You Like Vintage Inspired Watches? Feast Your Eyes! NWA

Watch SPECS: (Sorry I missed them in the video):
DIA: 36mm brushed stainless steel case
Lug To Lug: 46mm lug-to-lug w/ Drilled Lug Holes
Lug Width: 18mm
Thickness:12.6mm thick.
18mm lug width.
Matte black dial has white markers filled with C3 luminova. (Sorta textured)
Crystal: Domed sapphire with anti-reflective coating applied underneath the crystal.
Water Resistance: 100 Meters
Movement: Swiss Sellita 210 elaborè grade manual winding movement
Power Reserve: 42 Hours
Bracelet: The period correct Forstner Klip (MOD Ref 6b/2763).
Model: Forstner Pilot Ref. F-6B/346 Found in the link below:
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Wrist Size: 6.75"
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[@jwags24]

I’m all about these modern vintage watches. I picked up a 32mm Praesidus and absolutely love it. This Forstner looks fantastic as well. Great overview!

[@vitero5745]

Me, I'd go for a Serica 4512 if it was up to a bonklip field watch. Mine has been my only watch for a year and a half and has been performing beautifully.

[@HarrisonElmore]

Interesting. I've not heard of them and this is the third comment about that watch. I'll take a look.

[@millersciencesms762]

I've been wearing the 4512 WMB version for the past two days. I may be biased, but I like it better than the Forstner.

[@macrowatchman]

Great video, Harrison! This is a great looking watch, I’ll have to look more into Forstner!

[@HarrisonElmore]

Appreciate it! It fits my vibe anyway!

[@canadianwatchmonkey3992]

Another very good vintage looking military watch is the Serica Commando

[@Dialandhands]

Good looking sure but quite strange movement with an inferior bracelet design.

[@canadianwatchmonkey3992]

@@Dialandhands I would agree with your comment on the movement choice but the BonKlip bracelet is fantastic!!!! I liked it so much that I have purchase another BonKlip bracelet from Forstner

[@HarrisonElmore]

I'll take a look at them. I didn't realize they were so popular till this video!

[@barryvercueil2346]

Very awesome watch. No fake patina is a brilliant choice 👌

[@HarrisonElmore]

Agreed!

[@chriscon8463]

Very cool watch! It looks like it’d go great on a plain black NATO, too.

[@HarrisonElmore]

Agreed that's my next strap change for it.

[@a_commisso77]

Finally a review on this piece

[@HarrisonElmore]

I try!

[@Valathiril]

Would this be a good daily driver? Something I can camp/kayak/be outdoors with?

[@CryptoMin-bq2zn]

Yes!

[@Valathiril]

@@CryptoMin-bq2zn Do you have one?

[@calyanmarsh8285]

Looks like the serica 4512, but the serica looks better.

[@HarrisonElmore]

I'd never seen the serica before. I'll take a look.

[@ScottNotAvailable]

Sure, the serica looks better... but a locking crown with a handwind only, with such a short power reserve? It doesn't make sense. You can try to tell me it's about your relationship with time, and that there's something ritualistic to winding it every morning, but the water resistance will be compromised a lot more quickly having to lock/unlock that crown every day. I've also heard the Forstner bonklip is better designed and stays clipped better. Forestner nailed this. And also - they have far superior customer service.

[@MrLaponek]

Great video:) Is the crown screw down or push?

[@DarthJabba504]

Nice review. I love Forstner's President bracelet for my Speedy hesalite. Also, you love the Pelagos 39, which I love also...so you should try the Seiko SNE569. I got the blue version (585) and absolutely love it as a daily beater.

[@HarrisonElmore]

Thanks for the info! I’ll check it out!

[@jzurcher345]

Highly recommend Baltic Aquascaphe Titanium (Black version)!

[@HarrisonElmore]

Ahhh gotta love baltic! Good rec!

[@jzurcher345]

@@HarrisonElmore I bought both the 124270 and the Pelagos 39 and still come back to wearing the Baltic.

[@jzurcher345]

Was curious where you recommend selling a Rolex 124270 brand new, never used. For some reason, I just don’t like it. I thought it would be my grail watch, but the clasp annoys me. After having the Tudor T clasp and it being adjustable, I can’t wear anything without one.

[@millersciencesms762]

I too own the Serica 4512. You will really like it.

