A microbrand from Paris, now this video is not sponsored I have been influenced being influenced
is not a great feeling and I don't like it but thankfully i love it let's check it out
introducing the all-new Serica 5303, a diver that definitely is a looker easy to fall in love with
well thought out design and has an authenticity to it that's very charming the watch is a charmer
for sure designed by a man named Jerome in Paris engineered in Switzerland officially swiss made
the case however and bracelet are from the Asian region but ironically the case is one of the
best parts of the watch the finishing is fantastic transitions from brushed to polish are laser sharp
and the brushing is pretty good it is a well-known secret everyone knows it many swiss companies
use Asia to make their cases the 5303 has an interesting name in 1953 on march baselworld
that's when the world was introduced to the modern diver with the Rolex submariner also black palm 50
fathoms and of course the zodiac sea wolf the world's first diver to have those hash marks on
the bezel insert from 0 to 15 which now every diver has it however this one here has it on a
countdown style going from the loom pip at 12 to 45 so you can use it as a countdown timer this
French skin diver is gorgeous and definitely you can see some inspiration from the 50s the 60s it
has a lot to like and I love it the design gorgeous now the movement is from SoProd it
is called the newton I believe they made it in 2020 so it's relatively new still not proven on
paper though it looks good there are two different grades we got n4 here the highest grade top flight
and there's n7 which is regulated plus minus seven this one is regulated to plus minus four seconds
a day in five positions we're gonna see on the timegrapher near the end of the video it has a
full balance bridge which is really cool at the six o'clock so it's really good for open heart
designs in the future I think many microbrands with eta restricting their supply are gonna
gravitate towards this movement so I'm really interested in its performance I only wore it for
24 hours with my GPS watch check app I didn't hit the numbers of plus minus four but I got
pretty close so I love the nod of 5303 to the past and then when we look at the dial we see s617 at
the bottom and i have no clue let's I'm gonna take my microphone with me and let's check it out s617
French sub okay a French submariner that is a clever way of putting sub submariner on your watch
very nice and i really like that easter egg now the dial here is absolutely easy to read it's just
so legible reverse lollipop indices are beautiful and then batons just a great great style and i
love how they didn't brand it Serica underneath the 12 o'clock marker the use of empty space
works here and they just put Serica swiss underneath the six o'clock very subtle ego
aside and vanity just focusing on the watch itself this is a good watch the measurements that i got
38.9 in diameter secret measurement of 38 even we have a thickness of 12.1 which is very thin
including that double domed sapphire crystal with a very smooth bevel on the edge there it's
a beautiful effect anti-reflective coating on the underside no drilled lugs and a lug to lug 46 even
we have a nice big easy to grip 7.8 mil crown with a clutch system giving the watch 300 meters
of water resistance very capable however the first batch of these Sericas had an issue
with the crown i confirmed with the brand owner this serial number has the fix however it's still
a little finicky sometimes you pull it out and it doesn't pop out you got to give it a little jiggle
and then sometimes when you hack it it doesn't bite the fix is a washer on the stem and the owner
said there was an issue with the newton movement's lever and stem so I'm not sure what that means
or where they put the gasket but it works most of the time it's just a tad finicky it's frankly
disappointing this watch is so perfect otherwise and the crown is an integral part of that
enjoyment the command center of the watch and you know what I think I would have paid a little bit
more for an eta 28 93 a high grade eta I think that movement would make this watch definitely
a keeper in my collection because other than that which is a huge flaw for me is the haptics
and the feel of the crown I want everything to just work I'm not a fan of finicky crowns working
only maybe 90 even 99 I want it to work 100 of the time now the bezel insert reminds me of the 1957
Seamaster with that two-tone look this one is stainless steel brushed vertically on the
inner ring and it says hours in French at the one o'clock it is a dual time and the
outer edge is ceramic for your dive time bezel so dual functions very nice let's have a listen
excellent bezel feel it reminds me of my sla043 soft clicks like Seiko bezels but
a little bit smoother like the high end Seiko's now the hands are painted white
but the tips the front and back you can see exposed I guess when they take the hands off
its mold it rips off whatever the stencil is or whatever it is the tips are not painted because
of that so the finishing on the hands a little bit disappointing but you can only see it under
extreme macro the dust under here is impressive it's not bad I've seen worse from major brands
and on a black dial it's way more obvious so I think they did a good job here in the quality
control just wish the hands were done a little bit better and of course the crown and stem action now
the bracelet is a mesh bracelet 20 mil tapering down to 16 usually you don't see these kind of
bracelets tapering down and usually you don't see them with a fitted end link so it completes the
look giving the watch a more premium vibe i don't like the millionaires when it's just a bar and
then the bracelet starts it looks like they didn't care example longines brand new black sector dial
all right and this just gives it such a nice look I think bracelet is a home run now it is
very difficult very very difficult to put on though you lift up here and there are notches
and there is a lip in there where the notch fits all right so there's pre-set points and then you
see i didn't hit the point it won't close you gotta get it right into that groove for it just to
lock there easy to get a great fit but guys when you put on this bracelet make sure you have the
watch over a soft soft surface because it might fall until you master the skill of putting on this
difficult difficult bracelet okay here it is on my six and a half interest wearing absolutely perfect
i love the 12 height anything above 13 it starts to get on my nerves this one looks sleek
and modern yet has that vintage vibe this is fresh and i'm a big fan of how it wears very comfortable
on this milanese bracelet 107 grams excellent lightweight for all-day comfort now the price is
in euros so it's gonna translate roughly to $1250 USD so what's the competition here we have the 63
mass around 1200 from seiko another French brother the yema 39 mill 1250 with the sw200 what else we
got maybe i used aquas that's pretty good maybe the christopher ward the c60 600 diver it's a
little bit cheaper it's 40 mil eta based 1000 usd and what else oh there's a new longine 39 mil 1275
39 mil not bad yeah so there's good competition here but out of all those named i think this
one's the most compelling if you already have a Seiko diver if you have a Seiko diver and
you want something fresh something different something new you know what i think this one
beats the others on the list the ward the hydro conquest is a little bit marmite and the yema
i've never handled one i've heard not the greatest things about yema okay we're gonna check out this
brand new newton top flight edition 5 positions 22 joules hack and wine automatic 28800 vph 40
four hours of power reserve powerful amplitude here 323 a little bit of b error at 0.2 plus 8
plus 6 plus 8 plus 8. let's do one more for fun and the final round plus 8. okay we're gonna do
12 down now to see the positional variance how it's going to react on your wrist and look at this
much better plus six zero amplitude did drop a bit but wow the b error stayed consistent very nice
zero again wow so much better 12 down and the fourth and final round let's do a fifth round
negative two all right so on the wrist it should make that plus minus four okay there is the loom
shot there is great orientation here easy to see the 12 o'clock indices this is c3 so it's not
going to be the most powerful it's not c3 x1 but it's not bad but it has that creamy patina just a
just a tad and that might be weakening it a bit but overall i would say decent loom for reference
let's get an skx007 in here just for reference you can see a little bit stronger on the skx i really
like this watch but the crown does kill it for me a little bit i don't know if i'm gonna keep it
i'm interested in their first watch the 4512 i believe that's a field watch but i
don't know if you can take me away from my my khaki but that one is definitely
on my radar i might pick that up next year so stay tuned for that one and if you want
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