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A Grassroots Dive Watch
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
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

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