Watchlords

I first encountered Norqain in the metal at the COUTURE Watch & Jewellery show in Las Vegas. I had heard of the brand prior, and one of the headlining aspects of their watches are their manufacture calibers developed with Kenissi – the same movement developer that Tudor, Chanel, and Breitling use. As we saw in their recent Adventure NEVEREST 40mm collection, introduced in August, the watches utilized the same caliber architecture found in Tudor’s Black Bay Fifty-Eight – a huge draw for those looking for value-driven dive watches that present competitive specifications. Thus, when you factor in the similar price points, calibers, and category segments tackled by each brand a comparison between the two is only natural. Today, only a month later, the collection and comparison expands further with three Norqain Adventure NEVEREST GMT 41mm watches – powered by the same Kenissi caliber that is found in the hot Tudor Black Bay GMT. While Tudor leverages a heritage-driven design, Norqain, as a young up and coming brand, looks towards more modern design cues using colour, patterned dials, and, in certain instances, ceramic bezel inserts that you would not find in any of Tudor’s Black Bay offerings. This begs the question: is the Norqain Adventure NEVEREST GMT 41mm the better offering?

https://timeandtidewatches.com/is-the-n ... dor-bbgmt/

Hmmm. Let me thing about this; a Tudor BB GMT or, for essentially the same money, a brand called Norqain. Well, goddamn it, I have to sit down and think this over!

Yeah, there's a tough choice.

Although the vegan-certified rubber strap is mighty tempting.

Interesting comparison. The exclusion of images of one of the watches being compared is a bold and exciting innovation.

I like the Nordvark. Do I like it more than the Tudor? I guess we'll never know.

Well they got the name right, cuz I’m NEVEREST gonna pay money for that.

Buy a wartch to help the Sherpas. Sounds like a Kobold scam, er I mean project . I hesitate to spend Tudor money on a brand I learned about 5 minutes ago. That's just me-what do I know?

NEVERINAMILLION years.

Blehhh.

The Tudor has two downsides - it's heavy and I can't afford it.

The Norquain has one downside, but a bigger one than the Tudor's two combined - I just don't fucking like it at all.

MKTheVintageBloke wrote: ↑

November 4th 2021, 7:36pm

Blehhh.

The Tudor has two downsides - it's heavy and I can't afford it.

The Norquain has one downside, but a bigger one than the Tudor's two combined - I just don't fucking like it at all.

The Tudor isn't really that heavy. I wears fine.

conjurer wrote: ↑

November 4th 2021, 10:26pm

MKTheVintageBloke wrote: ↑

November 4th 2021, 7:36pm

Blehhh.

The Tudor has two downsides - it's heavy and I can't afford it.

The Norquain has one downside, but a bigger one than the Tudor's two combined - I just don't fucking like it at all.

The Tudor isn't really that heavy. I wears fine.

My tooter is heavy

MKTheVintageBloke wrote: ↑

November 4th 2021, 7:36pm

Blehhh.

The Tudor has two downsides - it's heavy and I can't afford it.

The Norquain has one downside, but a bigger one than the Tudor's two combined - I just don't fucking like it at all.

Did you see it on the vegan certified strap?

conjurer wrote: ↑

November 4th 2021, 10:26pm

MKTheVintageBloke wrote: ↑

November 4th 2021, 7:36pm

Blehhh.

The Tudor has two downsides - it's heavy and I can't afford it.

The Norquain has one downside, but a bigger one than the Tudor's two combined - I just don't fucking like it at all.

The Tudor isn't really that heavy. I wears fine.

That leaves the Tudor with the "I can't afford it" downside.

3Flushes wrote: ↑

November 5th 2021, 1:53am

Did you see it on the vegan certified strap?

Vegan-certified? Oh, good, that's another reason for me to hate it more.