Marathon GSAR
A weapons squad leader in the Rhode Island Guard, at the start of a night shoot during 240 qualification. He swears it really was that dark, the phone just takes very good night photos. He works night shift, and he is direct about what that demands. He needed a watch he could see in the pitch black of the night. So, a Marathon GSAR. What is the best lume you have ever owned? If you have a wrist shot from somewhere that matters, submit at the link in bio. Tempus Est Potentia.
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Marathon GSAR
GSAR stands for Government Search and Rescue, and the name is literal. Marathon developed the watch to government requirements for professional search and rescue use, and the company has been supplying watches to allied militaries since the Second World War. The GSAR is made in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, runs an automatic movement based on the Sellita SW200, and is rated to 300 meters behind a sapphire crystal.
The feature that defines it is the light. Instead of luminous paint that needs charging, the GSAR carries tritium gas tubes on its hands and markers, self powered vials that glow continuously for years, in total darkness, without ever seeing a flashlight.
That is not a gimmick for a weapons squad leader who works nights. He said he needed a watch he could see in the pitch black, and this is the watch category that exists for exactly that sentence. At the start of a 240 night shoot, the dial was already doing its job.