The Phantom II Case
> Size 39 mm
> Thickness 11.2 mm
> Lug to Lug 48.5 mm
> Water resistance 10 ATM (100 meters / 330 feet)
> Weight 168 grams with full bracelet
> Case made from 316L stainless steel
> Front glass made from flat sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating on its inside
> Back glass made from flat sapphire crystal
> Decorative bezel screws made from stainless steel
> Slim screw-down crown with laser engraved logo
> Screwbars 24.5 x 1.2 mm made from stainless steel
The Phantom II Movement
> Swiss Made STP1-11 self-winding, automatic movement
> Perlage finished bridges
> Hours, minutes, central seconds, date
> Power reserve 44 hours
> 26 jewels, 28ā000 vph, 4hz
> Adjusted to 5 positions
> Laser engraved branding on rotor
The Phantom II Dial
> Double-layer with tapisserie pattern and sunburst finish
> Applied polished hour markers
> Logo at 12 o’clock applied with luminescent paint Super LumiNovaā¢ C1
> Indices applied with luminescent paint Super LumiNovaā¢ C1
> Matte black date wheel with white printing
The Phantom II Hands
> Hour hand silver polished, filled with luminescent paint Super LumiNovaā¢ C1
> Minute hand silver polished, filled with luminescent paint Super LumiNovaā¢ C1
> Central second hand silver polished
The Phantom II Straps
> Strap #1 is a brushed and polished integrated bracelet, 23 x 18 mm
> Strap #2 is made from genuine leather with a crocodile pattern, 23 x 20 mm
The Phantom II Buckle
> Butterfly style clasp made from stainless steel
Top quality
Difficult to find things to complain about. Highly praised by almost everyone who sees it.
I absolutely love this watch.
After preordering it months ahead of release I went through the normal worry of whether the watch will meet my expectations but the second I opened the box it surprised me looking and feeling so much better than I expected.
I have to start by talking about the dial, I heard some people complain that the dial seemed weird but I love it, having something with texture to look at that doesnt make it hard to read is just a fantastic thing. The closest comparable watch I looked at was from Pelton Watches. And after holding and wearing the Phantom 2, there is no way anyone should buy from Pelton. This has a better movement with the STP1-11 and comes at a fraction the price with more water resistance on top of that. As for accuracy. I have had the watch for about 3 weeks now and there has been less than 15 seconds of variance total. Though most of this came from the couple times I put it in my winder.
The lume is good enough to last into the night but do not expect dive watch level at all. But the crown is the first on a watch I’ve had that both doesnt dig into my arm and screws in to a position that lines up cleanly when looking at the watch flat. Admittedly it is not vertical when the watch lays flat, but every other screw in crown I’ve used even remotely in this price range doesnt even come close to that.
The bracelet is just short of perfect. I like yo wear my watches on my right wrist often and this is were the bracelet comes up just short either being slightly too tight or slightly too loose and since it has no half link I cant make it just right, but on my left wrist it fits perfectly all the time. It can occasionally nip at hairs but only when taking the watch off does that ever happen.
I will go into packaging last as it is the the most briefly encountered but helps give initial impressions too. It was delivered in the most bubble wrap i have ever seen, could probably drop it off a 10 story building without worry. But the box itself was just a textured paper and cardboard with shaped foam to hold everything in place. But it seems everything is done to protect the watch with thorough use of scratch protecting plastic and even a little piece holding the crown in place to likely protect the movement during shipping.
All together this watch is just fantastic and the support from Gulshan has been spectacular. Anyone who is able to get one should be very satisfied with these. I’m sure I will be for many years.