There is no specific standard or definition on what constitute a Search And Rescue watch. Focus remains on practical and precision timepieces for the military. Today, the management of the company is being led by the fourth generation of the family. The brand's primary military customers are those from North America. Marathon is famous as being among the very few brands still officially selling watches to armed forces. In 1939, Morris Wein created Marathon Watch, supplying watches throughout North America. The company was originally founded in 1904 as Weinsturm Watch, later to be named Wein Brothers. The Marathon Watch Company is a Canadian-based watch maker that remain true to their roots. Since this is the first of the brand to be featured on this blog, a short take on the history of the brand is in order. Moreover, you can easily adjust the sizing of the strap on the fly without needing any tools all you need to do is put the buckle hook into the required adjustment hole on the strap. The inability to split the bracelet into two which you can do with a strap means that you can buckle a strap watch to almost anything. As such, the bracelet becomes impractical. It can be worn directly on the wrist, over sleeves, over dive suit sleeves, attached to a handle etc. There will be a number of ways the watch will be attached to a person in view of the multi-mission capability of this watch. It is a tool watch and is expected to be subjected to intense abuse throughout its working life. My reasoning behind this change of opinion is the operational purpose of the watch. Should get the bracelet version if available, in this case I decided to do the opposite. An introductory price to celebrate the new dealership arrangement between Gnomon and Marathon was also on offer.įor this acquisition, I decided to go for the rubber strap version. Currently there are only two models on offer on Gnomon's website (at the time I made the purchase on 20 March 2020), the bracelet version and the rubber strap version. Unfortunately, there wasn't any authorized dealer in Southeast Asia and I wasn't that comfortable to buy online for the amount being offered.Ī decade later, Gnomon Watch of Singapore got the dealership from Marathon and I was instantly hooked. These watches are akin to the PROSPEX line by Seiko. As such, Marathon's Government-issued Search And Rescue (GSAR) Diver’s Automatic watches are some of the most practical mechanical tool watches around. The genre that started the interest in this hobby was the diver and military styles watches. When I first started my deep-dive into the world of watch collecting, the Marathon Watch Company was one of the first few brands on my radar screen more than a decade ago.
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