What time is it? Watches and horology

What is MM?

It’s « MN » for Marine Nationale..

Not sure if it’s better than a BB58, it’s a modified Pelagos, 200m without HEV, 40 titanium case, solid spring bars..

Curious to see it in person..

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Pretty happy so far with my uncle Seiko 1450 bracelet. Very comfy, right weight and adds nice vintage element. Easy to size too.

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Wow love it

I expect it’ll be the new hot Tudor for a while but there’s something off about it to my eye. Whoever is doing their dial layouts is not a good designer. Apart from the Arial issue the logo looks a little small and cramped and the top and bottom text is squeezed against the markers, leaving a big empty space in the middle of the dial. The bezel insert hash marks look too heavy compared to the numerals and they've made the bizarre decision to squeeze an extra hash mark either side of the 10 (because it’s slightly narrower than other numbers). All a bit odd.

That looks really good.

I had that on my Speedmaster, it really works nicely and looks/feels vintage.

The new Tudor - I don’t like it.

the Arial issue

aesthetic kryptonite

Moody bezel looks mood a. f. #keeper

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New watch Wednesday..

Bought without seeing one in the flesh.. quite small.. although I do have small wrists.. now will try and source a metal band for it..

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Looks great - and def right size for your wrist I would say - congrats

That's a beaut.

they've made the bizarre decision to squeeze an extra hash mark either side of the 10

I can't unsee that now.

Why are the numbers counter clockwise on the bezel?

Must be dive tank minutes.

Hahah same here, it looks weird once you see it

Must be pizza delivery estimate minutes.

It’s not a very pretty looking watch.

source a metal band for it

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You be nice to Beastwars. This pandemic needs to end so they can come and play European gigs before they decide to throw in the towel.

There are some use cases that prefer a countdown bezel to a count-up one. For general diving use the count-up is pretty ubiquitous, but for certain use cases a countdown is preferred. Usually it’s on pilots watches for timing turns, navigation etc. but you also see it on some other watches made for military purposes. They are used to synchronise mission events. Eg (hypothetically given how obsolete this tech is) you might be tracking time remaining to get into position for a coordinated manoeuvre.

How much air is in the tank is not a simple factor of time and will vary massively according to exertion. The tank generally has its own gauge.

Timing with a divers watch is more about decompression stops as the more time spent at a certain depth = longer decompression stops on the way back up.

Thanks. Can you point to any other dive watches out there with a bezel like this?

Thanks. Can you point to any other dive watches out there with a bezel like this?

Google "countdown bezel dive watch"
It isn't super common, but Tudor haven't reinvented the wheel (if that is even real)

Yeah I imagine it's mostly a selling point that they've concocted with MN, "ooh it's for missions, you can pretend you are a soldier now" but there are some out there. It's much more common on pilots watches.