June 1990, pre Gulf war.
Anyone else got one.
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June 1990, pre Gulf war.
Anyone else got one.
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now that is very nice indeed.
From ‘91
I have a few
Pictures with other US issued watches
Waiting for the reissue, hopefully soon.
Had one a few years ago and sold it for a pittance
Love that case shape
Sinnlover
thats a cracking collection,those green canvas straps look the part.
https://uk.marathonwatch.com
It’s good to see they are pushing their profile
They currently in their 2nd year of sponsoring a driver in the Porsche Cup and are also official time keeper of this weekends round the island race.
I would love to see them become a bit more well known.
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A new addition brings my Marathon collection up to 6
You either love the utilitarian look or hate it but it’s hard to question the great quality and ‘relative’ value they offer.
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Which one is that, CWC?
I was thinking of expanding the list to Stocker & Yale and also Hamilton. However the former no longer sell watches and most of the originals were rather cheap plastic watches. Whilst the latter made some really good military watches in the past, both for the military of the UK and USA, Hamilton seem to have a bit of a patchy record on their reissues.
I do love my J-SAR but what does it have to do with BMW?
Marathon GSAR 41mm (large)
Marathon JSAR (46mm)
That's one lovely example! I've got it on my shortlist, Marathon or an Adanac, not too fussed about which, as long as it's issued
I had a marathon GSAR. The bracelet was great but it was too thick for me.
According to a thread on WUS, Marathon are going to reissue the steel Navigator but there doesn’t seem to be a lot of recent progress on it:
https://www.watchuseek.com/threads/n...5178843/page-5
One of my many regrets:
https://www.watchuseek.com/threads/s...celet.1253442/
Isn't that a beaut? I wonder what happened to the GMT:
https://www.gsaadvantage.gov/images/...0A_500x500.JPG
JSAR for me, love it, had to go and buy the steel bracelet to add to it. Great combo and good for biceps
Had a 1991 Marathon Navigator for a while but let it go to fund purchasing this 1985 GG-W-113
Just because I am wearing one today
First generation MSAR - maple search and rescue. One of 500 made in 2009 and issued to troops working security for the Vancouver Olympics (apparently)
Nice! I keep reading your rather excellent review https://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.p...on-MSAR-Review)
I now have the urge to buy a GSAR! I have a nice CWC divers but my watch collecting 'rule' will only allow me to own one or the other.
Decisions, decisions.......................!
Yes, I do find my CWC to be very easy to wear because of its slim height. I think the GSAR is 14mm thick? - I have a 14mm/40mm diver and on occasions it seems a tad tall but after a while I rather like the 'heft' of it. I have a 7 inch wrist but yours looks bigger if you don't mind me saying (!) so the larger Marathon is easier to wear maybe?
Mine is about 7.5 (snigger snigger) the JSAR / CSAR is about as big as I can comfortably wear, the MSAR (GSAR) wears very well due to shortish lugs. I prefer a rubber though (snigger snigger snigger) as it reduces the height when compared to a NATO.
The marathon does wear a bit more compact compared to the CWC, again helped by the smaller dial and short lugs. There is bu99er all in it though.
I love the look of Marathons and have had a couple of GSARs but have always moved them on. Something about the proportions just doesn’t work (similar wrist size to you) - quite a small dial, but very thick and just always felt slightly off to me.
I find the CWC is much better fit, visually just works on the wrist, and is nice and slim so never feels unwieldy. Still keep thinking about buying another marathon tho, which will no doubt go the same way as the others cos i never learn!