I wondere the same thing Nanuq
I heard that he actually took the tires off the SUV and burned them which may have accounted for the wife and kids staying warm for 9 days
Looks like the same one Joshua sells. I got my wife the Black dial. It is pretty accurate, just not as solidly built as the best one River had. Still, it is her daily beater and holding up well.
River had the best and sadly, his does not appear to be in production any longer. My wife lost hers and I just got her a replacement from Joshua. Not as nice as Rivers, and yes, it does seem that the case is smaller and the bracelet not as well made, but it is currently the best available IMO.
I had a gator strap (Like Narikka displayed) made by BANDA and used an earlier Omega deployant which was much more robust. I agree, the band and deployant coming with these is poor.