Phoibos Narwhal 300m Automatic
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ค. 2024
- A very retro 70's feel from this new Phoibos and excellent value at the early bird pricing
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I’m loving all these vintage resurgent models a lot of the brands are doing. Great dial and I’m a huge fan of the quality applied hour markers.
wish they do the second version in a white dial. loved this model.
For $400 what's not to like ? Cant complain for that sort of money , not overly big , quite chunky , and a nice bracelet. If I was just starting out , I'd buy one. Cool.
Love this watch!
Almost purchased! Thanks for pointing out the minute hand length. I hadn't noticed before and that would have drove me mad.
I’ve had that tolerance issue on a few bracelets from different brands. I find putting them in the freezer (off the case) to contract the metal helps a lot of the time.
Another great piece from Phoibos! Love to see a Miyota movement on it! Nice review Peter!
Another great review Peter. I agree with the point you made about the short minute hand. I think the upside of the tight fitting links is that perhaps the bracelet does not rattle. Thanks for your review.
Thank you Pete for another terrific review. Brilliant piece from Phoibos, just wish it was a tad smaller. Other than size, I think the case design is lovely, beautiful dial, great lume, like the date at 6pm, and also like the bracelet design. Overall great specs and very good value for money at $400. Thank you again for sharing and have a great day 👍👏🙌
Whilst the watch in question is a little large for my tastes, I believe Phoibos are offering amongst the best value for watches out there. I own a Nebula and a Voyager 3, and love both. Great review as usual
Love it. Would prefer a no date obviously, but 6 is infinitely better than 3. Very retro, very cool. Cheers 👍🏻👍🏻
I must say I am bias to Phoibos watches (I already have two) and hope to have a 3rd with the "Eagle Ray" (red dial) at some point in the future.
Their build is excellent, specs are spot on and that price point is really reasonable for what you get. They are often on the larger side but that's what I like about them. - Thanks for sharing this Narwal model, great find.
Me like! Phoibos doing great things lately, another unique well designed piece. Thanks for the review Peter, be well mate.
Thanks Stavros, you too mate, be well
I have a Phoibos Voyager, latest version, and I love it. Like the watch you are reviewing, I wish the logo was applied and not printed. Such a small detail to elevate the watch.
They will be hard pressed to top their Wavemaster. I just love mine!
Quite like that, the case reminds me of my Helson Shark Diver, which is also a great value watch by the way.👍
Another good looking watch from Phoibos, just a too big for me but thats just how they roll- big n bold
Interesting looking piece. Thanks for the review mate.
Thanks Dale
62mas vibes...looks really cool and is in my opinion first and foremost the superior alternative to the San Martin 62mas, to those who still don't want to pay Seiko money.
I feel like I'm need to buy a Phoibos watch in the future 😄
The case has a definite vintage look. Tissot PRX like in fact. An acquired taste but great review as always Peter.
The trend now is toward the Vostok type of case.
Excellent watch! If only it comes with 39mm....... Thanks for the video.
This is what is so annoying to me about Phoibos. They are always so close to great but something is always off. I bought the burgundy dial Voyager 3 and adore the dial. Love the bracelet, love the 39 mm dimensions. Love the 12 hour bezel. But, with the Seiko movement, it's nearly 14mm thick and sits on top of my wrist. It's unattractive sitting so high off the wrist. Gorgeous watch and I never wear it. Then I see this behemoth yet it's less than 13mm thick. Why, Phoibos?
The Miyota movement is thinner than an NH35. I've got the no date one in my NTH and the watch is 11mm thick
@@hewiebecker6165 so why is the Seiko in the Voyager?
@@derbagger22 the Seiko movement is cheaper but the Miyota has a higher beat rate. This Phoibos and my NTH are both around $500, while any and all seiko powered Phoibos (Phobii?) tend to be $300.
But I'll concede that the Phoibos do tend to make their watches slightly too big, while the sizing for this watch is absolutely perfect for my wrist, the styling may have worked with slightly smaller dimensions especially with how thin the movement is
@@hewiebecker6165 i know that. My point is why let a great watch be ruined by it's thickness? I think this watch being reviewed should have the Seiko and be cheaper while the Voyager should be the premium offering with proper dimensions.
I have this smaller watch that bulges off the wrist and I can't stand it. It's a $300 watch I'm not wearing.
Strap monster
The proportions of this overall octagonal case shape also reminiscent of Makina's seminal (at least to their own niche) approach to watch case design.
I should add, I really like these more unusual case sizes and the changes on the finish look really convincing in your images. What surprises me is that lug to lug of 50.1. That seems too large when you look at how tight at least the lugs seem with the case, which is 41mm. This appears to correspond relatively well to my Straum. At 41mm it's my largest watch and likely will remain so, as it's pushing things for me personally. However, they managed a smidgen under 47mm lug to lug with this integrated lug design. I'm wondering were the additional girth on this Phoibos comes from.
4:29 I'm now half expecting people to die from raptor attacks... I'm also watching my drink for T-Rex steps.
I own this exact watch
Wish they had used that clasp on my eagle ray.
Phoibos keeps releasing new models like once a month recently,which is surprising because there were not much models earlier.They opened own fabric I guess😁Also I wonder where they get such cool bracelets,this one and organic I would like to buy separately🤔
Love it and mine is running as if it was regulated so far
Any idea if they regulate these?
