Why this watch isn't perfect, but still pretty darn good!
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Introducing the Squale 65th Anniversary Master Titanium watch, water resistant to an amazing 120 ATM (that's 1200 meters!) The case and bracelet is made out of Grade 5 titanium, which is a high strength and scratch resistant alloy of titanium. It will wear like steel, even better . . . but weigh half as much. The watch and bracelet weigh a mere 131 grams.
Check it out today! longislandwatch.com/squale-ma...
Thanks for watching.
Engineer and nerd here -- very much enjoyed the science portion of the video.
Thanks so much.
@@islandwatchMarc what Islander model is that with the vertical day/date? And are they in stock
@@darksideka Islander Greenport ISL-250
Engineer + watch guy here, the science stuff is what always brings me back! Thanks for keeping them coming!
awesome, thanks!
Absolutely loved the Ti class. Wife was walking by and stopped to watch over my shoulder. Very interesting! Thumbs up given👍🏽 Nice to hear they're going to keep this one in the catalog a little while.
Ditto here, glad you enjoyed
Great content as always! 16 years ago I tipped over a cart in the granite shop, with a 400-600 pound piece of granite and another guy the other end. I fell down not wanting to let go of the granite to her other person and the ring I was wearing to my hands happen to be made of titanium, that saved my fingers.
Wow, excellent luck 🍀
Like those lessons from a few years back these are te videos I watch out for.
Glad you like them!
Thanks for the science-y bit at the end , love your work Marc !
What a beauty! Thanks for sharing some of the engineering and thanks for your hard work Sir!
My pleasure!
I really love that you spice the watch review videos with a science part :)
The folding butterfly clasp is a joke. What pinhead at Squale approved that bonehead idea.
I wouldn't say "pin head", but I get it.
I completely agree!
yeah but Squale got a great deal on em in Beijing. Divers dont buy Squale , they would be laughed at endlessly
Kind of ruins the hardcore diver theme they were going for (regardless of whether it would be used by a diver or not). At this price range these things matter.
@@swiftusmaximus5651 SURE
Great info, Mark. I'll never need a watch like that, but it is a pretty awesome creation.
sure is
I would like to see a Grade 5 Titanium in the 1521 50 atmos or in their sub39 line up with bracelet and buckle to match. Also Marc, I am patiently waiting for you to make your own LIW bracelets for the 1521 with solid end links and milled clasp. 🙏
That would be cool. Noted on the 1521 bracelets.
Always cool to see you rockin' the Cooper swag in a video!
Love it when you « geek out » like that! Thanks for sharing this great design. Looks great.
You bet!
Thank you for the unbox Mark. Still enjoying all that great nerdy time info from your recent “UTC” vids. There’s about four or five watches I’d like to buy from you.
great, thanks so much
I like this watch and the dimensions are perfect.
Awesome watch ! Flat Power !!! Hyperborea may exist at Magnetic North directly under Polaris at the center of our Plane. If we stay here we die. We have nothing to lose.
Mark, I haven't been watching your videos much lately, you must have gotten a new camera setup-- it looks fantastic!
Great lume on this model! 🔥
Agreed!
Nice looking watch. I agree with you about the clasp. What were they thinking? I wish more watches had a negative date. It’s easier for my old eyes to see. Thanks for sharing it and have a great afternoon!
Thanks for watching!
I love my Bertucci solar titanium watch(bought it from you) & have gone to titanium cookware & water bottles for camping but not so much for strength. First, titanium is absolutely corrosion resistant & hypo allergenic. That's great for a watch that's on my skin all day & the lighter weight is a benefit too. For my cookware & water bottles, allergenic quality & corrosion resistance are also important but it also has the benefit of resisting warping from heat. I can literally boil water in the bottles if I my filter & other purification methods fail for any reason. I've never been willing to spend the money on one but Mission Knives also makes pure titanium knives for kayakers etc that want a light corrosion proof emergency knife. Uses for titanium keep growing & it's proving its worth in several places.
Marc - “But really.. A butterfly on a divers watch… idk… Doesn’t fly with me LOL” 😂😂😂 5:05
I appreciate these videos. You're like the reading rainbow of horology 💪💯
LOL, thank you
Still loving my Greenport!
