Wait for the sale
By Dave Kowalski, Chicago ยท
That price range, $550 to $800, tells you everything. Glycine's been on what feels like permanent discount since Invicta Group bought them, and nobody I know has ever paid the top number. Don't be the first.
At the low end, though? It's a lot of watch. Swiss-made, Sellita SW200-1 automatic, 42 mm by 12 mm, 22 mm lugs, sapphire, 200 m, rotating bezel, steel bracelet. Classic sub-style design, nothing weird. For under $600 that's a strong deal on paper.
The catch. 38 hours on the Sellita, so it'll stop over a long weekend. The bracelet on these has always felt a step behind the head, a bit rattly. And Glycine's old reputation (they made the Airman, a real pilots' GMT with history) has gotten watered down. You're buying a solid Swiss diver at a discount, not a heritage piece.
I'd wear this to work no problem. 200 m and sapphire laughs at a rainy day running pipe. Just don't pay $800 for it.