introducing the all-new Phoibos Apollo and this time it is now a left-handed
watch big change from the first gen another big change 316L steel the first one that we reviewed
was titanium but with that titanium loss there is a price draw $320 usd so now at that new lower
price has Phoibos done enough well let's find out the case quality is fantastic just like the first
gen has a nice heft to it and really solid feel all the lines on the case are
super crispy and sharp and the brushing is fantastic vertical on the sides of the case
there is absolutely no polish on this watch so it's completely brushed but it really reflects
that light well the crown has the Phoibos logo and at 7 mil it's easy to grip and the operation
is buttery smooth I even tried using it with my left hand and I'm a righty
and I was able to screw it down easily there is a little bit of a learning curve because when we
wind it we still go clockwise but when the crown is on the left it goes towards us and when it's
on the right we're used to winding it away from us so reverse of what you're used to but I did
it all with my left hand and it was pretty easy now the measurements 41 millimeters in diameter
thickness of 12 and a half and a lug to lug of 48 millimeters no drilled lugs and we do have
a flat sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating and it just sticks out a hair above
that ceramic insert it has that cog wheel designed grip and let's have a listen
okay so Phoibos told me they have improved the feel and yes they have feels direct and crisp and
a little bit more refined maybe because the other one was titanium and that's helping but yeah this
one definitely feels like a good experience the bracelet is an h-link which I absolutely love but
what I don't love is the male end link 22 solid end links solid links with screws and no taper so
22 down to 22 and you can see the signed fold-over Phoibos twin button release fully milled no dive
extension and three micro adjusts and you can see the space man on the Apollo etched into that
case back now let's check out the interesting dial we have tortilla brown and I requested the
white and blue one of course that's the one to get I believe the white and blue matches
the playful handset really well not so sure about brown not my favorite color and I was hoping maybe
the brown would have been more rich and darker but it looks a little orange to me on the outer
sector where the 369 cutouts are the inside does look a little bit more brown and the chaptering
is also light brown but brown and orange ah visually I'm not sure they go well together
but it could be just me I'm curious what your thoughts and opinions are here it is on my six and
a half inch wrist and this is kind of fun because I always try on the watches on my right hand even
though they're meant for the left hand this watch is actually meant to be worn on the right hand
for lefties to use that crown and it looks pretty good 41 mil I can definitely pull it off but i do
feel it's a bit large especially with those male end links let's do the weight with all the links
201 grams wow that's a heavy watch
let's see the timegrapher nh38 not 35 or 36 what does that mean it is a no date and there's no
ghost position very nice but everything else is the same
hack and wine automatic 24 joules 42 hours of power reserve and low beat 21 6.
and 0.2 milliseconds in beat error 300 amplitude wow they got a good movement here negative one
plus one zero let's ignore that first number at plus six and the fourth final round
zero okay let's do 12 down now to check out the positional variance how is it going to react
on the wrist b error did increase ignore the first number 261 amplitude so we did get a drop
but still powerful for an NH on in this position and wow look at the this is a
good one positional variance is awesome on this one plus three plus two oh wow zero
okay so we're gonna hit the fifth round but because we're ignoring the first the fourth
and final round no way zero okay has this been hand-picked and cherry-picked for me
hmm nah okay there is the loom shot beautiful 15 layers of swiss super luminova bgw9 nice
blue glow wow even on the bezel the seconds hand is a bit weak with that pool stick seconds and
it's just like painted lightly so it's a little bit weak there I wish they went with a lollipop
seems like it would have matched the theme with the round indices and the round hour hand maybe
they could have made seconds hand fill in the hole of the hour hand like a big lollipop anyways great
loom Phoibos hitting it out of the park once again with the Apollo line high quality case improved
bezel feel ceramic sapphire and what it looks like to me is highly regulated movement and no
ghost position strong loom excellent bracelet wish I had a taper but it suits this big bold watch and
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