![]() The rich and mossy matte green dial bears the rough sand texture now commonly found on several vintage-style watches. The Bronze Blue Angel’s fluted, flattened onion shape offers visual interest and more than adequate grip without appearing bulbous or awkward. In this case, the big boy has been done right. On the other hand, I hate the way a large crown can spoil the lines of a case, especially when the designer opts for a dull, chunky cylinder. I have a love/hate relationship with large crowns in that I love their ease of use and the fact that they offer so much area in which a designer can do something cool. That screw-down crown at 3 o’clock pulled me right in. While the leather appeared to be of only average grade, I loved the style and finish buckle. In keeping with its pilot theme, the watch is fitted with a straight cut 22mm leather strap and a broad, signed, flat-tang bronze buckle. It is the kind of overkill I am happy to accept. It is rated for 300m water resistance, which is a good 250m better than most pilot’s watches and 299.9m more than you would ever want to use in an aircraft. The stainless steel case back carries a simple image of four fighter jets in formation.įor an aviator’s piece, the Bronze Blue Angels is remarkably watertight. This puts on the large side, but not at all out of line for a pilot’s watch, and even on my 6.75” wrist, it is entirely appropriate for weekend wear. The Bronze Blue Angels’ brushed case is 43mm wide, 51.5mm long, and 12.5mm thick from the case back to its flat sapphire crystal. Still, I was excited to put it through its paces. That said, the Bronze Blue Angels is a very different watch from the steel, really sharing no more than the name. Also, having read Joshua Clare-Flagg’s review of the lovely stainless steel Blue Angels, I had high hopes for this one. I was most interested in the Bronze Blue Angels as it wasn’t all that long ago that bronze cases were a novelty, and precious few were made in anything other than a dive style. The Bronze Blue Angel uses the NH35’s cousin, the NH37A, a nearly identical variant that adds a 24-hour display. ![]() It hacks, hand winds, and has a date complication, Diashock protection, and a 41-hour power reserve. The Oyster packs the popular 24 jewel, 21.6k bph NH35. Sadly, they were not.īoth watches run on reliable Seiko automatic movements. Aquatico is a Hong Kong-based watchmaker that has a growing variety of aggressively priced tool watches in its collection. The brand gave me two watches in exchange for this review: a black dial Oyster diver and a green dial Bronze Blue Angels aviator. With Seiko automatic movements, quality materials, and attractive dive and pilot designs, they seemed to be exactly what The Bum was looking for. ![]()
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