in the beautiful world of watch collecting there are a million
dive watches more options are thrown at you daily so you may be asking yourself how to choose the
diver for me it's saturated no doubt and for the first time on the channel we have Formex a brand
that thinks they may have figured it out they got a little bit of hand craftsmanship engineering
some patents and of course a signature design theme but have they done enough let's check it out
introducing the all-new Formex Reef with a gorgeous blue gradient dial that is hand sprayed
in Switzerland it's phenomenal I used to think Longines and Seiko make the best blue dials but
now I'm not so sure when I showed it to my wife she said it was the most beautiful blue she's seen
on a watch and I did give a puzzled look this was when I first unboxed it but then I started
filming it and I was like wow this blue dial is amazing and then I found out it was hand sprayed
and you know what it makes sense it really is something and the macros I hope can bring that
through now who is formex it stands for form extreme extreme shape two watchmaker brothers
in Switzerland created this brand that is inspired by their two passions motorsports
and watchmaking and it is evident in all their designs there is a sporty vibe to all of them this
reef the lugs the way they taper it reminds me of a sports car's fender the case is pretty flat
right there and you know what all watches are inherently asymmetrical there's always a crown
on one side but with the design on the reef crown guard shape is repeated on the opposite side in
an almost nautilus like design element giving the watch extreme extreme symmetry the logo has
those two diamonds symmetrical the word formats six letters perfectly symmetrical the data six
perfectly symmetrical and I love what they did with the word reef
they spread it across two letters on each side of the dial so formex design team home run
the extreme symmetry subconsciously adds to the reef's high impression of quality now
the finishing it is exactly where it needs to be coming in at a price of 1790 usd comparing it to
the competition that I have seen this one does quite well first up the Oris Aquis coming in at
2200 usd so that's 400 more but I'm gonna give the Aquis the slight lead in finishing on the bracelet
and case however it doesn't have the cool tricks that the formex has and the movement is a couple
tiers below the formex formex sw300 top grade real rubies officially cost certified and pre-lodged
work blue screws you don't get to see it because it's a solid case back unfortunately the screw
down crown is 7.5 mils with fantastic knurling and it screws down perfectly every time the
clutch system is flawless it works better than the Oris if you have an Oris you know sometimes
the pop gets stuck you got to jiggle it and only Oris owners will understand this
this one doesn't have that issue very nice now let's do those measurements
I got 42.3mm in diameter 11.2mm in thickness no drilled lugs and a lug to lug of 48.8mm
but that doesn't matter you know why quick release bracelet that is patented so what
do you do you just push in and it comes off look at that I did that with gloves amazing
you just push towards the case or the end of the bracelet and the spring bar tips go in so very
easy to do I could do it with gloves let's check out the case back real quick since we have it
off there you can see the specs and an engraving of waves and formex logo now let's see if I can
do it with gloves yes I can amazing they also have a patented quick release you just push down and
slide all right very nice awesome twin button release right here fully milled screwed links
and it's all solid it is 22 mil tapering down to 20. the links articulate perfectly accordingly
so no matter your wrist shape it's going to be comfortable so we do have
tool less quick adjust and tool-less strap changes and also tool-less bezel change
so what do you do you just pry it off at the 12 or six o'clock with your fingernails all
right and they did send me a different colorway so we could see and so what do you do you just
pop it on alright and now you have a completely different look love it now let's have a listen
okay very direct and clean no complaints on the bezel feel what do you guys think about
this look though I think the blue one's better yeah this one is stainless steel all the other
options the color options you can get are ceramic so this ceramic takes an hour to engrave by laser
and it is zirconium oxide now the power indices are hand applied and they are multi-dimensional
very thick triangular shape with taper there's brushing down the middle with high polished bevels
just like the hands sword style even the seconds hand counterbalance has this design element
something so tiny they managed to brush the middle and polish the tiny edges these small details
really elevates the reef to the next level and you feel like you're getting what you pay for and then
some let's compare it next to the skx just so you can see visually how it might wear on your wrist
I know many of you do have an skx skx is thicker by a couple mils but the formex has a much longer
lug to lug alright hopefully that helps some of you sized up for my six and a half inch wrist
166 grams yup this one's a heavy one powering the reef is the sellita sw300
and this one's officially cost certified less than three percent of swiss watches
are cost certified so very nice and it's the top grade that's decorated 25 joules hack and wine
automatic 28 eight vph blue screws 56 hours of power reserve custom rotor and look at the rate
we're gonna ignore the first number and the fourth and final round plus three
okay we're going to do 12 down now to see that positional variance and how this watch is going
to react on your wrist amplitude did drop b error did increase 0.1 all right so it was perfect
and look at the rate we're gonna ignore the first number plus 11
plus five plus four oh b error went back to perfect plus four and the fourth
and final round because we're ignoring the first oh plus eight that's a big change there so let's
go a couple rounds now because of that last minute big change plus eight and now plus ten oh
and the eighth and final round plus ten the loom swiss super luminova bgw9
deeply filled very strong excellent lume and there is a loom pip at 12 for timing I love these small
independent family-owned companies they're amazing they look after the details they feel more like
they're enthusiasts like us everything's just so sorted on this watch and I know we got to pay a
little bit of a premium but you're getting what you pay for here you're getting a great movement
you're getting excellent finishing some hand touches some patents 300 meters it's capable it's
it's just phenomenal it's a great watch I'm a fan as you can tell
definitely after experiencing the brand um yeah I would love to own one maybe a nice 38 yeah
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