Search & Rescue New Release - Marathon GSAR Anthracite Swiss Automatic Diver Watch 

Marc, I just got this model from your store. For anyone wondering, it looks just as good in person as it does in the video. If you like this style of watch, I would highly recommend it. The rubber band is very comfortable and the keepers don’t slide off. The tritium is an amazing feature too. The bezel is very solid and there’s no play at all in my copy. As far as I can see with the naked eye, everything lines up perfectly too. I’m very impressed with this watch. Thanks for the great service, Marc!

Great video Mark. You really can't appreciate tritium until you use it at night in the out doors. That's ultimately what it's meant for. I dive for work. I do use this watch as I wear it everyday. I just put on an extra long NATO to go around my dry suit.

I got the uncoated GSAR (with bracelet) for Christmas from my son. I've worn it everyday since I got it. Still over the moon with it. Most expensive watch I've ever owned, but I think it's still a value as far as Swiss watches go. I was a Seiko fanboy, but this was my grail piece. I'm a sucker for black pvd though. Thanks for sharing Marc!

I own several military/tactical-style watches and have always gone for black case, black face with white markings. But this watch is an exception for me; the bare-metal version is just stunning.

That's going to look AWESOME on the black with thin red line Zulu strap!

Wow! The GSAR really does look great in black. Great information!

Beautiful piece, specially digging the black-out, military look👍👍

Curved ends on the strap, where it meets the case, would bring it to another level.

I’ve always liked these marathons and now they’re black, that just makes them more appealing, I’m a fool for black dive watches and this is one of the coolest I’ve ever seen!

STUNNING! Talk about a show stopper.

Great review and good looking watch. Only minus what i can see is that huge crown. It must hurt wrist.

I own divers that are many times more expensive, but I always come back to my GSAR. It's just a great watch and looks great on a nato.

I Love these watches. Very good quality.

I absolutely love mine. In addition to being a practically tough and durable design, it looks especially original. At 41mm, it doesn't look puny (as I worried it might) on my 7 1/2in wrist. It looks better on a NATO strap, though. The strap it comes with is well made, but ridiculously short. My wrists are not massive, and I had to use the last 2 holes on the strap, which is absurd. I admit I wouldn't mind a 43mm variation; the alternative is a 46mm (which is way too big for me), or a 36mm (which is comically small for me). I'm pretty sure this will be on my wrist for a long, long time to come, and imo it beats the crap out of luminox et al, but it does seem strange to get fobbed with such a puny strap for what is basically an entry-level price tag. It feels almost as if they expect you to replace it anyway...

Love Tritium .. wear a Titanium Bertucci one everyday .. put my Rolex that i have worn for 30 years in the safe .. nothing like waking up at 3am .. anyplace anytime ..and knowing its 3am

i like the look of marathon watches . great video !

Thanks for the video. Great review. A bit expensive for me but appreciate quality when I see it. Best regards from Adrian in Sheffield England 😀😀

There should be a Quartz Version which is a little thinner.

Awesome video. Great detail, information, and accuracy.

I do not like black cases/bezels but this Marathon is unreal!!😍

I love the look of a dive bezel on a field watch, best of both worlds... Can we see an islander in this style?

Nice review Mark. Almost makes me want to enlist (if they would wave the age restrictions)..

My heart is ready to accept this “But my wallet.. MY WALLET IS TELLIN ME NOOOO” Also I got the blacked out baby Tuna from Seiko (the one with the ceramic shroud) and for it for about 400 I don’t remember if it was from you guys or from somebody else though darn But I think that is really good It’s what I will be using (also my gshock) during summer for when on on duty since it’s reasonably priced Plus I got a black engineer bracelet for it from strapcode so it looks quite good :D

Still wonder if this version is better than the usual stainless steel version, what's your take Mark?

I was traveling at the end of a deployment back home in a huge staging area in 2010 I saw a really young Army kid wearing a quartz version. He said he got it as an award. Let me try it on, etc. I should have asked him if I could buy it. (A silver one)

Marc cool watch! Really tempted!

I wonder if they will do this to this 36 medium

I NEED an anthrazite JDD now.

It surprises me that so few expensive dive watches are manufactured in accordance with the ISO standard when relatively affordable watches like Marathon and Seiko do it. It is also amusing that when so many luxury watches want to sell all sorts of military heritage stories and claim to be used by armed forces actual military users tend to rely on genuine tool watches made for toughness from brands many watch enthusiasts would look down on, such as Marathon.

It really looks fantastic

Gonna have to have one. I'll get back to you.

