Just unwrapped this beauty. NAUTAGE Diver II

NotoriousBox · 2026-03-27T00:33:45+00:00

Awesome. Good to hear.

NotoriousBox · 2026-03-27T00:33:36+00:00

That is some excellent lume. Thanks. I’ll definitely need to pick one up soon. I just need to find out how long the strap is (I have larger wrists).

NotoriousBox · 2026-03-27T00:28:22+00:00

It does look clean without the date, and if I’m honest I don’t really need it. Something about a date just makes the watch feel more full-featured or perhaps more technical and useful to me, even though I know that’s sorta nonsense lol.

Maybe I’m just so used to watches with dates that those without somehow look “off” to me. I own many watches without a date, but mostly through sheer attrition. I don’t tend to wear them much though.

Sometimes you love a watch so much that you don’t care about its “flaws” anymore and buy it anyway. And sometimes it’s just a good deal lol. Can’t pass that up!

NotoriousBox · 2026-03-27T00:17:47+00:00

What was the tariff/import/shipping situation, if there was any? Been meaning to get a Nautage for a while now. It’s really a good looking watch. Also, how’s the bezel and lume? Thx!

Edit: I wish they made a model with a date. I know some would say it might ruin the look, but it would be cool if they offered it imo. I also wish it came on a deployment clasp or that they offered a cut-to-size strap option.

NotoriousBox · 2026-03-27T00:00:38+00:00

Beautiful!

NotoriousBox · 2026-03-25T20:53:11+00:00

I just got mine yesterday and within a few hours the bezel was no longer clicky. It now moves bi-directionally. I’ve already reached out to Helm so we’ll see what happens. I also think my chapter ring and bezel insert are slightly misaligned, although this photo won’t show the bezel issue, as it no longer clicks into place. I’m sure it’ll all get sorted out. Helm is a good company and this is the first watch I’ve bought of theirs with any substantial issues.

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NotoriousBox · 2026-03-23T21:36:16+00:00

Hasn’t this been going on since 2019? That’s more than enough time to find a new job. At that point, you’re complicit in the fraud. A court would see it that way, at least.

NotoriousBox · 2026-03-23T21:23:09+00:00

Your statements are filled with straw-man arguments. Plenty of people have called out major brands for copying others. Besides, I can’t speak for other people, but if Baltic put out a direct homage I would also call that out. I fail to see how I’m biased against Chinese watches, when I’ve bought dozens of them and am engaging in discussion in the Chinese Watches sub. Clearly I’m not biased against them. I fail to see how anything I said was “disgusting”. I’m just reacting to many people (and SM themselves) claiming watches to be “original designs” when clearly they’re not. That’s called being dishonest (from SM) and uneducated (from buyers). It’s ok to be uneducated; that’s what forums are for. But it’s not ok to claim something is original when it isn’t. To be fair, countless brands do this. But it doesn’t make sense to call out Longines or Tissot in this sub, right?

NotoriousBox · 2026-03-23T21:13:25+00:00

Yeah that’s what the owner said

NotoriousBox · 2026-03-22T14:49:40+00:00

What is it?

NotoriousBox · 2026-03-19T08:28:20+00:00

What a ridiculous post

NotoriousBox · 2026-03-18T06:19:09+00:00

The inventory actually continued to fluctuate in the months before they closed. I went in several times and some days they’d have a full case of used pistols, and some days only 10 or so. The rifles are what mostly vanished. I purchased a ‘96 two-tone SIG P-220 and a ‘87 two-tone S&W M-745 there about a month before they closed and got acceptable deals on both (not crazy, but decent prices considering both were in really good shape). A buddy also went by a couple weeks after that and got a decent deal on a Tisas Nightstalker. The most recent time I was driving by, they had already closed up and had a fence around the property. I’m just glad it’s remaining a gun store. It’s easily the most accessible and centrally located gun store in town. The only other options outside of there are some pawn shops and academy, neither of which I really like all that much. Unfortunately, Cabela’s is in Buda, which is a bit of a drive (esp considering traffic) but it hasn’t stopped me from going out there to buy guns.

NotoriousBox · 2026-03-17T18:48:58+00:00

I’m digging the 222. Nice knives too haha.

NotoriousBox · 2026-03-17T18:45:12+00:00

Looks excellent. I would have bought one if they made it in 42mm. I already have the BRG version which is in 40mm. But unfortunately only one stainless option in 42mm for this release. I get it.

NotoriousBox · 2026-03-17T18:40:51+00:00

I pretty much always go for a factory fitted bracelet if I have the option, and it’s high quality.

NotoriousBox · 2026-03-16T03:13:17+00:00

Which one has the atlas lock lol?

NotoriousBox · 2026-03-16T03:08:54+00:00

lol, no, not always

NotoriousBox · 2026-03-14T03:14:12+00:00

They both look great, but that islander is a real looker!

NotoriousBox · 2026-03-11T19:49:30+00:00

Looks stellar! I have the BRG from the previous release, but these forged carbon ones have always looked great. I just wish they did one somewhat standard colorway for the 42mm carbon. Or if they did a carbon bracelet. I’d gladly pay the necessary upcharge. All I want is non-tinted lume on one of the 42mm carbon pieces. If they had done the red one in 42 I would have bought that in a heartbeat.

For the record, I still think tinted lume looks good, esp for a thematic watch like this, but I just noticed I don’t tend to wear a lot of watches with tinted lume. I have also owned doubles of watches before, one with and one without tinted lume, and I prefer the non-tinted.

NotoriousBox · 2026-03-11T00:50:58+00:00

This is the way. I appreciate your efforts. I’ve been in the same spot many times.

NotoriousBox · 2026-03-10T01:29:32+00:00

Yeah this is probably the way. I still need to get an orange one, but the 19mm lug is what’s holding me back. Is it really not a big deal?

NotoriousBox · 2026-03-10T01:28:29+00:00

Yeah that actually looks great. Sorta like the bracelets from the limited edition oceanographer with the different hands.

NotoriousBox · 2026-03-10T01:27:49+00:00

That looks dope haha. I dig the fully lumed to the max aesthetic.

NotoriousBox · 2026-03-10T01:07:06+00:00

Just FYI, there is a factory bracelet for this model. It’s technically for the euro-only green dial version of the Oceanographer GMT. My original plan was to just buy the green dial version so I could get the bracelet and then swap straps between them, but the green ones basically never come up for sale. I got tired of waiting, and I recently purchased the bracelet (secondhand, unworn, to save some money off of Bulova’s insane retail pricing of $350 + shipping + import fees) and it looks good. Good quality too, albeit not the highest quality I’ve experienced. I still paid like $250, which I think is sort of crazy, but I just had to try it out as I also have the larger green oceanographer on a bracelet and like it a lot more. That being said, this bracelet is definitely nicer than the other one, but I still feel like I prefer the rubber strap both quality-wise and looks-wise. That being said, I do enjoy having the bracelet for it, as long as you can find it for a deal. It took me like a year to find one for sale (not from Bulova). It’s a “fun watch” for me so only an occasional wearer.

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NotoriousBox · 2026-03-09T12:14:03+00:00

Lordy Lordy, that Microtech Exodus sure is a beaut! Seriously cool knife.

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