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STEELDIVE Marine Master 300m – a moster in the deep sea

Post author By Bob
Post date July 7, 2022
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For a diver’s watch, people often do not wear it in their daily life, but there must be one in their collection, the watch should be big, strong and has an unique outlook so that I can show in front of my friends, STEELDIVE is a brand that offers such type of diver’s watches, many watches from them are homages of old Seiko diver’s watches, they are solid made with robust design like this one. STEELDIVE is not a new custom-made watch brand, it appeared in the market several years ago, some watches of STEELDIVE are even more popular than those of traditional Chinese brands like Sea-gull, one of the most popular diver’s watches that is being widely discussed in various forums is STEELDIVE, so, that’s the reason why I usually browse STEELDIVE’s website when need a diver’s watch.

This STEELDIVE watch is very big, its case is solid 316L stainless steel made, it looks strong and robust, the case has an unique construction that is different from that of other diving watches, the case head is surrounded by a piece of thick steel sheet, I did not see such case structure before, I searched online, some people said that the special models made by Seiko in the past used such case, people call these watches “Seiko Can”. The surrounded bezel has a black ceramic bezel insert, the bezel is uni-directional rotating, the crown screwed in the case at 4 o’clock is also very big. Any way, seeing from the case structure and spare parts on the case, this is the most robust and strong case I have ever seen, like a mechanical toy.

The dial is a classic diver’s watch dial, big hour markers, wide hands and superlume, these three are necessary for almost every diving watch. Each hour marker, hour hand and minute hand are applied with cyan luminous material, they will emit a strong green lume light in dark conditions, which is different from the blue lume light emitting from bezel markers. The hour marker at 6, 9 and 12 has a small tail, both hour hand and minute hand are brushed, there is a small round luminous dot on the end of the second hand. The STEELDIVE logo under the triangle marker looks like an image of oxygen tanks and masks for diving, this logo also appears on the case back.

The watch is driven by a NH35 automatic movement that is made in Japan, the movement not only offers timing, it also has date function, NH35 beats at 21,600VPH, it has 24 jewels and 40-hour power reserve. I received the watch four weeks ago, now its daily error is about 20 seconds faster. The watch has two band options, stainless steel and rubber, the stainless steel bracelet has three-section and five-section options. Besides this black, STEELDIVE also offers green, blue, red and orange dial colors for this watch.

Tags NH35, STEELDIVE

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Heimdallr Submariner Green Hulk Homage Review

Post author By Bob
Post date June 23, 2022
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Heimdallr has achieved some renown as a Chinese niche brand in watch field, in past years, many people were talking this watch in forums and communities, I also bought four pieces of Heimdallr watches before, I love them, they look nice and are good timepieces that meet current watch trend. For people who love diver’s watches, Heimdallr is a good choice, because most of their watches are diving styles with big face and superlume, absolutely solid made but with more affordable prices, so you can more homages of the original watches you like at less cost, so your collection will be richer.

Heimdallr Green Sub with Black Rubber Strap

This green one is my fifth Heimdallr watch I have bought, I gave two of my Heimdallr watches to my friends, so two weeks ago I made my decision to buy this green Heimdallr watch. Submariner 116610LV Hulk is always my dream watch and its price is always high, it is also hard to get one in the second-hand watch market, now this Heimdallr seems to have fulfilled my wish temporarily, it is also the best homage of green Submariner Hulk I have ever seen.

I made a lot of searches online and found that many Chinese brands have produced the green Submariner homage, but when I received this Heimdallr, I was surprised by its green color, it is the most correct green that is closest to that of Submariner Hulk, by the way, the bezel insert uses real green ceramic material, which has the same green color as the green dial, there is very subtle color difference, this is very important when making a homage of hulk sub.

