Holy horology Batman, I think I found my next watch

Platapus · 03-08-19, 07:17 PM

Lately I have been getting the itch for another watch. I am especially interested in one of the newer watches that receives updates from GPS instead of from WWVB (which may be going away)

The Seiko Astron and the Citizen Satellite wave were interesting and I was leaning toward the Citizen.. then I found Trume.

BTY, that's probably a life size image as this is a BIG watch

It is made by Epson which is owned by the same company that owns Seiko. It is a JDM watch but there are international sales.

https://www.ablogtowatch.com/epson-t...-analog-watch/

This watch comes in two basic groups of models. The first comes with a rather silly external sensor pack that connects to the watch by Bluetooth. Not interested in that one. The one I am interested in is is the TR-mb7001 non bluetooth model.

This analog watch has some pretty interesting and unique functions for an analog watch.

-GPS time sync
-Chronograph
-Titanium case with 100m WR
-Altimeter way cool on an analog watch but probably not very practical
-Compass which is way cool on an analog watch and probably very practical
-Barometer, which like the altimeter is cool but not all that practical
-Two point way point tracker. Allows you to set a base location and then from a second location it will tell you the distance and the LOS direction. This I think is the coolest function. Don't see that on an analog watch!
- 11 entry log of some of these functions. Can't imagine ever using that, but a cool feature.
- A nice, to me, uncluttered dial as compared to the Astron and the Satellite wave.

All this for a slightly unreasonable price of about $2,200 which is expensive but not that out of the line compared to the Seiko and Citizen and they don't have these features.

If you spring for the Bluetooth model you get all these features plus

- UV level sensor
- Temperature sensor
- Pedometer
- Calorie burning calculator

None of these really interests me and besides I can't take a bluetooth device to work.

Because this is a JDM watch, there is little advertisement here in the US.

I am doing some serious horological drooling here. Getting the itch bad.

03-08-19, 07:17 PM	#1
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,362 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Holy horology Batman, I think I found my next watch Lately I have been getting the itch for another watch. I am especially interested in one of the newer watches that receives updates from GPS instead of from WWVB (which may be going away) The Seiko Astron and the Citizen Satellite wave were interesting and I was leaning toward the Citizen.. then I found Trume. BTY, that's probably a life size image as this is a BIG watch It is made by Epson which is owned by the same company that owns Seiko. It is a JDM watch but there are international sales. https://www.ablogtowatch.com/epson-t...-analog-watch/ This watch comes in two basic groups of models. The first comes with a rather silly external sensor pack that connects to the watch by Bluetooth. Not interested in that one. The one I am interested in is is the TR-mb7001 non bluetooth model. This analog watch has some pretty interesting and unique functions for an analog watch. -GPS time sync -Chronograph -Titanium case with 100m WR -Altimeter way cool on an analog watch but probably not very practical -Compass which is way cool on an analog watch and probably very practical -Barometer, which like the altimeter is cool but not all that practical -Two point way point tracker. Allows you to set a base location and then from a second location it will tell you the distance and the LOS direction. This I think is the coolest function. Don't see that on an analog watch! - 11 entry log of some of these functions. Can't imagine ever using that, but a cool feature. - A nice, to me, uncluttered dial as compared to the Astron and the Satellite wave. All this for a slightly unreasonable price of about $2,200 which is expensive but not that out of the line compared to the Seiko and Citizen and they don't have these features. If you spring for the Bluetooth model you get all these features plus - UV level sensor - Temperature sensor - Pedometer - Calorie burning calculator None of these really interests me and besides I can't take a bluetooth device to work. Because this is a JDM watch, there is little advertisement here in the US. I am doing some serious horological drooling here. Getting the itch bad. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right. Last edited by Platapus; 03-08-19 at 07:26 PM.