Dustin Reviews Stuff

NOTE: These are my initial thoughts, written quickly in bullet points/stream of conscious style, not a full review with more fully thought out opinions.  More wrist time and use are required before posting a full review.  As of this writing I've had this watch less than a week. STATS: Manufactuer: Seiko Model: SRPD25 - 4th Generation Monster Materials: Case: Stainless steel Bracelet: Stainless steel Crystal: Hardlex, flat, with magnifier Movement: 4R36 Automatic mechanical movement 42hr power reserve 6 beats per second Day & date complication Dimensions: Case Size: 42.6mm Lug to Lug: 49.3mm Lug Width: 20mm Thickness: 134.0mm (not including 'wave' on caseback) Weight: 165g (sized for 6.75in wrist) Water Resistance: 20atm/200m Crown: Screw down Other: Candy bar magnifier over day/date Dive extension on clasp Oversized spring bars Drilled lugs Price: $525 MSRP, I paid $300 on sale from an AD (Toppers) Note the chapter ring alignment at 1:00 vs 7:00. THOUGHTS I like the des

NOTE: These are my initial thoughts, written quickly in bullet points/stream of conscious style, not a full review with more fully thought out opinions.  More wrist time and use are required before posting a full review.  As of this writing I've had this watch less than a day. STATS: Manufactuer: Citizen Model: Promaster Sky BY0084-56E Materials: Case: Titanium, Duratect MRK+DLC coating Bracelet: Titanium, Duratect MRK+DLC coating Crystal: Sapphire, flat, inner AR coating Movement: H610 Solar powered quartz Radio controlled Perpetual calendar World time Chronograph 24hr sub-dial Date complication Dimensions: Case Size: 43.5mm Lug to Lug: 49.5mm Lug Width: 23mm Thickness: 14.0mm (including crystal) Weight: 98g (sized for 6.75in wrist) Water Resistance: 20atm/200m Crown: Push-pull Other: Slide rule Lumed hands and indices Signed crown Quick adjust clasp Oversized spring bars Price: $900 +/- THOUGHTS I bought this watch used, I'm the third owner, and there is not a single scratch

  NOTE: These are my initial thoughts, written quickly in bullet points/stream of conscious style, not a full review with more fully thought out opinions.  More carry time and use are required before posting a full review.  As of this writing I've had this knife for just under a month. STATS:   Manufactuer: Quiet Carry Model: Waypoint, BB (bead blasted) Materials: Blade: Vanax Handle: Titanium Liner Lock: LC200N Detent Ball: Ceramic Hardware: Stainless  Dimensions: Blade Length: 84mm / 3.3in Blade Height: 20mm / 0.79in Blade Thickness: 2.2mm / 0.087in Handle Length: 107mm / 4.2in Handle Height: 22.2mm / 0.875in Handle Thickness: 9.42mm / 0.37" Weight: 79g Price: $295 THOUGHTS I was really excited the moment I first saw this knife, on paper at least it ticks a lot of boxes for what I want in The Perfect Knife. Fit and finish are excellent. Blade geometry is excellent.  Nice shape, very thin stock, hollow grind makes it very thin behind the edge, nice pointy tip.  It's Vanax

Let me start with a disclaimer - this is my first Japanese knife.  I am far from an expert.  There is much I don't know.  I honestly don't know much about Takamura, but I do know it's a family business and the man who runs the company now, Terukazu Takamura, is the third generation of the Takamura family to be a blacksmith. I also know, they make crazy awesome knives.  I had never heard of them until I got a recommendation on the ChefKnives sub-reddit. Lets get the stats out of the way, then we'll dive into it. Manufactuer: Takamura Model: R2 Gyuto, 180mm Materials: Blade: R2 core with SG2 cladding Handle: Pakawood Dimensions: Blade Length: 180mm / 7.09in Blade Height: 44mm / 1.73in Blade Thickness: 1.7mm / 0.07in Handle Length: 120mm / 4.72in Weight: 143g Price: $160 WHAT I LIKE I like this blade, a lot, I mean, a lot lot lot.  What sets it apart from others I've used is it's thickness, or lack thereof.  The blade stock is half the thickness of my 8" Wusth

This is my first real microbrand watch.  If you're unfamiliar with microbrands, well, do some Google work, I won't bother explaining it here because chances are you already know.  And if you know much about microbrands, you've undoubtedly heard of Zelos.  I've had my eye on their Swordfish model for a while, and when they launched the titanium model the 'frost' variant really caught my eye.  I happened to of just sold an old set of bicycle wheels I had hanging around the day before they launched the ti models, so I handed that money over to Zelos in exchange for a frost titanium Swordfish of my own.  STATS: Manufactuer: Zelos Model: Titanium Swordfish, 42mm, Frost colorway Materials: Case: Titanium Bracelet: Titanium Crystal: Sapphire, flat, inner AR coating Bezel Insert: Ceramic Movement: Seiko NH35 Automatic mechanical Date complication Hacks and hand winds 42hr power reserve Dimensions: Case Size: 42.0mm Lug to Lug: 47.9mm Lug Width: 22mm Thickness: 13.9mm (i

Promaster is Citizen’s higher end line of sport watches, and is broken up into Land, Sea, and Sky groups.  This is part of the Land group and is a JDM watch - meaning Japanese Domestic Market, AKA it's only sold in Japan.  Of course thanks to the internet you can buy it anywhere in the world...but you can't go to your nearest dealer and look at one unless you live in Japan.   This is the first ‘nice’ watch I bought myself, I’ve had it for a year and a half now.  Long story short, my interest in watches went from ‘lets try it’ with a cheap Timex, to a Citizen BM8180, then to this Promaster Land.  I liked the size and style of the BM8180, but the mineral crystal and very basic movement left something to be desired after learning more about watches. I bought the Promaster Land as my ‘one watch.’   That didn’t really last as my interest in watches deepened, but this is still my favorite watch.   We’ll get the specs out of the way first: Manufactuer: Citizen Model: Promaster Lan