Great vid Mark..both of them look insanely cool. The U.S Government one is a bit cooler If you find a Phoibos Reef Master can you do a review on that? I would like to hear your thoughts on that particular dive watch. Good job man.

Thanks for the video Mark. Just curious: what is the average time on the shelf before this type of watch is sold? In other words if a watch with tritium tubes stays on the shelf for 2 years before being sold then that's 2 years of the tritium life gone. Can the tubes be replaced? Cheers!

Incredible!!

Excellent showing of tritium! It bugs me to no end when I see tritium pitches showing them as super bright, when we both know they are not.

omg that is beautiful

Love them.

That watch does not look like a diver's but a field or pilot watch . The case is pretty thin , what makes the watch thick is the bezel ..... fine by me , not a problem at all .

Do you have any Marathon GSAR 41mm with government markings and stainless bracelet? I'm currently looking for one but am having no luck.

very nice watch. as always great video

I think I'm going to have to trade my standard GSAR in for this

Marathon, you'd be nuts not to buy one!

Nice video Marc! Coated in black IP? Can you please clarify and how does it compare to DLC?

Do you know if they will bring this new colourway to the midsize models? Specifically the quartz?

Hey Mark, you are excellent at modding watches. I am wondering if you know how to take off the bezel of the Marathon GSAR? I have done this with many Seiko watches, I just can’t figure out how to do it on the Marathon. Thank you for any help!

one thing.. the lume pip on the bezel should be fitted with a tritium tube also.

Hey Mark, Since I can't make go to your last video to have you responding to my questions regarding the Bambino Small Seconds, I'll just leave my comment here, hoping you see it and care to answer (yes, I know it's hard to respond to everyone :) ). "Even though I love the champagne color dial one, my favourite Bambino has to remain the AC00009N, with the cream dial, the romans and those beautiful blue hands. However this small seconds version (as well as the open heart version that you'll show someday) has this fantastic feature that I love so much which is the back display. Love the enjoyment of "seeing the magic happening" as TGV puts it. I'd just love if Orient did a new version of the AC0009N with a back display. I'd pull the trigger in a hearbeat! QUESTION: Do you know if this is ever going to happen? Will they ever make new versions of the previous Bambinos with back display on them?" Keep coming you videos man, they're amazing and I'm, for sure, learning a lot!

Always loved that watch. Guess once you go black, there's no going back! Lol

Very Nice!

Pricey but looks very neat...

if this watch was 200 bucks, it would be a record sell among blue colar workers

Question, I just measured my wrist and it's 6.5 max but closer to 6 1/4. Cant decide on the Jumbo (JDD automatic) or this one with the cool coating and 41. Seems like we have similar wrists. I'm not a watch guy, don't know much but I was issued one of these (much cheaper plastic version by marathon) in Iraq 2003 when I was 19 haha. I unfortunately broke it and have been watchless for a few yrs, figured I'd like to have something on my wrist again.

Will it ever stop? Yo, I don't know. 5:41

Nice watch can’t see spending 1,300 on this. Do you expect they will come out with a quartz version at a lower price range ?

Do you have any bracelet options for the plain steel model?

Does strapcode make a bracelet for the gsar non coated version?

Marathon is a Canadian company too

Ooooh very smart

Mark, will there be a black bracelet? On your website you can add the bracelet and I just wanted to make sure it’s the black one as it does not state clearly one way or anther. Thanks!

What kind of pins on the strap...i hope not the spring pins like Luminox uses..those suck bad.

Radio luminescence - there is no substitute!

Will they release a mid size version? I believe it’s a 36mm case.

I’ve been waiting around for the black metal bracelet. Any idea about that a year later?

Do you know what grade 2824? Or if they regulate from the factory? I really like this tactical look.

Stainless steel in the long run.

Marc, nice beard going on there. Are you into safety razors?

Hey marc. U got two dislikes from low lifes who envy you. Just a FYI. I hope they have a horrible weekend for disliking your video.

I wish they weren't as expensive as they are, well to me anyway.

Why is there a radioactive logo in the dial?

I am active-duty Navy with 17years and have never seen this watch on anyone's wrist.

still, seems a shame to invest all this money in a tough watch built around the tritium function just to suffer a significant reduction in luminosity after a decade or so.

I know its tritium but you sound like saying trinium.

This is too damn expensive for what it is !

I deeply hate our government ..... I'd buy the other one .

this some bourne identity shit

1050 dlls!!! XD XD XD, good luck.

Weirdly proportioned dial