Aquatico Bronze Sea Star

A homage of the Tudor Black Bay

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Size: 42 mm across, 3 mm wider than the Tudor
Movement: NH35, automatic. Sapphire crystal
Look: Not compared mark by mark yet
Gives it away: Ceramic bezel insert, date window and 300 m rating1 more under “Against the Tudor”

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Against the Tudor

42 mm, 3 mm wider than the Tudor
Tudor Black Bay M79030B-0001 photo: M79030B-0001. Aquatico Bronze Sea Star photo: green · green ceramic · bronze · brown leather.

42 mm, 3 mm wider than the Tudor
Tudor Black Bay M79030B-0001 photo: M79030B-0001. Aquatico Bronze Sea Star photo: green · green ceramic · bronze · brown leather.

The Tudor drawn is the M79030B-0001.

What gives it away

3 mm wider than the Tudor, 42 mm against 39 mm
Ceramic bezel insert, date window and 300 m rating

Snowflake hour hand
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Triangle at 12
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Round hour plots
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Bars at 3, 6 and 9
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Coin-edge dive bezel
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Large crown
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Tudor left, Bronze Sea Star right.

Everything else

Every spec12 listed, each with where it came from

Every spec we have

As listed. Each figure links to where it was found.

For the Earlier green ceramic, bronze, NH35 version.

Case width: 42 mmkaminskyblog.com, 2 Oct
Lug to lug: 49.5 mmkaminskyblog.com, 2 Oct
Thickness: 14 mmkaminskyblog.com, 2 Oct
Lug width: 22 mmkaminskyblog.com, 2 Oct
Movement type: Automatickaminskyblog.com, 2 Oct
Movement calibre: NH35kaminskyblog.com, 2 Oct
Case material: CuSn8 bronzekaminskyblog.com, 2 Oct
Crystal: Boxed sapphire with inner ARkaminskyblog.com, 2 Oct
Water resistance: 300 mkaminskyblog.com, 2 Oct
Bezel: 120-click unidirectional ceramic insertkaminskyblog.com, 2 Oct
Lume: BGW9kaminskyblog.com, 2 Oct
Power reserve: 41 hourskaminskyblog.com, 2 Oct

The movementTime Module NH35, in plain words

The movement, in plain words

Aquatico lists the NH35 for the Bronze Sea Star.

How it runs. An automatic. Wearing it winds it.

Beat. It beats 21,600 times an hour, 6 a second, so the seconds hand sweeps in small steps.

Setting the time. The seconds hand stops when you pull the crown out, so you can set it to the second.

On your wrist42 mm across, 14 mm thick, on a wrist your size

How it sits on your wrist

Set your wrist circumference to compare the 42 mm case with a schematic wrist. The ellipse estimates wrist width and shape. It cannot predict your fit.

17.0 cm6.7 in around

Wrist circumference

This wrist model is about 56 mm across. The case spans 75% of that estimated width. The lug span ends 3.3 mm inside each model edge.

Wrap a strip of paper round your wrist just below the bone, mark where it meets and measure it.

Schematic section, with a 10 mm grid. The ellipse approximates wrist anatomy from circumference. Your wrist shape, lug curve and fit will differ.

How tall it stands

The side view uses listed dimensions. Case shape and lug curve are schematic.

Side views to scale against other Tudor Black Bay homages.

Cronos L603311.1 mm
Cronos L602512.1 mm
Cronos L602612.1 mm
Aquatico Bronze Sea Star14 mm
Cronos L601714.05 mm
Cronos L602214.2 mm
Cronos L602114.45 mm

What owners report2 reports on one topic

What owners report

Written reviews. Each covers one watch, so read them as things to check rather than a verdict.

From reviews2 reports

Reviewer reports +7 to +10 seconds/day, precise bezel clicks without play and lume lasting three to four hours. Leather initially stiff but softened; rubber strap included. Review price $299 is historical.
Written review on kaminskyblog.com, 25 Feb 2020
Self-purchased owner reports about -10 seconds/day and bezel without play, but factory straps would not tighten onto his 6.25-inch wrist. Broad buckle prong made compatible replacement straps difficult. Historical discounted purchase $279.
Written review on vfschwartz.wixsite.com, 2 Sep 2019

More photographs7 from makers, sellers and owners