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 interested in watches (one of them more than the other) so we were able to purchase all three variants, just to see how all three would look.
The 44mm cases can either be in brushed or beadblasted finish. We all opted for the beadblasted version since the bezel would be beadblasted for both finishes. The lugs are contoured so it sits really well on the wrist.
The black dialed version is powered by a Seiko 6R15 movement whilst the silver and blue dialed ones are fitted with the ETA 2824 movement.
It comes shipped in a Pelican 1120 case with an extra isofrane rubber strap and a warranty card.
I am pretty pleased with this watch.
The bracelet sort of reminds me of the tracks found on tanks
I like the blue colour
Lots of people prefer the date ring on the Seiko movement over the ETA one
Nice to hear...
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 do you think?
I do believe the name BlueRing is in reference to the bluering octopus as i've seen other pics of the watch taken with a bluering octopus plush toy ...however this is subject to confirmation by Jason Lim, the owner of the company.
No....unfortunately...
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 venomous - not something you want on your wrist!
Cheers,
pplater.
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 next season, the water there is too cold now (14C). Well, it's not the water, it's the freezing when you get changed...