Marathon MSAR Arctic White

The Marathon MSAR is one of the smallest watches offered from Marathon Watches and is now available with a white dial, dubbed the Marathon MSAR Arctic White. At 36mm and 14mm thick, it is a beefy but small watch, available in both automatic or quartz variants. Reviewed here is the automatic version, which will set you back about $850 on rubber, more on the stainless steel bracelet should rubber not be your style. As a long time fan of Marathon Watches, especially the SAR line in general, I felt a 36mm watch marketed to men in 2020 was an odd choice, and the video review comments echo that sentiment. I have mulled this over a little bit and have concluded that just like Oris, they want to have a size available for almost any wrist, and I believe they have accomplished that with the SAR lineup. Marathon MSAR Arctic White Specifications:

316L Stainless Steel Case

14mm Thick

18mm Lug Width

43mm Lug to Lug

Sapphire Crystal

30 ATM WR

Selitta SW200 Automatic Movement

$850 on Rubber as reviewed

https://www.marathonwatch.com/

Some of the video comments have very strictly pointed out this is more of a women’s watch than anything else, and to be fair, on my 7 1/2 inch wrist, it does not exactly evoke what many would perceive to be “manly”. Then again, we could get into a whole discussion of what is manly anyways, but this is a watch review site after all, and even though I have 20 watches on the studio table right now, I...