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TimeTechTalk.com > Time Tech Talk > Time Talk > "World's Toughest Fixes" with Sean Riley: He wears Marathon |
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Hammerfjord Moderator 
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At first: I'm not so preoccupied about wich watch any known guy is wearing but I'm looking often this show who's going on National Geographic Channel. For those who never heard of it or just to recall: Sean Riley is a rigger who participate on huge reparations/replacements of any kind in the global industry... Well, I like the show because it remember me jobs I'v been on and I'm still on sometimes. I'm not a rigger but as a pipefitter licenced to work with hydrolic torque wrenches in the oil industry, I've been participating on big jobs of this kind, also assisting field-engineers and riggers in similar operations. Said enough! The guy wears a Marathon tritium SAR automatic and is showing it clearly in one of his episodes so I took a pic of the screen. His bezel really shows some wear and you can see that it's his every day's job watch. Note that NGC been bluring the Marathon logo  I'm not surprised of his choice in fact: The SAR is a bad*ss and if some of you remember, I pushed mine in the snow to minus 13 celsius a whole night and it never gave up on me: A hell of a watch  Here's the 3T link: http://www.timetechtalk.com/view_topic.php?id=19567&forum_id=1&jump_to=185028  Last edited on Tue Nov 2nd, 2010 03:20 pm by Hammerfjord |
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watchdaddy1 3T WIS 
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FUN FACTS WILLIAM. I LOVE THAT SHOW & NEVER NOTICED |
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clouser 3T WIS 
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It also looks like he's got the Marathon on a gasgasbones velcro. |
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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watchdaddy1 wrote:FUN FACTS WILLIAM. I LOVE THAT SHOW & NEVER NOTICED No, I've never noticed before either, and it's also rare that any cameraman zoom as much as that on any watch in any TV show... Clouser: Yes it's a velcro band as you say. Certainly comfortable and practical. On my work-watch, I use a US mil. watch band. Because a steel band will dig inside the wrist when caught somewhere... In my opinion, Sean Riley made a very good choice about the strap to protect his wrist. For the job, my SAR stay home: I use a mil-sub custom homage with a 2801-2 eta inside as it takes better the beating than any automatic. The 2801-2 eta is a "bullet-proof" movement made for action: It's simply a 2824-2 without rotor. |
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bigrustypig 3T WIS 
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William, I've seen some of those episodes and I like it a lot. Always a chance to learn something. I also remember the watch that you dunked on ice for your vodka the next day. That was a great write-up. Good info to know about Sean  . I guess a Nato or Zulu would also serve you well when you do your jobs. |
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Paxman 3T WIS 
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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bigrustypig wrote:William, I've seen some of those episodes and I like it a lot. Always a chance to learn something. I also remember the watch that you dunked on ice for your vodka the next day Thanks Jeff! The US mil.strap is just like a one-piece nato without steel loops: The loop is made of the same fabric as the strap itself. Yes, I agree, but a UTC strap would be my choice. This is my latest, that I use on my prototype and it's GREAT!  |
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