My Purchase for May 2010
This is the Halios BlueRing, the 2nd offering from a company hailing from Vancouver, Canada. It's a straightforward diver and comes in three dial colours, blue, black and silver. I picked the blue one. I'm lucky to be in business with 2 other guys who are...
Nice to hear...
about a Vancouver-based watch company! What are the dimensions and WR rating? Any other strap options?
The case...
measures 44mm. I'm not sure about the height though...cannot find the info as the Halios website is presently being upgraded... I've some straps lying around and have swapped the bracelet to try out how the watch would look with other strap options. What ...
No....unfortunately...
I'm not related to him. However he's really nice to deal with.
Interesting association...
That's a purposeful looking watch. Any idea how they came by the brand name? In this part of the world, 'blue ring' means this: [photo from pollsbdotcom] The blue ring octopus lives amongst the shallow reefs at some of our warmer beaches and is highly ven...
And our colder ones...
You can spot Southern Blue Rings at Rye and Mornington....The pier at Rye is good for cephalopod action. The watch is pretty good. Bit big, but I like the rounded, bead-blasted case form. If only they'd recessed the crown a bit.
A few...
...apart from spotting sharks and seahorses and turtles, Octopus are probably my favourite mariney thing. I'll have to dig out some of my photos. I need to get a shot of the Octopus (Maori, I think) that lives in the engine block off Flinders pier. Maybe ...