Ditto!
that's a nice looking watch
Thank you
I do like Squale’s (I believe it’s the 1521 or 5121) with the bright coral blue dial & bezel. I believe you & TGV both have it. I still haven’t been able to save up to get it just yet. But to me that particular model is the best looking diver watch they have that I must soon acquire!
Hi, Marc. Although it did not come on bracelet, the “Master x Palombari Comsubin” that I bought from you last year is also grade-5 titanium; so Squale has some experience with this alloy. 😀
Oooooh nice watch!.. enjoy!
@@mrmagoo.3678 Very kind of you to respond. Thank you.
Well done learned a lot
great, thanks!
Cool watch from Squale! That “old radium lume” look reminded me of a book I read called “The Radium Girls”. I’d highly recommend it!
Sad story
Sharp watch for sure. I like it.
ditto!
Absolutely love the look of this watch and is seriously considering this as my next purchase. Thank you for confirming the size of the case as one AD here in the UK have listed it as 65mm. At 65mm, it's a dinner size plate on the wrist and a definite deal breaker 😄😄😄
wow, that's nuts!
Yeah that's nuts spanky.
What would be great is a bezel which can be locked in place. With the neoprene gloves and wetsuit it's far too easy to accidentally rotate it slightly (which isn't a safe thing whey you're trying to judge your remaining air and slowly rising to prevent having to be placed in the chamber when you surface. Maybe a small push button which prevents it from changing unless you press it because you need to turn it as you stayed under longer because your attention was caught by something you really want to check out/look at longer (when you should have looked at the watch to find you should have decided to take a second dive to look at it instead).
excellent review 🤔
Glad you liked it. Hmmmmm
Very interesting!
I don’t always understand the science, but I like to hear it. And it feels right to me at the end of a video. Now, a question: is anyone ever made an aluminum watch? The Soviets?
very nice, I like it.
Thanks for letting me nerd out. I am a bit OCD, so would love a watch that is more scratch resistant. That one is a bit out of my price league though😢
Nice video & wish I could afford one.
Nice one Mr F. I have a Pelagos which is G2 Ti. It marks fairly easily but, on tbe plus side, the marks can be removed easily with a titanium refinishing pad. Anyhow - maybe coatings would be good for next time? Citizen and Sinn have proprietary tech in this space i believe?
I just really want that Geochron on your wall!!
Very nice watch. I absolutely love Titanium watches! I own 8 of them now. The last one I purchased was also in grade 5 Titanium. Unfortunately this watch is a little too expensive for me. Fortunately most titanium watches are very affordable now, even grade 5.
Very nice!
Yeah the butterfly clasp and pin and collar links are a bit of a "WTF?" But i believe these quirks will be valued in the years to come, plus you can always put it on a different strap. I think it looks great! Wish i had the cash to make this happen right now. But maybe soon.
Simple and beautiful. A little rich for my blood, but I have zero doubts you will have any trouble selling these. But yeah, that clasp probably needs to be changed out. Thanks as always!
Thank you!
lovely watch mark wauw
I hope Squale makes a stainless bracelet for the regular model with a nice clasp.
Love "The Nerdery" 👍
great!
A few years ago I bought a JDM Casio Oceanus in grade 5 Ti. It is still looking almost new although I definitely did not baby it. It might even have a titanium carbide coating, but I'm not sure. I've become a fan of grade 5 Ti watches, I'm up to 3 now. (As an aside: Casio managed to include a 3 position toolless micro adjust for a price of $580 shipped from Japan, Squale should really do better, and Grand Seiko even more so)
Wow, amazing
Beautiful watch. If only they offered it with a rubber strap only option for a little less price tag. That bracelet is pointless with a butterfly. Excellent review as always. 👍
Yeah, I hear ya
Gorgeous watch. That is pretty thick though...
My Ventura v-matic (Ti) from 1998 doesn't have a mark on it after all these years. It was my daily wearer for a good ten years.
That's awesome.
