A watch with opinions about the time of day
By Kenji Watanabe, Osaka ยท
Day and night indicator on one side, power reserve on the other, a black dial and a leather strap. I have looked at the Defender II several times and I still cannot decide whether it wants to be a field watch or a dress watch. Perhaps it wants to be both and is too polite to say.
Practical notes. The F6B24 gives 40 hours, and the power reserve indicator is the more useful of the two extra displays, because with an automatic you sometimes forget whether it has enough wind for tomorrow. The day night disc mostly tells me what the window of the train already tells me. The case is 42 by 13 mm with 50 m of water resistance, so it is a desk watch, not a holiday one.
At 200 to 300 dollars it is interesting, and quite unlike the usual. I would still buy a Bambino first.