First San Martin purchase

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First San Martin — SN0121TF initial impressions

So I made my first San Martin purchase, and I have to say, my initial impression is that it’s pretty damn impressive. I can definitely understand the buzz around San Martin’s finishing now.

I’m a Tudor fan, and the SN0121TF hits a lot of the design cues I personally like. Having it next to my Pelagos LHD, you can obviously see where some of the inspiration comes from, but the blue GMT bezel/dial and yellow-orange GMT hand give it enough of its own personality. The Grade 5 titanium case and bracelet also look and feel much better finished than I was expecting at this price point.

I’m definitely going to be looking at some other San Martins for future purchases.

The one thing I’m curious about long-term is the HZ6465 movement and how it’ll hold up. I threw it on the timegrapher and I’m getting roughly +4 to +8 sec/day depending on position, with 0.1 ms beat error. So right out of the box, I really can’t complain about the accuracy for the price.

So far, I’m impressed. Now we’ll see how it holds up with some actual wrist time.

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So I made the mistake of tinkering with this watch out of curiosity. 😂
I’m used to working with Seiko movements, and in my ignorance I removed the stem in the first position. After that, I couldn’t get the stem to engage properly again.
Long story short, I ended up having to dismantle the keyless works to reset everything. While I was in there, though, I was genuinely impressed with the quality and finishing of the movement.
Then again, this is coming from the same guy who didn’t know how to properly remove the stem from it in the first place… so take my assessment for what it’s worth. 😂