Marathon GSAR
End of watch. A Toledo police officer closes out a midnight shift, the gear still on, the sun coming up. On the wrist is his Marathon GSAR, a Search and Rescue diver built to military specification, with tritium tubes that glow on their own and never need charging. The phrase means the end of a shift, and in this line of work it carries a heavier meaning too. Either way, he made it to morning. 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 (Government Search and Rescue)
Marathon is a Canadian company that has built watches to military specification since 1939, and the GSAR is its Government Search and Rescue diver, issued to Canadian and US forces. It is a three-hand automatic on the Swiss ETA 2824-2, in a 41mm steel case rated to 300 meters, with a sapphire crystal, a unidirectional bezel, and a screw-down crown. Its signature is the illumination: sealed tritium gas tubes that glow on their own for years, with no light needed to charge them, so the dial is always legible in the dark. It is issued-grade hardware, built to be used rather than admired.
Midnights in Toledo
The submitter is a police officer with the Toledo Police Department working the midnight shift. He took this at the end of watch, the morning shot after a night on duty, the radio and the gear still on. A watch built for the people who work when it is dark and need to come home when it is light.