I’d be really really impressed if they did that at this price point
I mean even with the fitment issue of some of the links that would be amazing if they also regulated this thing for the price they’re selling at
Cool looking watch, nice review. I wonder how it would look on a rubber strap. Perhaps in future reviews you could show watches on different straps? Especially on watches you don't have to return;)
Cool 🐳
The trick to easily align the links up is to lay both ends down on the table and slide them together.
Tried all that, there was 2 sticky links out of the entire bracelet. Still got them in, but very tight
The rest of the links were perfect.
not a big fan of divers but that thing looks sweet
Personally love this one, as a fellow reviewer of Phoibos I was disappointed not to be chosen for this model given my absolute passion for 70s watches. I would find it hard to get a negative out of it. Will most likely pick one up for that simple reason it’s like a 70s Seiko. Glad you could see the similarity too as I did instantly when I saw it on their “coming soon”
Had they made this with a yellow / Seiko gold dial mate it would fly off the shelves..
Totally agree, a splash of Pogue colouring would be like selling fresh hotcakes
@@PeterKotsa I’ve spoken to them and to another brand about it but they don’t really seem to hear what I am saying, they need to hang around in the vintage world like I do to know what would sell. Love Phoibos though, great brand just still gutted not to review this one for them.
@@MyRetroWatches Enjoy both of your channels!
@@hootonhoot I only have one channel.
@@MyRetroWatches Was addressing Peter Kotsa as well.
Curse you
The screenshot got my interest and the review sold me
What a damn stunner of a watch
Ordered the brown one too
I can’t wait to get it and hopefully the links don’t give me too much trouble when I size it
Haha..sorry 🙏
@@PeterKotsa ha!
It’s a good review, the picture caught my eye well between all the facets finishes and the dial had this slight reddish to the brown and the review sold me
From there
I’m watching this on repeat till it comes in Friday
I love the way the case transitions to the endlinks. I love the way the finish sorta contrasts there then continues on down the bracelet
Brown definitely makes it like a 1970s colour style, my 1970 Plymouth Fury in Highschool was brown and I can’t remember the last time I saw a brown car anywhere
You had a Plymouth Fury in brown..awesome 🔥
@@PeterKotsa a “Fury 1” so no options and a 318 V8.
Indeed, brown is pure 70's👍 Brown Alfa Romeo Montreal V8 too. Love. I have got this specific watch - its stunning.
@@ryszardkoprowski1414 I did see a brown Mercedes-Benz SUV Maybe seven months ago
@@RJtoon1 OK, me too. But - brown =70's. Its resonating to me.
I really like that watch design. Except for the Octopus logo, it's kind of a bit childish that logo to me. Prefer text.
If I could count the number of people who mentioned the same thing about that octopus logo, I'd be a rich man now..😊
Phoibos hit me with 3/4 of their watches, but still best in design is Wavemaster.
Nice first look. How does it wear compared to a 41 mm Longines HydroConquest? Does it seem larger because of the block-cut case/lugs?
Oh yeah, its a flat board watch. Its long lug to lug and you can see it more than feel it.
I think the fact that its not a tall watch works in its favour
Hi, I think the tightness is due to the fact that the bracelet tapers down to 20mm from a 22mm at the lugs.
you're probably right, that escaped my mind
@@PeterKotsa I bought the blue one, I will report on how it will be with the bracelet when I get it I think by Monday.
Just bought this a hour ago
which colour did you get?
@@PeterKotsa the brown one. Comes tomorrow
@@SAXDAVEBOY good colour choice
A bit blocky for me and don’t think the black bezel works with the brown dial
The dial and hand set with a steel bezel and a rounded case would have looked much better
Ironically I love the bracelet. 👍
Looks similar to Balticus Deep Water.
When video of the new version?
I haven't been sent the new version yet...
A NATO band would be nice with that, not the alergic hairpuller band..
*_The hands are much too short. The minute indicator should reach to the end of the hour marker (or indices or indexes) and the hour hand should leave a small gap, maybe just a sliver or two wide, between itself and the hour markers/indices/indexes._*
I mostly struggle with Phoibos watches. They often are a hodgepodge of mismatched design elements. This one: close but no cigar, the watch is a little bigge than I would have liked and the minute hand is too short.
Yep, smaller footprint and longer minute hand would have been really welcomed here
Then we could have smoked our cigars all day long brother 😊😂
PRX diver
not enough tapper on the bracelet for my liking.
Nice look, but way too big. This should have been 38mm with a 45 lug-to-lug AT MOST.
Totally agree, much bigger market with those dimensions for sure 👍
In my opinion this 70s style caseshape would pair much better if all the dimensions were much more compact, like 2mm or so. Imagine this at 39mm, 47ish l2l, around 11-12mm thick, and yes I know it would mean they compromise the water resistance but I think anyone would be okay with half of this(15ATM). The bracelet could also be 20mm to 16mm taper. Would be much more wearable, I don't like to wear anything over 150grams.
Not a pressed clasp...
Same thick cookie Bezel as the VOYAGER's. I feared that when I first saw the top view. The side view sinks the ship.... It's a fat unelegant block. I get frustrated by phoibos, too
Their designs are fun, the dials gorgeous. The dimensions tho...
It's been a long time I've purchased a phoibos although their prices are the best
16cm circumference...
I like the retro case, the dial, the hands, the loom, ... but that Phoibos logo is so ugly, I can´t bear with this brand, no matter what they do, I find it to be the ugliest logo in the industry.
hate that chunky case
Too seiko looking. Not a fan... Great video...
Name one Seiko that this watch even remotely resembles.
@@toddgaak422. Samurai meets 62mas
Too big. Would make a nice door block.