

@@ffwrd001 says who? I have very slim wrists (far from 7.5") and still 36mm watches look like a post stamp on them. The trend of going 45+mm not so long ago was stupid, but this ain't clever either. Middle ground is the place for such watches. Perhaps look at it from this angle: 36mm puts it into "dress watch to wear on occasion once a year" territory while 38mm would make it "elegant daily". I'd rather purchase something with more wrist time possibility...

[@franciscozaragoza7193]

Doesn’t look slim…

[@thegorn]

That north-south bezel brushing would drive me nuts. It should have been high-polished!

[@BR81-iv6lt]

Ballsactic

[@zerox615]

In this era, most if not all watches should have sapphire glass. Non of that mineral or plexi glass crap. Just sourced the goddamn crystal from china or something. That shit cheap as fuck.

[@rc7016]

Nice looking but 36mm? too small and I don't have huge wrists (7"). Also as you pointed out at this price, no sapphire crystal and only 30m water resistance just isn't enough. Seiko cocktail has 50m water resistance, comes in at a much more respectable 40mm and is much cheaper (albeit it does not have sapphire crystal either).

[@HollyGrosvenor]

Nice looking watch but a bit expensive for me.I have just bought a Lobinni with the same movement for under £200 which I really like. So I won't be buying this Baltic watch.Far to much money.

[@Chris-de2qc]

A Chinese movement for $600+....

[@sergelegault6027]

I bought one 2 years ago and couldn't stand the rattling and cheap vibe. Overrated brand

[@kobusvanrensburg4092]

Good looks, good brand. But I don't trust Chinese movements....too many bad experiences.

[@Nick-uk9wl]

Looks like a cheap Chinese watch.

[@rickjason215]

I would not buy an Omega without a sapphire crystal. I don’t buy vintage watches I really like, because they don’t have a sapphire crystal. I won’t buy this watch, because it doesn’t have a sapphire crystal and I want it on the front and back.

[@ozicryptoG]

It's ok. Nothing special. I don't know where you get "beautiful" from. It's not even an in-house movement. Its.. ok. But it's overpriced for what it is.

[@spuckuk7039]

L take

[@AndreiLucaa]

it's not for you bro. and that's fine, let others enjoy it.

[@ahha6304]

people who said I don't buy watch without in-house calibre never buys Citizen or Seiko

[@ozicryptoG]

@@ahha6304 I bought a Seiko Cocktailtime last year. It's ok for a cheap watch. But I am a Piaget and Richard Mille and even a Glasshutte kind of guy. I also own a Rolex but they are so cliche, everyone has one. Mass produced novelties really. I like watches that are unique. The new Panerai is quite interesting.

[@user-sumptemi52]

Don’t end sentence in a preposition. Drop ‘from’; still makes sense. 😊