SeaStar60s
Author : Femi

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Dive watches are certainly one of the most popular types of watches out there today and they come in different designs. With lots of microbrand popping up these days, most charging way over $500 for a Miyota powered piece, personally, l say they’re just too much (unless you really like the design and value and package). Which is why when I saw what Obris Morgan had done with their latest piece – Obris morgan Seastar, it was a breath of fresh air. I have been following this brand Obris Morgan for a while now, l was intrigued with the introduction of the OM infinity and Explorer-11, very impressed with what I saw: a well-crafted Swiss automatic watch at a reasonable price. Now let’s dive into the newest member of the OM family: the Obris morgan Seastar, tagged #BACKTO60S. The objective of Obris morgan with this new piece was to capture and rebuild the original vibe of divers in the 60’s.

SPECIFICATION OVERVIEW
Obris morgan Seastar
316L Stainless Steel
200 meters Water Resistant
Manual Helium Escape Valve
Screw-in Crown
Japan made Movement (Miyota 9015)
Anti-Magnetic 120 clicks Unidirectional Bezel
Shark Mesh Bracelet (Adjustable)
Swiss SuperLumiNova BGW9 (Blue Glow)
40.40 mm excluded Crown
40.00 mm Bezel
11.20mm thickness
included caseback
Price: 349.00 USD

THE CASE
According to Obris morgan, in other to capture that vintage spirit, the Seastar case shape follows the 50’s/60’s Divers style – elegantly small, handsome and streamlined. I must admit, seeing the Seastar in flesh, the case is strongly influenced by cases of vintage divers from the 1960’s, with a very classic look. I had mix feelings about the outcome of the Seastar which was my initial thought when I first saw pictures of the Seastar but when the watch arrived in flesh, I was very pleased to find that the case and finishing was very good for an affordable piece. The case is made from high-grade stainless steel, measuring 40.40mm excluded Crown and a 40mm in diameter with Bezel. Thickness is 11.20mm thickness included caseback, making it a decent size overall as l find it perfectly wearable. Flipping the watch over we see that Obris morgan stamped a really cool STAR logo design on the screw down caseback. I like the design, but the finish work feels rough and uncomfortable when you rub your finger against the engraving. It’s a great touch that really raises the quality of the watch for it price point in my opinion.

CROWN & BEZEL
The Seastar features a screw-in crown with the Obris Morgan logo etched into it, also is there a second screw down crown at 4 O’ clock position that serves as manual helium escape valve, both well made. The threading is good and plentiful, reassuring you of the 200m water resistance and also that it won’t thread easily. The bezel of the Seastar features a satisfying 120 uni-directional clicks with a cool ceramic bezel that’s very nice to touch. The bezel has very little play indeed, something which is must for me on a diver.

THE MOVEMENT
Obris Morgan have decided to put in a fairly hard core and sturdy no-nonsense movement in the Seastar, the durable Miyota 9015 is a solid 24 jewel automatic workhorse movement which also helps keep the pricing down. It feels very solid in the hand whilst winding and changing the time. There is a date function on this movement that adds more beauty to the look of the dial. The accuracy of the movement is -10 – 30 seconds per day.

THE DIAL The dial is appealing, Obris morgan has made different dial variation to choose from, for this review we chose the blue dial. Within the variation of dial to choose from is the blue/black dial, for me personally is the main feature of the Seastar, the dial is divided by a circle. You can enjoy the dial colours when placed against a light source at certain angle. It works effectively at drawing the eye to the centre of the dial. At the 12 o’ clock marker, you’ll find the Obris morgan name imprinted and at 6 o’ clock is the name of the model – Seastar, the water-resistant metering (200 meters) and the type of movement written, also at at 3 o’ clock is the date function. Personally, l would have preferred less writing so as to appreciate the beauty of this dial, but this does not take away from the overall beauty of the Seastar. The hands and markers of the Seastar are filled with Super-LumiNova BGW9. The lume on the Seastar is quite impressive but gets weaker after few minutes of exposure, although l would have loved to see the lume applied at its brightest, probably with the Super-LumiNova C3 X1.

BRACELET The Seastar comes with two set of straps, a mesh bracelet and a rubber strap. The mesh bracelet gives the watch that vintage look of the 60’s diver. At the time of writing this review, the manufacturer has produced another bracelet to go with the Seastar. Please see link – Seastar 3 links Stainless Steel Bracelet.

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