THREE YEARS WITH THE BALTIC AQUASCAPHE - 2023 Update Miyota 9039 

Do you want to see how everything started with me and this watch? Watch here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xlFCkXnNuFQ.html

Thanks for your support 😊🤘

Love these yearly review videos! Great and thoughtful insight on this timeless watch - looking forward to next year!

I enjoy your videos. This watch has fascinated me for some time, and your story that attests to the build quality and case design is nice to hear. Although I have not yet purchased one, when I do, you will be partly to blame😂 Thank you for the video.

I actually love the look with the 18mm strap

I had an incident with my Baltic since I last commented. I have the Blue Gilt Aquascaphe. It is indeed durable. I had taken it off and it was laying on my chest one afternoon and I dozed off. I awakened with a start and got up suddenly and I heard it hit the tile floor with an agonizing THWACK. To my amazement, it was still running, though there is a noticeable (on close inspection) ding on one of the lugs and one area of the coin edge of the bezel. Otherwise, no apparent damage. It still keeps time to around +/- 2 seconds a day, which is incredible to begin with (it arrived out of the box with this level of accuracy...spectacular for any mechanical movement, but especially a lowly Miyota. That said, I think in situations like yours and mine, luck comes into play almost as much as durability, as such incidents could potentially do serious damage to any watch. Be careful out there! Wishing you many more years of faithful service from your Baltic.

Glad to hear you are still rocking this watch and it survived that accident very well. Bought mine a month ago and your videos helped me a lot to come to this decision. I also invested into Perlon and NATO straps for this watch right away. Personally i think the perlon straps work a lot better with the Aquascaphe compared to NATOs. The side profile just doesn't look very aesthetically pleasing when the watch gets lifted up by two layers of strap. I believe the reasons for this is that the Aquascaphe's lugs are too long and remain too high above the case bottom. It only looks okay when the material of the strap is very thin and flexible.

Great job my friend! Been watching every episode from this series! Invaluable! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Wish you great memories with this watch!

I had been pondering over to buy baltic for few months and have watched all your baltic videos couple of time And after watching this 3 year review, just placed the order couple of minutes back Keep up the good work, nice quality videos.

First video Iv'e seen about the strap issue. An undersized 2-piece will grab and open the spring bar if doing a fast motion....and the watch goes flying. However an undersized pass-through will not grab and will slide easily side to side on the bar. Of coarse, even if, you still got the other bar holding the watch on. You can go back to 2-piece BUT only if exactly 20mm.

Great update to the watch

I love it the fopatina the size everything I been eyeing it for Christmas 🎄 great review glad I found your channel

I get one next week! Can't wait!

This video finally had me pull the trigger on buying a blue gilt version. Thanks for this. Your version is equally beautiful.

Seems you've got one tough watch! I really enjoyed your annual updates on the Aquascaphe, plus the original review of course! Looking forward to the next installments!

Bought the Blue Gilt version of this watch in April. It keeps excellent time...maybe +/- 2 seconds a day. Very well made watch. Nice video!

Your video is very inspiring for a watch enthusiast. I am seriously eyeing the aquascaphe because of your videos haha. What is your wrist size by the way? I have a very skinny wrist.

I would go for the GMT version as it's based on the ETA 2894 GMT that's just a 2893 as ETAs best watch movement as in 3 hands and date. The miyota 9015,9039 and 9075 are real marvels plus cheap to swap out. They are amazing movements but I do wish they had an ETA micro ajust screw

Need a paratrooper strap. It's elastic but looks like Nato from afar. Allows the head of the watch to sit dead center without weight shifting and you can millimeter precise fit. Great for small wrists if you need to pull off a larger width watch. Unmatched comfort. I ditched over 30 Natos and Zulus. Pro tip. Buy a cheapo set of 20mm quick change rubber straps for any non Apple smart watch using the standard 20mm lug width. Then take a razor or xacto blade and cut out the quick change pins. This is cheaper than paying $5 for one pair. And you should use quick change pins with a paratrooper strap. I have a Gulf blue racing one on my Seiko GMT Presage sharp edge. The lady at my Grand Seiko dealer was blown away.

Can you link the strap you have on your watch in the intro? Looks amazing!

Ahh...someone's rocking the Sean Connery Submariner look. Nice. That said, I'd take it to the watchmaker to regulate the movement because if I remember it correctly Baltic regulates the movements they use.

Baltic also has a flat link bracelet now with fitted endlinks. I gave my blooie Baltic to my cousin and wear my whitey on the BoR daily. Miyota is a rugged and mine is super accurate.

Hey men, I have recently bought this watch. Your videos helped me to make a decision. Thanks, Im looking forward to seeing 4 year summary :).

Ive had the same thing cought my watch on something and it flew.............. no damage but is there anything betetr looking than a nato that works?

Do you have a recommendation for a one piece perlon strap?

I love the first strap, do you know where I can buy one?, or one similar to it.

Nice clip mate, can you point me towards the black strap ?

Very nice watch - i also like the fact that they use different movements from different manufacturers from a cost/application perspective. Not every watch movement needs to be decorative or have a high-beat movement. Sometimes people forget that high beat movements while great for accuracy need to be serviced more frequently. The wheels (gears) move more rotations and as such the oils need to be cleaned out and re-lubricated more frequently. Do get it tested and and gaskets changed. If you are going sailing, diving, swimming with it. Excellent point about NATO straps btw. Acts as a safety feature - which is exactly why “NATO” straps were created. I would love to use a beautifully made from Japanese silk strap on dress watches - now that would be a beauty

Nice! I’ve been considering it but with my 7.3in wrist I prefer 40-42 for divers..think this’ll be too small. Other than that it would’ve been perfect.

You should regulate it.6 You can get a replacement movement for under 60 pounds. I feel it's overpriced but what watch is not these days. I like watches when come service time just replace and regulate

I will never understand why so many so called microbrands stick with miyota movements, they just suck big time and are the only reason I will never buy watch with them inside, although I love the design. Just get SW200 or ETA2824 movement for fck sake!

My watch after 3 years has less than 12h power reserve. It's very annoying. Beside this it's one from my favourites

First prize for pomposity.

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DON'T buy any baltic watches, they are garbage. I ordered their MR01 for 605 euros, paid in full, in advance. I received the watch 7 months later. It ran 9 MINUTES fast per hour (not 9 seconds). The b.o.r. bracelet was very cheap, I have $100 watches with vastly superior bracelets. And the return process was a nightmare. They couldn’t: find my address, couldn’t send a prepaid return label. Wanted to refund my money to paypal when it was not used for the purchase. So I paid for the return shipping and they committed in writing, to refund the shipping cost. Then they refused to pay for the return shipping cost after receiving their returned watch. This company is wildly incompetent, and massively dishonest.

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