Quote Originally Posted by Frankie169 View Post
Hi, thanks for reviving the thread, as you say they don’t get much of a following here which is a shame

My stratos is a 45mm auto, wouldn’t go for the 40mm as the crown is tiny and would be a nightmare trying to keep winding it.

The bezel is superb, being tungsten it’s very hard if not impossible to scratch, isn’t at all blingy and pleased to report that the lume is truly outstanding

U-Boats quite rightly got a bad press in the early days as the finish wasn’t as good as the rest of the know brands but they are now up there with the rest of the brands in this price bracket, I have Breitling, Omega, Tag etc to compare against, now had it a couple of years and it’s going nowhere

Best advice I can give is to make sure it’s going to be a keeper before you buy as they do dump a lot of money if you sell, also means you can get the occasional bargain on a s/h one
Thanks for the reply. Good point on the crown I didn’t think of that, although the crown protection is a lot smaller than than my old Classico. 40mm seems the ideal size of in honest, especially with the height. 42mm maybe but they don’t offer any to my liking. My old Classico was the 45mm and thickness was an issue.

I’ll get my local AD to order one to view. Good to hear about the lume, again my old cream dial one had none & didn’t realise how much I needed it.

Also I’ll haggle for a deal as I know the resale is poor.

Annoyed they no longer made in Italy on dial I liked that aspect.


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