Merkur, I like this brand more, many watches coming from this brand not only have creative design ideas, but also feature some characteristics of old Chinese military watches. This is a very young watch brand created in China, perhaps few of you guys have heard of it, in fourms, Merkur may not be as popular as some diving-style brands such as STEELDIVE and Proxima, but it is the brand you will be immediately attracted once see one watch from them, because there are a lot of new designs you did not see before, just like this watch I am going to talk about today, it is completely new.
The watch has a lot Chinese elements, that’s my first impression with it. About the dial, you will never think this is a pilot watch’s style, yes, besides its big dial, is there any design on the watch related with a pilot’s watch, that’s my first thought if you have to say it is a pilot watch. But after analyzing each element on the dial, it is indeed a pilot’s watch based on Chinese elements, so you guys may not understand. There is a Chinese word “鲛” on the small dial at 6 o’clock, it has a special meaning in China, it is an old animal, which is called crocodile dragon or shark dragon. The black dial has cloud patterns decoration, usually in Chinese cartoons, such cloud will appear when a dragon flying in the sky, so seeing from these two traditional Chinese elements, this Merkur is indeed a pilot watch. By the way, the track-style hour hand and minute hand are applied with luminous material, so are Arabic numeral hour markers.
The Merkur watch is equipped with a manual winding movement, you may ask why Merkur did not choose an automatic movement, but you know an automatic movement will increase the cost of the watch, so, sometimes a manual winding movement will be a good option for such a watch with creative designs. By the way, when winding, do not rotate it too tight, it will affect the servicing life of the watch. The last is the specification of the watch.
Movement: Manual Winding
Case Material: 316L stainless steel
Case Diameter: 38mm
Case Thickness: 12mm
Crystal: Acrylic
Dial: Black, Lumed hour markers and hands
Band: Nylon
Water Resistant: 30m
