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23 April 2010, 03:37 AM | #1 |
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Are you a Marathon man?
My third Marathon arrived in the mail today, so I decided to take a family portrait. From left to right are the Navigator with date, SAR Automatic, and the TSAR quartz. With the arrival of the Navigator today and the SAR automatic yesterday, I am thinking about selling the TSAR, as the Navigator has the same dial and the tritium tubes for when I need it.
Lets see some more of the Marthons owned on this forum. Robert |
23 April 2010, 04:44 AM | #2 |
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Nice trio, Robert.
Proud Marathon Man here. dP
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23 April 2010, 06:23 AM | #3 |
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Dan:
Your watch will leak with the crown out like that :) I bet if you are handy with Photoshop, you could take a picture with and without the crown out and then paste the crown in shot on top of the crown out shot. Robert |
23 April 2010, 06:23 AM | #4 |
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A wrist shot of the new Navigator.
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23 April 2010, 07:52 AM | #5 |
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I like that Marathon watch with the State Dept. seal on the claps.
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Ive had 2 CSAR's and 2 GSAR's.The weak part is the bezel insert IMHO. The CSAR IMHO is way over rated and overpriced.Overall the SARS are cool.
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I like the Nav with date. I recently picked up a Gen purpose with date but it's too small for me. The Nav seems that crucial bit bigger.
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Here ya go, pic shamelessly swiped from the 'net.
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I'm a future Marathon man... :D
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23 April 2010, 11:21 PM | #10 | |
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As for the CSAR, I think most 7750 based chronos are way overpriced. As for the bezel insert, it looks to be plastic, not metal like some other watches. There was also some mention of a newer Bezel insert design at some point. You may have had the older design. It would be nice if there was a source for replacement inserts, so you could freshen up the appearance of your watch after a few years. Robert |
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24 April 2010, 12:03 AM | #11 |
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if the SAR had a coin edged bezel I'd be all over it
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24 April 2010, 01:37 AM | #12 |
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not a great pic... and i prefer the bracelet but i LOVE mine!!! guys who have seen this and Dans rave about wanting one. just do it! you wont be disappointed for the price. great watch and unless i run into Dan or Joji i never see one. i guess there are at least three in Kentucky. maybe one we dont know about.... where are you? ha ha
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24 April 2010, 01:55 AM | #13 |
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Has anybody checked the accuracy of the Automatic based Marathon's? Mine is running a bit fast. I am going to give it a week or so and see where it settles down to.
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dP
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I just set it to the time source. I 'll give it a few days, but I think it is running 15-20 seconds fast.
Even my quartz ones run a bit fast, but only a second or two a day. Robert |
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Robert,
it will settle down. give it a few weeks. no biggie if it doesnt its a simple adjustment that any watchmaker can do for very little money if any. |
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Mine was about +15 sec a day. Regulation will get it down to +/- 5 sec day. Three SARs in KY
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great pic! Dan still hasnt given me copies.... he must be busy changing straps! LOL
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Ed, all you need to do is right click and save it.
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A rainy Saturday might be the best time. dP
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So we know there are at least three of these in Kentucky and for sure there is at least one in Tennessee. We got a "Chamber of Commerce" beautiful day today here, but I think we're looking at the same storm front tomorrow that Dan's planning for on Saturday. Anyway, took a snap of mine out in the springtime
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Good point Joji! Man I feel dumb! No worrisome dan. Take ur time! I know u are busy working from home and changing straps.... He he
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Last night I fitted a Hirsch Mobile curved end strap to the Marathon and it looks great. It is a 100m waterproof strap with a special spring bar position that gives you a choice of eight settings, so you can fit the curved end tightly against the watch case.
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The Hirsch strap looks great.
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Those Marathons look awesome. Very solid.
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Great pictures.
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The Sailing season is starting up again here and I have the first Wednesday night race tomorrow. It made me realize I forgot a watch in the Marathon Family portrait at the head of this thread.
Here is my Marathon Adanac Navigator II. I use it for the race start/countdown timing. Robert |
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I was watching a documentary on the CBC last night and what did I seen when either the RCMP officer or the Coroner office employee picked up a piece of evidence, but the distinctive Marathon Maple Leaf clasp on their watch. It was a pretty close shot and you couldn't mistake it.
It is nice to see that these watches are actually used/worn by the people they were designed for. Robert |
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