Thirty-six millimeters and I'm not mad about it
By Dave Kowalski, Chicago ยท
36 mm. 9.5 mm thick. 18 mm lugs. Those are the numbers of something that slides under a shirt cuff and actually stays there, which is more than I can say for half the stuff in my box.
The MR01 is Baltic doing the vintage dress thing, silver dial, small seconds down at six, hand-wound Hangzhou 5000A with an exhibition back so you can watch the balance go. 42 hours of reserve. You wind it in the morning like a grown-up and you're set.
Here's my gripe. 30 m of water resistance. That's a splash rating. You wash your hands, fine. You forget it's on when you jump in the lake at your cousin's cabin, and now you're having a bad day. And it's a dress watch, so it's not coming to work with me no matter what.
But at $550 to $600? With sapphire? For something that looks like it came off a 1950s Sunday suit? That's honest money. Buy it for weddings and funerals and nights out. Don't buy it if you need one watch for everything.