panerai153 Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 I suppose I'm succumbing to the Bronze Age !! Decided last week that I needed one! I looked at a lot of options, including the PAM 382, but couldn't find one M2M on any forum, plus I was a little worried about some of the issues folks had with new ones arriving with problems that required immediate attention, like screws loose in the movement. I also was looking for something that I could wear every day as a work watch, and still take to the beach, snorkeling and the occasional dive.Not taking away from the 382, but I'm just not sure it's water resistant enough to spend 60 minutes at 60 feet depth. I'm sure that a lot of folks who own one will either mod one themselves or send it off to get everything sorted out for water resistance. Another problem with all repaired watches, the folks that do the water resistance testing rarely are able to test for depths greater than 5-10 atmos. I wanted something that was good right out the box, AND had a warranty so that should anything happen, I could send it back for repair. SO, after spending several hours on most of the genuine dive watch forums as well as the sales corners and EBay, I decided on the Heroic 18. Heroic 18has been a strap maker for several years, and from there, decided to become what has been described as a "micro-maker" They introduced their Bronze model in 4 dial configurations, green with numbers, green with round plots, black with numbers and black with round plots. The watch is 47mm which is pretty big, domed sapphire crystal, Myiota movement and drilled lugs. Another thing I really like, the bezel looks very similar to the Panerai Submersibles bezel, with raised markers at each quadrant.All this for less than 800 USD. Here are a few photos. Not mine, mine will be in by Thursday, I hope!! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droptopman Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Beauty. Nice strap too. Sent from my droptop using telepathy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcardoza Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Just gorgeous! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dovo1695 Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Great watch. The bronze is growing on me more and more. Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theiwcroo Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Cool watch ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike on a bike Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Nice! review: http://www.watchfreeks.com/121-watch-review/84137-watch-review-heroic-18-bronze-diver-m6480.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenTLe Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Great watch. The bronze is growing on me more and more. Enjoy! Agree, if only they do a 44mm version... My wrist is 7.5 inches and the 47mm would look too big on it in my view... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellons Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 looks great- ennebi case shape with vintage panerai bezel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike on a bike Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 "Agree, if only they do a 44mm version... My wrist is 7.5 inches and the 47mm would look too big on it in my view..." GenTLe keep an eye for these being back in stock 43mm: http://www.maranez.com/layan.php Yes I have one comes w/ three straps also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dovo1695 Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 Damn. I started googling "bronze watch" and now I'm totally hooked. I have the bronze bug. That heroic has above has officially converted me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenTLe Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 "Agree, if only they do a 44mm version... My wrist is 7.5 inches and the 47mm would look too big on it in my view..." GenTLe keep an eye for these being back in stock 43mm: http://www.maranez.com/layan.php Yes I have one comes w/ three straps also. You know what? Basically it's an homage to PAM 249 / 448 / 376 (same dial graphics), and I personally hate the so called "homage watches". I prefer a proper rep to a copied design Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike on a bike Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 "(same dial graphics)" Called a California Dial GenTLe, and a proper rep will not be 300 meters water proof as paneria stated above he bought his bronze instead of rep for just that reason. Hey you wanted smaller whatever.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenTLe Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 Yes, in fact I'm not questioning about other people's choices. It's just my taste that is a bit "difficult" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
automatico Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 Other than looking like a road rash blister, I like it. Just kidding about the blister. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraggle42 Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 I've got one of these which is 42mm, comes with two bezels and two straps:- http://www.armidawatches.com/a8-brass.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davea Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 Have the same heroic 18 as shown above for several months and it's a solid time price. Also got a bronze Helberg in the mail as we speak and have this at the beach this week Sent from my POS smart phone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panerai153 Posted June 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 Have the same heroic 18 as shown above for several months and it's a solid time price. Also got a bronze Helberg in the mail as we speak and have this at the beach this week Sent from my POS smart phone Did you buy the Helberg that was for sale on WUS? I looked at that one really hard, but decided on the Heroic 18. I'm going to give it a try, but 47mm is pretty darn big. If it looks like an alarm clock on my wrist, it will probably end up on the sales forums. We'll see. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davea Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 No... I preordered a ss and a bronze ch6 Sent from my POS smart phone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swdivad Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 I just pre-ordered this special edition from maranez/BWB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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