The Ray II is such an amazing watch at this price point it’s mind boggling. Yes it’s very Submarinerish in style but with a better looking handset. The lume is every bit as good as my Seikos if not a touch better. It’s thinner than an SKX, hacking movement, has after market support for bracelets, fitted straps, crystals, bezels and inserts. The only thing I’d personally change about it if I could would be to make it a date only and drop the day complication.
I have both the blue and black dial both in Strapcode bracelets(kind of a necessity if you ask me, the factory end links suck). If you don’t have one yet, why not? They’re still on Amazon for like $170. It’s a no brainer. The black dial could easily be my only watch if I could only afford just that.
Where did you get one for $80??
This was like 10-11 years ago. They retailed a little over 100 and could be had pretty regularly on Amazon for 80 bucks
I take that back, it was 110. Actually current pricing isn’t too much worse than inflation if that’s the case, and the movement is upgraded now
I got my Orient Mako for $90 probably 12-15 years ago.