Obris Morgan Helmuth Review

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Obris Morgan Helmuth Review

Post by lunarin79 » 01 May 2012 21:28

Owned a Obris Morgan before so I know what to expect from this brand. It's more or less a mushroom brand but the features & designs are pretty interesting.

Just collected this Obris Morgan Helmuth in the afternoon. Came in a pelican box but of cos, the quality is not those top grade material as compared to my Irreantum but still, a nice way to sell as a package imo.
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The package consists of 2 stock straps, 1 brown & 1 black, both 22mm. Warranty card, a '+' screwdriver for strap change & an extra screw pin lug.
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The nice thing about the black strap is, OM has actually marked the size/length of the strap on the back. Not sure why the brown wasn't done this way.
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signed buckle
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Onto the watch.

Nice case design with nice bezel. Uni directional. Case is s/s but made to look like titanium finish. Black dial with orange markers but non-lumed. Only the hands are lumed. If the markers & skull logo are lumed, I think that will be damn cool.

Case: 44mm w/o crown, 49mm inclu of crown
Thickness: 16mm
Lug to Lug: 54mm
Lug width: 22mm

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I like the smooth semi round bezel deign with the protruding 'cyindrical studs'. One interesting design is, instead of having 0,10,15 on the countdown bezel, it's using 3 lume dots instead. This is not a diver watch I guess.
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I'm quite attracted to those 'cylindrical studs',lol. I took many pics of these :lol: Somehow, it made the bezel looked 3 dimensional.
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ok, last pic, I guessed you guys must be bored liao,lol
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Ok, this watch might not be suitable for those who are anal about alignment of lume pip to 12:00 marker,lol
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Cool skull logo but I'm not sure wats the concept of it though.
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nice huge screwdown crown
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with gearlike edges for easy grip
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another view showing the crown, the bezel rotates with smooth clicks & easy probably due to the small 'teeth' on the edge of the bezel
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side profile of case
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screw pin lug
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movement wise, I'm not sure. Maybe a Seagull? Non-decorated movt.
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1 thing that baffled me is: why is 'Kauffman II' written on the caseback? Kauffman II is actually a different model leh, hmm..
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anyway..a few more pics to summarize everything up

Ohh, I forgot. The GMT hand can be set independently from the 1st click of the crown. I believed it's modified since there is no date.
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switched out the stock strap & used a olive green strap on it :twisted:
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couple of pics showing the subtle angular case edge. Crystal is non-AR coated & a mineral crystal
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last but not least, a compulsory wristshot
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& lume shot
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hope you enjoy this review.

Obris Morgan Helmuth is still available & price is 189usd-205usd depending on the case variants.

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Re: Obris Morgan Helmuth Review

Post by Mstallone723 » 24 Oct 2012 12:27

Great review! Was thinking of these watches but some are sold out, you bought direct ?
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Re: Obris Morgan Helmuth Review

Post by lunarin79 » 24 Oct 2012 15:13

Nope,i got it from my fren :)
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