introducing the all-new Phoibos Apollo lava flow red titanium diver
bringing some excitement to the Apollo line with the gorgeous carbon fiber dials the red really
pops and the way that that carbon fiber plays with the light is definitely something special
the case looks clean cut sharp edges no bevels completely brushed you have fine brushing
on the top of the lugs and crown guards and a more industrial
rough look vertical brushing on the sides of the case very tool-like the titanium bezel has a cog
wheel grip design and just like the case it has a neat and tidy appearance the insert is also
titanium but covered with a diamond-like carbon coating and I like how it is fully indexed it has
all your minute markings because the chaptering does not the chaptering has Arabic numerals at
each hour and the dial of course being carbon fiber very clean a nice synergy here overall
the legibility is fantastic now speaking of that bezel how does it feel and sound
the bezel is very precise and clicky with medium tension as far as titanium bezels go
usually they feel light and finicky this one a little bit more direct
and dialed in the watch is rated at 300 meters and has a screw down crown
with the same grip design as that bezel I'm going to knock the fact that when I screw down the crown
it's very gritty the watch and bracelet have an upgraded hard coating hV1200 Apollo 1 was hv800
now let's do the measurements 41 millimeters in diameter thickness of 12.5 including that flat
sapphire crystal with three layers of anti-reflective coating does a great job no
drilled lugs and a lug to lug of 48 millimeters even the bracelet of course fully titanium
female end links big fan of that 22 with no taper so 22 down to 22 h-link style solid end
links with solid links and of course it is screwed links there is no dive extension we have a signed
Phoibos fold-over and it's friction fit so you just lift it with a fully milled clasp the hands
are supposed to represent rocket ships and you can see a little trail of fire on that hour hand
in c3 loom the rest looks to be bgw-9 okay so keeping with that Apollo exploration adventurous
theme the dial reminds me a little bit of gen 1 with the tuning fork style indices 12 3 and
9 but they're more like V-shape here and I think this is a nice improvement this one looks the best
the weight sized up for my six and a half inch wrist 115 grams the watch is powered by the miyota
9015 28 vph 24 joules hack and wine automatic 42 hours of power reserve look at that no error
powerful amplitude at 287 and an excellent rate you get that nice smooth sweep at 28.8
big fan of that and the fourth and final round plus three okay we're going to do 12 down to
see how this movement is actually going to react when you wear it and yep beat error increased 0.2
and amplitude did drop which is typical 265 still very good but look at the rate 13 12 12
and the fourth and final round plus 12. okay so we do have a little bit of positional variance with
this movement okay there's the loom shot there is 15 layers of swiss super luminova bgw9 so very
strong loom very nice I'm happy to see that the Apollo has returned to its titanium roots and has
an upgraded movement the first and second gen were Seiko nh35s this one the higher beat miyota which
does come at a premium pair that up with the carbon fiber dial and you'll understand the price
coming in at 625 usd however there is a pre-launch special sign up to their newsletter down below
and you can get 145 off from august 1st to august 20th and then from august 21st to September 10th
the discount is 105 usd so a little bit less get in early and you will only be paying
480 making Phoibos once again the value king for example the field watch from rze full titanium
with the miyota is 599 usd so if you can get this at 480 you're gonna be happy
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