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amanico
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E.W.A Tides of Time

Some here wanted to see this special Extrem World Alarm, so I received a call from the Paris JLC Boutique to inform me that it was here for some pics.

That's true that we don't often speak of this model, I mean the current E.W.A.

Maybe because it is a big, thick watch, enhanced by the SS Case, the red touches,n here and there, and the big window on the left part of the dial?

IMO, with the Tides of Time, JLC found the good combo, as they did with the RG Rossi version of this watch.

A noble cause at the service of a nice watch:

As you know, JLC released this watch to make its partnership wih UNESCO more concrete, to give its support to the program of protection of some marine sites.

So, instead of having the traditional 24 Towns of the world on the bezel, we have only 21, and the 3 others are dedicated to 3 sites which require an urgent protection ( written in blue on the bezel: Tubataha, Scandola, and Galapagos ).

Here, the case is in titanium grade 5, which gives a nice light grey color to the watch, and contrasts in a subtle way with the black dial.

Some blue touches, here and there, give life to the dial, and to the whole watch.

The watch is still big ( 46, 3 mm ) and thick, but the overall look makes it more easily wearable.

The water resistance to 100 nmeters will allow his owner to have some water activities without fear, and the Titanium Grade 5 case is also interesting in this case because of its big resistance to scratches.

Here are the pics I took:







One interesting thing, IMO, is that JLC replaced the Big Red Crown at 10 for a more discrete black one, which visually minimises or reduces greatly the unbalanced shape of the case.



On the right side of the case, you find the traditional 2 compressor crowns, with the blue arrows, to match with the dial:



And the special case back, with the name of the watch, and more interesting, a view on the quick and easy system to change the strap...

I played with to take these pics, and I can confirm that it is a pleasure to change a strap with such a system.

I just hope that JLC will generalize it to their other sporty watches!



Although big and thick, the titanium makes this watch very comfortable to wear, by the gain in weight.

A nice surprise!



Hope I contributed to repair a kind of injustice, due to the fact we don't often speak about this model...

Best,

Nicolas