🐙 Phoibos Leviathan PY032B 🐙 500m Diver Microbrand Honest Watch Review  

In this video I address some of the comments people have been making about the the way I test for sapphire crystal. Hopefully this will help clear things up.

It's friggin huge, but so well made and striking to behold. Cracking watch for the money!

It’s hilarious that some people find this watch too big. 45mm is not a huge watch by any means. If anything; the smaller 36mm to 39mm trend is way too effeminate for my liking. This watch is certainly not tacky like Invicta or some of the other gawdy brands. The average wrist is 7.25” and thus a 42mm to 47mm watch is well proportioned. Absolutely love the bright blue color, which reminds me of a Tudor Pelagos. 👍🏻

it is a nice looking watch, although possibly a bit big for me personally, i do still admire the design (and the cool logo without text), thanks for another excellent detailed review, much appreciated !

The dial and the bezel insert looks so much better than the bronze leviathan.

The DLC coated models have a more slippery bezel and crown because DLC is naturally slippery.

That's a lovely watch. I was looking to buy a Phoibos a few months ago, because they have a branch in Europe, which should be fast and simple. Unfortunately, it is based in the UK, which since Brexit makes is slow and expensive for EU based people.

Definitely not a small watch...but so well made its insane!

James... great review. This reminds me of tudor pelagos in blue that mated with a zelos case. The only thing I don't like is the huge space from the top of the case to the rubber strap (at 4:41 in your video). I have a couple of the isofrane type of strap and they are thick and to see that much case just bothers me... not that big of a deal though considering the $300 price tag.

Great review , like this one , reminds me of my Steeldive in that blue . 3 layers of lume , great specs , they have some nice bronze options . Im tempted, no matter what !

Great review! What a leviathan indeed 🐋

Nice review James! When I saw the lumeshot I had the exact same impression, the lumed sections of the hands need to be wider. On the whole, that chunky, angular and even brutalist case design isn't my thing.

Really love the looks. Tough. Like a g shock automatic would be in size but have its own shape. Great colour. Thank you

Very cool! 🥶🥶🥶

hey question, if you'd compare this to a Seiko Prospex Turtle (both 45mm) which one is / looks bigger on wrist or are they quite similar?

I like Phoibos watches I have the voyeger in the gray dial and it is a very sexy watch but this thing is just to boxy and chunky especially to br 45mm dial.

Great watch great review

I think you can pull it off with your 7" wrist, just don't lose any weight! Damn good looking watch.

I own a Bronze Leviathan in green, and it seems like they really toned down the design for the stainless steel version. It feels like it lost a lot of the character the original bronze one had, so that they could appeal to a bigger audience. But I guess that's to be expected because the original Leviathan really didn't sell in any significant numbers, as far as I can tell.

Straight to the on-wrist shot lol

I have a reef master wears bigger than the 42mm 48mm lug to lug I think it’s just a phoibos thing

Looks absolutely tank like, way too big for me, but I actually have my first one coming too what I got a fantastic deal on via eBay. Really excited as they look great value for money. Nicely done review as always 👍

Nice .love the shape of the case.bit too big for me and too much blue.is there another color? Thanks James 🤺

Love this watch I wish I had the funds for one

I wrote this off because of the size and the poor pictures on Spinnaker's site (everything looks like a render). It looks a lot better in video - the green + green variant would really deserve the Hulk nickname. What does the watch weigh? Citizen have interrupted grip on some of their bezels, and it's always struck me as a bit odd. Adds some style on the Cits, but here I think they could have gone with all-round grip.

Looks a good monster of a watch.. Wish they offered a bracelet option

If they’d shrink it down 20-25% I’d go for it but it’s just too damn big for my tastes. Love the case and dial though.

I was hooked until you turned to the side of the case. In architecture this is called brutalism, and is indeed! All dimensions! Pity for such a beautiful dial. Thanks anyways for the review. PS Looks like you already have diffuser on the light, should you change position? Just saying... [got you from the watch's crystal reflection...hahaha]

I kind of like it. Way too huge for me, but it looks beautiful.

Beautiful watch 👍 Just too big for me...