They really need to revamp the clasp to a micro adjust while staying in that price point. I like the watch, but not that much. Bracelet tech has influenced my purchases lately. I feel sad that grade 5 titanium in a butterfly clasp will not be graced in many wrists. Like you said, it was almost perfect.
I know it's their gimmick, but I really wish Omega would join the program and drop the helium escape "wart" 🤣 These are beautiful and a rival to a certain titanium Omega with a similar colouring 😁
Like the Spinnaker 50 Phantoms!..Were you lucky enough to get a seconde/seconde/ Squale “Watch your Hand”?
Man, beautiful watch! Looking at the sticker situation, I was just curious what do you end up doing with the watches you use for the videos? Do you box them back up and sell them? Or just keep them around the house, haha.
Depends how used they have to be really.
@@islandwatch So any chance for a 700 dollar discount on that stickerless demo?? 😂
I don't really care about the strap.I can change that! And how many people goes diving With their watch These Days. And I like how the links match up with each other from the top to the bottom. Even more expensive watches are not perfect I love it!!
Butterfly is fine for a desk diver. Anybody actually taking it to depth will have it on the rubber strap. I really like the looks and the weight. I'm not sure I want to cough up $2K for it, but I suppose the market segment that it's aimed at won't mind.
thanks for checking it out
First, it’s a great looking watch. I like the look of the butterfly clasp but wonder why they’d do it on a 120 atmosphere diver. I guess you’re expected to switch it to the tropic if you are actually diving with it? And for the price, although I have had good luck with elaboré grade movements it really should be a chrono at that price point I think. And at least the helium escape valve prevents them from over branding it!
None (of the very few nostalgic that still use watches for diving. All the others have replaced them with dive computers) uses a bracelet for diving. "Dive clasps" and "dive extensions" are only trinkets. All the few watches still used for diving and all the dive computers that replaced them, are secured with straps. If you really want to dive with that watch, use the rubber strap that's included in the package.
That's a nice looking watch. Grade 5 ti is a great material for a watch, being really scratch resistant and light. But at almost 16mm thick? How is that big boy gunna slide under a cuff? And at that price, an SW300 would be nice. That's why the Miyota 9015 is worthwhile, it is quite thin, plus high beat. Thanx Marc, enjoyed the science lesson!
Thanks so much.
It's worth pointing out that LIW also has a Squale Sub-3920 Artico in stock. They're fantastic and the Sub-39 line appears to be out of production now. Money better spent.
Sure do, I think just one left
Totally understand why they put the crown where they do on these models but I really wish it was at 3 o'clock.
Put it on the tropic because the bracelet is beyond the joke
Not looking for another diver. . . but dang that looks good Agreed though that the clasp is a let down
thanks!
Case reminds me of a Seiko 62 mas with Diashield.
Yeah, and thicker
Have you seen the San Martin SN0129gb marble dial? Now thats a hell of watch from a microbrand my friend.
I have not, sorry.
@@islandwatch the dial is made with an actual real piece of marble
I think experimentation is good as long as something is learned and (more importantly) doesn’t sink the company
true, thanks.
Similar feel to the Seiko MM300 and Orient OS300 in vibe… love those both, but in TI they’d be even better. Shame they put a butterfly clasp on it.
they still need to make the lume better for that price
Lume is pretty darn good.
I'm curious, what's the hardness (in vickers) of Sinn's tegimented steel? Higher than Grade 5 Ti?
Mark .... do established brands like Squale ask AD's their thoughts on pre-production models to avoid glaring issues/ goof ups such as the use butterfly clasp here?
Nope
Question: is it possible to buy that bracelet stand alone? Also. Not gonna lie, I'm having a hard time hearing this is the first Squale titanium, while wearing, at least as far as I know, the actually first grade 5 1521. Bought it from Mark, great experience btw, and love the watch. Which, I should say it, is the COMSUBIN 1521 from last June. Thick but for all the right reasons and the best blue I've ever seen.
Not first mark. The polumbari comsubin is grade 5. And the same exact water resistance. I suspect it's the same watch with a black bezel and dial
They didn't do a G5 bracelet with that one ;)
@@islandwatch oh yes I thought you said it was squales first grade 5 watch. I stand corrected I humbly beg your forgiveness hopefully after enough time passes I might find my way back into your grace oh holological one
LOL. I was mis-leading in a way!
