The Intro

This is the Marathon GSAR Automatic Military Issue Diver - WW194006Such a lovely military issue watch. I wore it for a few months and absolutely loved it. Glass tubes on hands, Super hard crystal, very interesting watch all around. Classy but can absolutely be worn daily, or as a beater watch. This diver can take some impact and not get scratched. Very resilient, robust. Wears very comfortably for a larger sized military watch.  

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hello everyone and welcome to vintage

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watch Street GSR stands for a government

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search-and-rescue they call it

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government search-and-rescue because it

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was worn by troops in Iraq and

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Afghanistan and like a lot of military

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watches it does have the 24-hour dial on

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a matte black background with Arabic

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numerals I really like how they put the

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date function between the four and the

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five that way they've not had to replace

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any of the numbers a lot of watches

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they'll be missing the number three or

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the number six because they're putting

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the date function in those locations

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this watch is rated for 38 a.m. which is

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300 meters notice the chapter ring there

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are not that many lines and points and

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details around the chapter ring it's

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easy to look at I can take a glance and

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see exactly what's going on I really

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like the way this watch is aged and how

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the patina has made a nice even presence

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across the watch another very unique

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point is related to the tritium that's

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why we see the h3 symbol on this dial

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there is a radioactive presence here

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however it is very safe these hands

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these are actually glass tubes and these

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glass tubes are filled with phosphorous

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and tritium when these tritium tubes

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react with that phosphorous this is what

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causes them to glow these tritium tubes

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they're glowing very brightly they can

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glow for 25 years without any light

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source notice the triangular pip on the

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top of this dial this pip is made from

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Mara glow it was developed by marathon

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it's only used by marathon and it is

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extremely bright it needs to be exposed

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to sunlight or brightness before it will

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glow we talked about these glowing tubes

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these tritium tubes notice they're

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mounted on syringe hands these are the

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same style of hand to the syringe hands

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we see on the mill w-4 six three seven

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for and on the GG w113 watches noticed

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that read second tip a the second hand

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sweeps beautifully and be the read

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really sets off against that black

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background this red tip is also lived

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with Margalo

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these hands are spaced they don't sit

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directly on top of each other because

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there is a gap between the hands you

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need a deep case you need the dial to go

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deep inside it looks like this dial sits

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inside of a stadium almost this beauty

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is powered by an ETA movement this

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machine is powered by the ETA 2824 - -

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which is a pretty good ETA movement it's

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a 25 jewel movement and it vibrates at a

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frequency of 20 8800 vibrations per hour

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eight beats per second this movement

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does have a hacking function got a power

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reserve of around 42 hours it's winding

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very smoothly the date flips very

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exactly it doesn't delay or start

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flipping earlier or late this case is

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made from 316 L still a very high grade

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still it is a brushed stainless steel

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that way there's not so much glare and

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gloss you don't want a polished case

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that would give away your position it's

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a thirty nine millimeter case it's 41

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millimeters with the vessel from love to

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lug you're looking at 48 millimeters the

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thickness 13.7 millimeters it is big and

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really it looks bigger than it is

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because the sides are flat and not

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rounded out let's take a look at the

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case back this does screw on very

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tightly very secure threading this bezel

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it turns very precisely I feel a smooth

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clicking motion this is a 120 click

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basal meaning that it will click two

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times for every one second it's easy to

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grip it overhangs the watch

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there are those grip functions there you

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can grab this and turn it very

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comfortably it is a screw down crown the

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crown it's very easy to turn it that

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texture makes it easy to grip in cold

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weather this is an anti-reflective

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crystal it doesn't show much reflection

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or glare to the enemy you can see the

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time quite easily this crystal is 2.8

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millimeters thick it is a synthetic

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sapphire and it's scratch resistant I

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did hit it on edges on tables but there

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are no scratches on that crystal if you

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do put a NATO strap on this watch you'll

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have to wear it a little bit tight

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because the watch is a little heavy it's

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made to fit a 20 millimeter strap I can

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recommend you get the rubber strap or

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the metal bracelet the rubber strap is

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more comfortable it fits the hand a

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little more secure than the metal

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bracelet the rubber strap or the NATO

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strap either one of those two I would

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personally recommend brand new this

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watch will run you around 1,200 dollars

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used you're looking at around 900 US

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dollars if you go to ebay you can pick

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them up anywhere between 650 750 up to

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$800 if you want to put $1,000 down on

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one of these you can get one with the

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original rubber strap and maybe the

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metal strap in good condition it's a

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straightforward watch it's solid it's

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direct it is thick as well but it wears

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very comfortably the movement overall

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reliable it's keeping very good time

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it's got a good reputation I would wear

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it for daily wear it is very tough you

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can wear this almost like you would wear

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a beater watch you can also wear it to a

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rather formal event looking at what kind

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of watch you get I would say it's worth

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it thank you very much for watching this

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review about the marathon GSR I hope

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you've learned something or it's

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provided some useful value to

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you

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