My criteria:
- has to be either kinetic or solar quartz
Tougher than mechanical movement and always ready to wear. But I want to avoid battery powered quartz because I don't like the feeling of the watch sitting there and ticking the battery away, and me wearing or not won't matter much at all. - diver style, WR 200M+, uni-directional timing bezel
- fantastic lume (when great lume is not enough ... LOL )
- date
- bracelet is prefered, but not a must
- wear well for smaller wrist size (6.5" wrist, some maybe 40-42mm case size)
- this is going to be a semi-beater, so hopefully nothing that will break my bank :p It has to be as least cheaper than the Marathon SAR, right?
- long power reserve is good since it will likely to get worn only few times a month
- anything else (GMT, day, perpertual cal.) are icing on the cake
I did a little search and found the Seiko Kinetic 200m SMY089. It seems like it matches all of the above criteria. And I *think* the bracelet would work with the Marinemaster (SBDX001) clasp, which I have one sitting in my watch box doing nothing. :p The day feature, raised indices are nice-to-have.
(Picture from the web)
On the other hand, a Citizen PMX56-2811 Promaster Air Diver 200M also seems to fit the bill. It has full titanium case and bracelet. The case is in one-piece, which means it doesn't have a caseback open, one less seal to worry about. Also the clasp has built in adjustable diver extension, which is a nice touch. And this one has tranditional lug so that I would have more strap optionThough the styling is a little blend to me.
(Picture from the web)
So, I don't know? Tough choice!
(I am leaning towards the SMY089 because of the cheaper price, kinetic charging system (its great that I can put it on with my runs and charge it good), day feature, stainless steel (harder metal than titanium for better beating resistance) and the *potential* ability to use SBDX001's clasp.)
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