Watchlords

Microbrands have always excelled at leveraging relatively tiny production scale as a tool to keep up with the ever-changing demands of the general space. So while Raven has produced watches in a variety of sizes, the Trekker 39 is welcomely a bit smaller than its forebearer.

Making something that checks all the enthusiast boxes requires steadfast adherence to the trends – while also not missing any obsession-worthy details. After all, the minutia can often separate a thoughtful design from the ocean of crowd-funded "off the rack" dive watches that have flooded forums and Instagram in the past few years.

With that in mind, the Trekker offers a spec list that certainly shows a thoughtful consideration for what makes a good dive watch: 300 meters of water resistance, a screw-down crown, X1 blue Super-LumiNova lume, a bezel beset with a luminous pip at 12, excellent legibility, drilled lugs, a solid caseb

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/trave ... dive-watch

Nothing really wrong with this one but it's hardly the most exciting watch in the world.

This doesn't totally blow.

The finishing on the edges of the hands looks really bad in a couple of those pics. Otherwise, not too bad.