[@DialsandCrowns]

Any recommendations on something like the Omega Railmaster black dial? I know most people don’t like this watch but it’s a soft spot for me but the price is crazy especially after they recently discontinued it

[@perudolux]

Very very cool watch. …. And one more option for me for my next watch ( which will be a pilot watch). This or the Laco pro?

[@HarrisonElmore]

I don’t know. I like the design of this a lot. I think it just comes down to that

[@dannyg6592]

I own a Forstner Model J bracelet, which I wear on my Tudor BB58. If their watch is as good as their bracelet, it will be a success.

[@HarrisonElmore]

It has certainly won me over more than I expected.

[@mickbrown9021]

Very good vid. Harrison. Please, more about the movement and perhaps less about the bracket. Which Selita movement, automatic, approximate accuracy.......also, lug to lug, thickness, weight.... 😉Thank you, Mick

[@HarrisonElmore]

Agreed. I realized this morning I didn't run through the specs on the screen. I'll place them in the description of the video.

[@tonyvera-cruz6422]

Hi Harrison, you want to consider the Smiths PRS48 by Timefactors. IMHO arguably the best modern rendition of the Mk11 sans the Forstner Band. It comes with a "Top" Sellita and a Faraday cage (for added magnetic protection)

[@turnbasedtoddy7664]

Impossible to get and even if he did his audience wouldn’t be able to buy one. I love my PRS from timefacters but they have the worst customer service of any watch I’v ever bought.

[@tonyvera-cruz6422]

@turnbasedtoddy7664 Well I couldn't object to your gripes. However, having spoken to Eddie at Timefactors, I understand the limitations of its customer service capabilities. I've had a better than 50% success rate in acquiring some Timefactors watches with preparation and perseverance. Nonetheless, if you're fortunate to get one, there's no denying the detail that's been put into the PRS48 having seen it next to a vintage IWC Mk11 (not the JLC Mk11). I wish you well in your journey.

[@lrbrown]

Cool watch

[@HarrisonElmore]

Agreed!

[@electricjoshaloo]

6'3 with a 6-1/2inch wrist? Dang.

[@robertrocha597]

I love that everyone is stealing or copying Serica but they are all missing the "it" factor or leaving you feeling like you bought something wrong. Haha

[@chrishennemeyer7276]

You mention "early 20th century" twice, but you really mean the mid to latter half of the 20th century, as your pictures of JFK, MLK, Ali etc. underscore.

[@HarrisonElmore]

Yes mid would be the correct term. I shoot these all at once before throwing in the pictures.

[@LTC_Tiger]

Timefactors has been doing the Circle L on some of their Smiths watches for some time...that's not unique to Forstner.

[@benishan3]

Many complaints abt Timefactors, no.

[@HarrisonElmore]

Yeah it's not a unique trait, I just like the attention to detail. Smiths usually does that well on their dials.

[@turnbasedtoddy7664]

Timefacter is a terrible site and has even worse customer service but their watches are great. I’ll give them that

[@yungrov8331]

first. just subscribed a min ago 😁

[@HarrisonElmore]

Welcome aboard! You're quick!

[@livingwithghosts543]

Why do you wear your wedding ring for these videos? Saying you wear it "all the time" isn't a valid reason either. It kinda makes your videos unwatchable for me even though you have some really good content. Wearing a wedding ring in a KZbin video comes across as too try-hard for me.

[@vitero5745]

lolwhat. Love how KZbin takes out the people with the biggest insecurities and complexes and shows them in trying to hurt with useless comments.

[@arifismaiI]

Why shouldn't he wear it? Saying it makes his videos "unwatchable" isn't a valid reason either. I wasn't even aware of the ring the entire video. Who hurt you lol

[@HarrisonElmore]

I wear it all the time. Sorry!

[@livingwithghosts543]

@@vitero5745 Nothing hurtful was said by me. I said I enjoy his content but being a try-hard wearing your wedding ring in all your videos comes across as obviously contrived. If I was a KZbin creator and I was doing something that was causing my regular viewers to stop watching my videos I would appreciate if they told me about it in the COMMENTS section. No where does it say POSITIVE ONLY COMMENTS. It's his channel, he can do whatever he wants regardless.

[@droobie827]

Taking it off for his videos seems kinda shady too