The case is made with 316L stainless steel, its diameter is about 40mm, but not that accurate, a little bigger than 40mm, the case thickness is about 13.5mm, actually Heimdallr can consider using 904L stainless steel on this watch, after all many replica Rolex watches have used this type of stainless steel, but that also means higher cost if you choose the 904L SS, may be a bad idea. The entire case is brushed, except its smoothly polished sides and crown guards. There is a round pearl set on the bezel at 12 o’clock, it is fully filled with white luminescence, but it looks a bit white.

The green dial has radial textures, hour markers, hour hand and minute hand are applied with white luminous material, they will emit a blue lume light in dark conditions. On the dial, the are white printings of “HEIMDALLR”, no logo, the shark logo and brand name are engraved on the inner bezel, above the date window, there is a magnifier attached on the crystal. On the dial, we can say that Heimdallr claims it is 300m water resistant, this is a great depth, I did not test, but I think 30m water resistance is not a problem for this watch.

The watch is equipped with a Japanese NH35 automatic movement, it is a very common automatic movement made in Japan, many niche brands like Heimdallr and STEELDIVE choose this movement becuase of its low cost, also such type of Japanese movement has no big inaccuracy. By the way, the watch originally came with a stainless steel bracelet, I removed it and changed a black rubber band on, it looks nice.

Besides this green one, there are other two options for this Heimdallr watch, black one and the model with green bezel and black dial, they all look good.

Tags Ceramic, Heimdallr, NH35, Submariner

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STEELDIVE Turtle Homage Review

Post author By Bob
Post date June 8, 2022
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A Turtle? No, it is just a watch which Seiko published in the past, Turtle is just the nickname of this watch. I have seen many STEELDIVE watches, most of them are diving styles and have similar designs to those Seiko diver’s watches made in the past, you know, these diver’s watches made by Seiko were very popular years ago and now many people are still trying to get them, but they are very rare now in the market, so, the STEELDIVE is a good alternative, with much cheaper prices. I do not know too much about STEELDIVE, but this brand seems to have a high popularity among diver’s watches fans abroad. The STEELDIVE Turtle has three big selling points, strong case, strong superlume and deep water resistance.

The case of the watch looks like the shell of a turtle, the case is made with 316L stainless steel, it is measured to be 43.8mm in diameter and 13.5mm in thickness, the case is fully brushed, it weighs about 90.5 grams without the band. The case is almost 44mm in diameter, almost the same size as Rolex’s Sea-Dweller, but the thickness is acceptable even it looks big. The bezel is uni-directional rotating, it uses a black ceramic insert, bezel markers are applied with superlume material, they will emit a strong blue lume light at night. The case back features a STEELDIVE logo that looks very unique, seeing from the case back, the entire case looks like a turtle’s case more obviously.

Black dial has a high readability, each hour marker and hand are wide, so they can be filled with enough lume material, the superlume on the dial looks a little yellowish, which is slightly different from that on the bezel. The lume light on hour markers and hands is also different, it is green. The dial lume can last for a long time as long as it has absorbed enough light during the day. The second hand has an unique design, there is a round red dot close to its tip, the red dot highlights the entire dial design. By the way, the printings “WATER 200m RESIST” are superfluous, “200m” is enough to show the meaning.

The movement inside is a Japanese NH35 automatic movement, which has 24 jewels, 41-hour power reserve and 21,600bph, the movement also features stop seconds mechanism, this is a very important feature. I always trust the quality of Japanese movement, and most Chinese watches in my collection installed with Japanese movements are more stable than those with Chinese movements. I received the watch three weeks ago, it still keeps time accurate, about two minutes faster each week. Besides the black, STEELDIVE also offers green and blue color options for this watch.

Conclusion:

This is a great homage watch and is the best-selling model on STEELDIVE site. For diver’s watch fans, this is a must-have model in their collection because a diver’s watch with such design means a lot to them. STEELDIVE diver’s watches have two big selling points, stable Japanese movement and strong dial lume, both features can be found on this watch. This STEELDIVE watch is the glory of the old era and never out of date.

Tags NH35, STEELDIVE, Turtle

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