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I quite like them. The design is really nice and I am glad Squale are leaning into their heritage designs more. They are also quite a bit smaller than the usual Squale diver at 38mm which gives them quite a vintage vibe. I think they’d be a great daily on a nice strap.
The two things I wasn’t as sure about were the asking price relative to the rest of their range (maybe the applied markers accounts for some of it?) and the case finishing - but that’s a nerdy bugbear of mine. Basically you can see the case has been buffed a lot before they apply the brushing, so it sort of curves down towards the edges and the brushing really highlights that. On a skin diver case like that I would always want to see the tops of the lugs being really flat and crisp. But that’s a really OCD thing to get hung up on. The brushing is nice, and it’s no different to any number of other watches, it just comes off looking a bit cheap to my eye.
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With your OCD and GS knowledge how do you think this would look on a black rubber strap or Erika? The lugs looks quite tall and steeply angled so I'm thinking it could leave a deep blocky gap despite the square case? I can't find any images of one on a rubber strap and no one makes one with custom shaped ends to fit flush like some do for Rolex, Tudor and Seiko divers. There one up for a really good price on ebay right now. But I've also just been offered a new sbgn003 for a very good price which i know will look good off the bracelet and will still be a couple of hundred cheaper than the used sbgn019. Both look like better investments than the Rados i was eyeing up recently.
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Haha, damn you for mentioning the brushing, I hadn't noticed to soft corners! I'll go try it on tomorrow and see how it feels.
Retro_Bastard
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Thinking of this, will have to go try it on and see although on sale for the weekend only at $1495 Aud which seems pretty good.