If you're looking for a big diver with strong lume, sapphire crystal, and an automatic (powered by the workhorse Miyota 9015), the Deep Blue Depthmaster has a lot of presence without going overboard in the bling department. I like the wrist presence and the orange pop on one hand and the conservative "I mean business" diver on the other. No lume shots yet. Sorry about the glare. Experience tells me the battery needs to be recharged. The pics don't do justice to the watch as it appears in person. Walking around campus in the day, the lume markers started soaking up sunlight and you could see a brilliant lume contrasting the sunray orange dial. Very nice. I'm confident the Depthmaster will get a lot of wrist time.
With the upcoming loss of my Seiko Sumo (I put it for sale), my new wishlist will be the Seiko Tuna SBBN017 and various models of the Deep Blue Juggernaut.
Very striking, Jeff. It covers a lot of ground and seems wearable in just about every situation except maybe a funeral.
In a way Deep Blue and other similar brands offer Invicta-esque watches for a more mature aesthetic palate.
I really like the color combination; the silver looks muted, almost platinum-esque.
Posted by: jonnybardo | September 10, 2013 at 11:30 AM
The silver has an icy look that I think looks really great with the orange dial. Not sure if this is a camera trick or if it really has that frosty appearance----but that stainless looks to be as good as it gets. It almost gives the apperance of hot and cold with the orange/ice combination. I like the looks of the rotating bezel too----those indentations don't look stamped, they look sculpted. This is a nice one.
Posted by: Angelo | September 10, 2013 at 11:48 AM
Frosted - that's a good adjective for what I see, Angelo.
Jeff, what's that second crown for?
Posted by: jonnybardo | September 10, 2013 at 12:16 PM
I believe the right crown at 10 is a helium valve, which I plan on NOT using.
Posted by: herculodge | September 10, 2013 at 03:14 PM