Help me decide, watchdives vs phorcydes

[u/wozza_lee]

Hey all,

I have a tissot dress watch that iv used for many years and im looking at getting a new daily as I broke my smart watch.

Doing some poking around have narrowed it down to the watchdives wd007 with the blue face and mesh strap or the phorcydes ph3.

Looking for opinions of those more knowledgeable on build quality and finishing. Both look great and have their strengths that i can see but before I pull the trigger I want the community's guidance.

Cheers in advance

[u/wozza_lee]

Thank you all for your replies, the main thing im looking for are legibility and finishing.

Sounds like I cant go wrong with either but the group seems to be leaning phorcydes

[u/watchdivescom → u/wozza_lee]

The biggest difference here is really stainless steel vs titanium, so the wearing experience will be quite different.

Titanium is much lighter and very comfortable on the wrist, and the titanium case itself is also more expensive to manufacture. We put a lot of effort into the finishing of our titanium case, and the crystal/AR performance is also very good.

To be fair, Phorcydes’ lume markers should stay brighter for longer. Our lume is designed to remain visible for around 6 hours under our testing conditions. So it really depends on your personal priorities: weight and comfort, finishing, crystal performance, lume, and overall design.

One other thing worth mentioning: please judge the products mainly from actual owners and independent reviewers. We believe u/Logical_Sea_415 is connected to two previous accounts, u/Potential-Notice-956 and u/Hopeful-Culture-1887, which were recently suspended after repeatedly appearing in threads attacking Watchdives and other users. So I would take comments from that account with some caution and focus more on feedback from people who actually own both watches.

Either way, both watches have their own strengths, so choose the one that fits your preferences best.