@@jjjfffpppdamn. What are you smoking? That was deep.
For that price it better have mats certified chronometer movement…!!!!
it doesn't :(
16mm kills it for me. other than that it is perfect. Squale is suppose to come out with other Anniversary releases. Hope to see a 1521 in Ti Grade 5. I will wait to see.
That would be cool!
It’s 6108 Seiko with 62mqs lugs!!
How does grade 5 titanium compare with the case hardness of Damasko DS30 which is simply awesome?
Damasko much harder
What does the giant bottle of siracha on the shelf behind you have to do with this video?
It's a subliminal thing.. Marc is hoping it'll make you feel hungry which will make you feel more impulsive, and thus likely to throw some new watches into your cart. 😂
nothing, I'm just a spicy guy
What's with the faux patina lume? Why are watch companies still doing that?
Yeah a bit too high when it comes to pricing. I think regular 1521 blasted is most Squale I am willing to go.
No worries, thank you
I’m an anti-scratch nut, so I’d prefer grade 5 titanium on all my watches…if not for the cost! 😢
It's a tough pill to swallow
Butterfly clasp on dive watch ? It should be only on dress watches. This watch is very nice but I would wear it on tropic Squale rubber band.
Good thing they include it
@@islandwatch Bracelets are fine, but I prefer good rubber. Lot of people said to me in facebook watch group that the butterfly clasps are fine, dont listen to You Tube dudes...but i dont agree with them. I had couple butterfly clasp and they are crap...When you want to resize it, it is too loose or too tight. I love good milled clasp on bracelet. My thought about Squale is: Squale watches are better on leather and rubber than steel. Greetings from Croatia Marc. I love your channel. First time i heard about you on TGV channel.
Butterfly clasps are always wrong for me! I need easy adjustments. Many companies now make tool less easy bracelet adjustments.
I totally agree!
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WHAT THE HELL?!? Butterfly Clasp?!?
The butterfly clasp is a deal killer. Shame.
I know it
It looks amazing. Really up my alley. Yet for the price, I would like to get a much better bracelet..
You and me both!
Question for a future video. Why do companies use blue AR instead of clear? It changes and distorts the colour of the dial!
cause it looks good, honestly
Bill Hader is a watch fan?
Best Thing To Happen in ‘59? My birth!
LOL
The best thing that happened in 1959 you say? I was born!! lol
Yes! That too!
Wot about titanium not ever rusting?
How much????? For a micro Brand ??? Crazy.
def not a micro, otherwise, Ok!
@@islandwatch cool i'got your intention mark, just to tell you that i'm a fan from Paris France, a hard one, love thé content, keep UP thé good work, Frédéric
"Why this watch isn't perfect....." TGV entered the chat..... 🤬🤬🤬 🤣🤣🤣🤣
:)
Don't forget that Ti is hypoallergenic. 316L contains some nickel and other metals that can be irritating to sensitive people.
It doesn't exist a dive bracelet. A bracelet is something you put on a dive watch to turn it into a dress watch. "Dive clasps" and "dive extensions" are only trinkets. All the few watches still used for diving by some nostalgic, and all the dive computers that replaced them, are secured with straps. If you really want to dive with that watch, use the rubber strap that's included in the package.
Ugh. And that Date window too.
Date I don't mind.
@@islandwatch Fair. Not my thing, I suppose. You need to get TGV to convince them to make us more models like his special edition.
It's kind of their thing, but the double logo on the dial is what frustrates me the most about lots of Squale's designs.
It's quite historical but I get it's not for everyone
Love Squale! This watch is awesome but I have never been a fan(don't know why) of helium escape valves... this included....
Sorry about that!
I love Squale but this might be my least favorite case design they have, I would rather they use one of the other cases and just make a normal diver in titanium. Most of us don't care about water resistance, just give me 150m and I'm good
You mean you aren't going down to 1200? :)
Why so thick?
thick sapphire! And you gotta fit in the valve
They are usually thick when they can go that deep. For the reasons he stated.
Does this watch get a discount for being "unstickered"? hahaha