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WD1965 for a swim in the Caribbean Atlantic ocean.

WD1965 for a swim in the Caribbean Atlantic ocean.

WD v4 for a swim in the beautiful Caribbean

Watchdives WD007 v4 homage to the Seamaster on a generic AliExpress black Seamaster strap.

On our way to start a week of adventure in the Caribbean.

Watchdives WD007 v4 homage to the Seamaster

Seestern homage to Glashütte Original SeaQ.

Great watch!

Steeldive SD1971 Greenmarine Automatic on a generic AliExpress NATO strap.

New to me; first use today.

Heimdallr Ocean Guard, homage to the H015/Godzilla watch.

Ok in general terms.

New to me; first use today.

Heimdallr Ocean Guard.

Ok in general terms.

So far, my gripes are:

1. Bezel: is polished on the side and lacks any form to grap it to turn it, which makes rotating the bezel extremely difficult. Seems to be a design omission or flaw.

2 Lume: both the bezel and the dial have lume. Initially, the lume is strong. However, the lume fades after a couple of hours, despite allegedly being C3 lume.

New to me; first use today.

Heimdallr Ocean Guard.

Ok in general terms.

So far, my gripes are:

1. Bezel: is polished on the side and lacks any form to grap it to turn it, which makes rotating the bezel extremely difficult. Seems to be a design omission or flaw.

2 Lume: both the bezel and the dial have lume. Initially, the lume is strong. However, the lume fades after a couple of hours, despite allegedly being C3 lume.

New arrival; first use today. Sun-ray blue dial Militado ML25, homage to the Sinn 104.

Only gripes, so far:

1. The blue shade of the dial.

Not too thrilled with it. On the Militado pics and videos it looks darker. A nicer shade of blue. Personally, I would have preferred a deeper, darker blue, similar to the original.

2. Bracelet is IMHO too shiny. Personally, I would have preferred a more brushed bracelet.

3. Bezel action. Has a little back play. Feels also a bit flimsy. However, much less than my new sandblasted white dial ML25 I recently posted and commented about here.

Militado ML16, homage to the Sinn U50.

Day 2 wearing my new ML25.

Yesterday, I wrote about the strap issues, but decided not to write also about the bezel issues I noticed right away, until I had worn the watch for two consecutive days.

Today, the issues I noticed yesterday with regard to the bezel still persist:

1. The bezel can be very easily pushed inadvertently out of the desired position.

2. The bezel mechanism feels flimsy and has back play of one click. This might explain above mentioned issue # 1.

3. Someone in the comments to my first post yesterday commented that the bezel seems to be misaligned.

lf I would have known these strap and bezel issues beforehand, I would not have bought this watch in the first place.

Unfortunately, out of excitement, and taking advantage of the AliExpress anniversary coupons and discounts, I ordered a second ML25 with blue dial before having received the first one with white dial I am writing about.

I hope these honest comments, made in good faith, and intended to be constructive criticism, may help others interested in purchasing the ML25 to take a more informed decision.

I would appreciate the comments and feedback of other owners of the ML25 about these issues reported in my comments today and yesterday.

To Militado, I hope these honest comments may be also helpful to keep improving this very nice Sinn 104 homage.

New to me; first use today!

Militado ML25 Sinn 104 homage.

Very nice watch!

Only gripe so far, the pins of the bracelet links.

Almost impossible to get them out to shorten the strap.

Took me over an hour, lubricant to loosen them and two bent tools…

It’s the worst strap I’ve seen so far. Disappointing after having read so many good reviews about it.

New to me; first use today!

Militado ML25 Sinn 104 homage.

Very nice watch!

Only gripe so far, the pins of the bracelet links.

Almost impossible to get them out to shorten the strap.

Took me over an hour, lubricant to loosen them, and two bent tools…

It’s the worst strap I’ve seen so far.

Disappointing, after having read so many good reviews about it.