I wanted to show some shots with both of them side by side. I even put the original bracelet back on the Sumo (I was wearing it on an Anvil) to have both looking stock:
Before doing this, to whomever asked me I would say that the Sumo was the dress diver and the O300 was the tool diver :
. But after looking carefully at both of them on my wrist, I may have to change my statement a bit
. I continue to regard the Sumo as a dress diver, but I don't think I can see the O300 as a real tool diver. Yes, it's pretty thick, so with that characteristic it would be trés hard to consider it as a proper dress watch, BUT with the overall quality of the watch and terrific craftsmanship, it's definitively not something I would immediately think of as something "rough". My Citizen NY054 is rough: no high-polished case, rough crown spinning, no fancy details - it's basically something to be worn and forgot about. The O300 is not, it's a watch to be savored, maybe even babied, something that I really can't associate with what I understand as a "tool watch". Of course it's not delicate, but it sure is refined.
At least in my eyes this is not a flaw of the watch, but I think it's quite peculiar that I would find it to be refined. I can't pretend that I know very much about watches, far from that, but I have been around the block enough to spot the differences between a good and a bad watch, and enough to differentiate something rough from something refined. Of course it's not like a JLC Navy SEAL Palm Springs Special Edition (
- I still laugh every time I remember Toby writing that), that I would NOT consider to be a "real world diver" but something to be worn only at a Country Club, because the O300 will deliver if you really take it down deep. Not that the JLC won't deliver, but I think you get what I'm trying to say - it's not a watch to be casually worn or used like an Orient.
This is the first time I have to change my opinion about a watch after I received it. Of all my watches, when I got them I confirmed what I expected, but with the O300 I thought it would be a more casual kind of watch, not something I would consider refined. Of course, being 17 mm thick basically kills it if it was going to be worn with a suit, but if it was thinner I honestly think it would do just as well as a Rollie diver or a Omega PO or SM.
What do you guys think?





Before doing this, to whomever asked me I would say that the Sumo was the dress diver and the O300 was the tool diver :
At least in my eyes this is not a flaw of the watch, but I think it's quite peculiar that I would find it to be refined. I can't pretend that I know very much about watches, far from that, but I have been around the block enough to spot the differences between a good and a bad watch, and enough to differentiate something rough from something refined. Of course it's not like a JLC Navy SEAL Palm Springs Special Edition (
This is the first time I have to change my opinion about a watch after I received it. Of all my watches, when I got them I confirmed what I expected, but with the O300 I thought it would be a more casual kind of watch, not something I would consider refined. Of course, being 17 mm thick basically kills it if it was going to be worn with a suit, but if it was thinner I honestly think it would do just as well as a Rollie diver or a Omega PO or SM.
What do you guys think?
