wristwatch search help

[grnamin]

I'm looking for a wristwatch with the following:
- automatic movement, simple function, no chronograph, no rotating bezel
- sapphire crystal w/ anti-reflective coating
- at least 40mm in diameter, 42mm better, not including crown
- titanium case
- takes a 20mm wide band
- tritium on the time markers and hands
- 200m water resistance

Anyone know of what can fill my criteria?

 

[Sid Post]

A Revue Thomen Airspeed XL is a place to start. It doesn't have all the features you are looking for but, the clarity is superb and the Luminova coating is very good.

I have the smaller Airspeed Chronograph in Ti and love it.

The Tritium will limit you to domestically produced watches only FWIW.

 

[grnamin]

Thanks, Sid. From looking around, a Sinn 656 with the above qualities would be great.

 

[MelancholyMutt]

You just described this watch...

 

[grnamin]

Melancholy, thanks. I'll check it out.

 

[Steven Andrews]

Not Ti - but check a Sinn 656. The Super Luminova is great, always visible, even in the dead of night.

 

[grnamin]

Steven, if only Sinn would make the 656 in Ti, that would be awesome! Simple and functional, no bells and whistles, just utilitarian. My kind of watch.

 

[Megalobyte]

I very much like the Sinn EZM3. True, it's steel, not Ti, but i have owned both the steel EZM3 and the Ti EZM1 and i honestly liked the 3 better, seems more solid and durable to me, plus its water resistant to 500M to the EZM1's 300M.

It of course has a sapphire crystal and the Luminova is very bright.

I also didnt get much use out of the EZM1's countdown timer, and I found the EZM1's Lemania mvt. to require more activity to keep it wound, if you had a few relaxing days with little activity, the EZM1 would stop, where the 3 with its more modern Valjoux mvt would keep on ticking.

In any case, i like the EZM3 a lot and they can be had brand new on Ebay for about $750 or so. Great watch for the money.