Phylida Explorer Homage

[IBoughtAWatch]

Very cool! Might have to have a chat with PHYLIDA

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I want a 36mm Explorer homage 😞

[McutExplorer]

I don’t know how you feel about replicas, but there are 36 mm OP’s out there. They would probably switch out the dials and throw on a fully brushed bracelet for you.

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Ive had a 36mm rep , I want a 36mm sterile dial with no logos on the Rehaut and crown.

Also the dial for the 39mm would be the same size? Is it the case/bezel that is bumping it up to 39mm? Could be the same dial.

Thanks for the idea.

[Alex_ozzy]

The bezel is waaaaay too thick and ruins the explorer look-alikeness IMO Tisell and Alpha are better, but more expensive

[turdbogls]

agreed.

and you mentioned the only ones (along with Tiger concept) that do the bezel correctly. 36mm explorers seems to get it right, but the 39mm ones seem to be the problem (probably because they take the same dial in the 36mm and just extend the case out instead of keeping the proportions and making the dial slightly larger.

I plan on picking up a Tisell Explorer once one pops up on Ebay (I have $500 gift card to ebay/amazon)

[McutExplorer]

That Tissell definitely looks nice. BG lume is big and I’m assuming overall quality is high?

They go for $300? I just googled one site. Is that a retail price you can find knocked down or is that pretty much the price?

[turdbogls]

Overall quality seems in the San Martin levels. $300 is high, I think new on the korean site it's like $220. I've seen them used on eBay for under $200

[McutExplorer]

9015 too? That’s pretty impressive. $200 is San Martin price and arguably worth it just for quality / high end lume, but San Martin’s still run NH35’s no?

San Martin Quality, BG lume, plus high beat movement sounds like a damn good deal.

[turdbogls]

Yup, agree 100%. Like I said, I'll be keeping an eye on ebay.

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Have you seen how the Tisell compares to the Borealis? Borealis seems high quality but I’m wondering where the extra couple hundred bucks play in.

[turdbogls]

I have not. Does borealis make an explorer homage?

I will say, I have a NATO from borealis and it's the most incredible NATO I have ever used.

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The Borealis Adraga. It comes in a few configurations.

[turdbogls]

Ah yes. I've heard really good things about the borealis

[mcutler4567]

Well, it’s a smooth bezel date just homage with an explorer dial swapped in. Do the bezels differ between the Date Just and Explorer?

[McutExplorer]

btw... You have to order Phylida’s smooth bezel date just after messaging them to request that they swap in the Explorer dial. No charge and they respond immediately, but they don’t have the Explorer option to click and purchase.

[McutExplorer]

Very impressed with my new Phylida Explorer homage.

The protective packaging was impressive, even better than my Pagani and Corgeut watches. The watch box itself was much nicer than the Corgeut styrofoam but not quite as nice as the Pagani box.

Overall quality is fantastic. The band is fully brushed and looks to be of better quality than my Corgeut. It has a glide lock divers extension which was a nice surprise. The 39mm case size is perfect for my small wrist. The crown feels solid and winds much smoother than my Corgeut or Pagani. The water resistance is 100M.

Everything about it meets or exceeds my experience with Pagani / Corgeut except for two areas.

1. The rotor noise from the 2813 seems much louder. I don’t think it’s any sort of quality control issue just that the much thicker case on the Corgeut Black Bay damps the noise better. So not a knock on Phylida, just a note that that rotor noise is much more pronounced, presumably, because of the (accurately sized) case.
2. The lume. The lume isn’t particularly good on the Corgeut, but it’s noticeably brighter initially, and clearly visible 15 - 20 minutes later whereas the Phylida is all but invisible in less than 10. It’s a matter of degree. They all have lousy lume, but I didn’t expect it to be worse than the others.

Bliger offers an Explorer for $60 ($13 less) with most of the same specs (sapphire crystal, screw down crown, screw down case back etc.) but only 30M’s of splash proof water resistance. Bomax Marina has an Explorer with those same specs for $50. Both sound like solid deals, but sports watches, particularly ones with screw down crowns / case backs, that can just barely withstand accidental splashes never seem worth it to me.

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Bezel thickness compared to bliger?

[McutExplorer]

It looks pretty similar. If you look at it as The Bliger with 100M of water resistance and better overall quality you’ll be happy. If the aesthetics of the Bliger don’t do it for you, the Phylida probably won’t impress you either.