OK, I had to buy one of these... I already had a Swordfish model in stainless, but it didn't have the date window. I also don't have any full titanium watches. I opted for the Frost dial this time, since the lume looks amazing! This is my 8th Zelos watch.... yes, call me crazy... my wallet already is yelling at me. Great review!

Great review! In addition, and I cannot express this enough, THANK YOU for reviewing a watch that is coming out .... not sold out! I've been eyeing Zelos. Thought about picking one up second hand, but I'm all in on this one! The bracelet looks very much like the Christopher Ward bracelets and they are amazing. Thanks again!

THE WATCH WAS RELEASED 8/27. It's selling out pretty fast. zeloswatches.com/collections/swordfish-diver

Absolutely love the lume on this! The angular designs they use has always reminded me of Seiko Samurai watches...Which I also love!

Love this review Dave! Great job! Love your channel, and all your watch work.

I just bought this same exact watch. Only 9 left when I bought it. I have never owned a Titanium watch and I almost picked the frost but I own way to many white dial watches and after seeing the video and how this looks on your wrist, it had me sold on the color. I was actually at a Breitling dealer this past week looking at an Avenger and I was looking at buying my last watch for the year, and buying this saved me over $3200. so my bank account thanks you. The Titanium and bracelet had me sold. The Avenger is a 43mm, and this being 42mm is my favorite size. Thank you for having such a great review and made it easy for me to pull the trigger

I really do love the look of this Zelos. Great watch if it is indeed going to be that price.

Great video, but few things that need to be mentioned -- the satin part of the clasp it's a real scratch magnet, and the screw links of the bracelet tend to unscrew by themselves. I have the latest Zelos Thresher with the exactly same bracelet (but in steel) and the satin part of the bracelet it's already scratched out, and couple of occasions the bracelet screws started to unscrew just by wearing it, and finally while transporting it in the watch box the bracelet completely lost a screw and fell apart. I talked to Zelos about it and their solution was to glue the bracelet's screws (which I did) :-D.

Great review Dave. Has ‘55 Fathoms’ aspects but definitely has unique touches. That bracelet looks quality and that lume is amazing.

Hi Dave love your channel and the intense description. For the price that is a super super watch. I've subscribed ❤

Zelos going great guns with their design , materials and pricing BTW Cool hair colour Dave!

Not sure if someone else mentioned this, but the scratches on the back of the bracelet are from the clasp. Mine has the same and it is because the clasp is stainless steel. Nice video.

Awesome review? 👍 I’ve purchased this very timepiece from Zelos, thanks in part from your high praise. My Swordfish should be arriving in 3-4 weeks time. Keep up these reviews for those of us who cannot spend thousands of £$€¥ on a single timepiece but still wish to have high quality collection at much more affordable prices. 🤚

Dude, it’s awesome how fast your channel has grown. Keep up the good work buddy

I ordered the teal version. one of the major advantages to titanium is that it has a very low temperature coefficient. Meaning that it does not transfer heat very well. So in the cold winter months it is not a big heatsink on your radial artery to make you even colder.

Thanks Dave! Your review along with Jody's over at Just One More Watch sealed the deal - with only hours before launch! I would not have known about this watch in time if you hadn't reviewed it! I went for the show-stopper, all singing, all dancing full-lume dial version. I can't wait to get it in. Thank you for all the background on titanium. I'm going into titanium ownership with a better understanding of the pluses and minuses of this interesting material. I was concerned that this may have been too big for my wrist. But I compared the numbers against my Seiko SNZH57 "55 Fathoms" and that watch comes in with equal specs: 42mm diameter, 48mm LtL, and 14.2mm height. Also 22mm lug width. Don't think this is going to be any trouble on wrist.

Great review, buddy! It's a great looking watch. I need to check out Zelos one day. 👍

The clasp is exactly as Christopher Ward's. But, u have to spend at least 2x, maybe even 3x more depending on the model. Great value as always with zelos. This is a solid modern original diver.

Hello Dave, many years ago I had a Citizen eco drive in Tit a number. I loved the weight and mat look but as you said, it was a scratch magnet. Anyway I have a Zelos Mako Titanium w/black whirlpool dial and my mouth is watering because with zelos I z like ways got late to the party.....

Great review! However from the macro shots, dust on the hands and bad finishing on its edges really put me off.

My first JDM watch was a titanium Casio Oceanus. Definitely a shocker when I held it for the first time and there was very little weight to it. That watch has a titanium carbide coating however, that holds up much better to scratches it also costs a fair bit more. My experience with Zelos has been a good one. I own the Great White 1000m Diver and it's a beautiful piece powered by a Sellita SW200.

Very thorough review, nice job Dave :)

Great video. Seen lots of Zelos reviews, but nobody talking about these new models with this fire clasp. Just the clasp makes it a keeper. A couple of mentions though. I believe it's all titanium except for the clasp which is stainless steel, which I kind of don't hate. Also, the bracelet has this sort of disco ball effect as I turn my wrist, really cool looking, but not too bright or sparkly like it might be with a stainless steel bracelet. Also, titanium's weird. It's always marketed as stronger than stainless steel, but that's incorrect in the context used. Titanium is stronger that stainless steel by weight, but weaker by volume. That's to say, if you've two watches, identical in size and all other aspects other than one being titanium with the other being stainless steel, the titanium one would be weaker and lighter. They like to say titanium is 60% stronger and 40% lighter than stainless steel, but it's really sort of one or the other. There is a volumetric sweet spot, where the titanium object is both stronger and lighter than it's stainless steel counterpart, but the titanium object would be larger. So, with respect to watch bracelets, if you wanted a titanium bracelet to be both lighter and stronger than a stainless steel one, then it would have to be thicker or beefier than the stainless steel one...or they could weigh the same and the titanium one would be much beefier and stronger...probably best expressed on a graph.

Great review the lume is insane. I just picked up a Helm khuraburi watch, I would love to see you review that brand. Maybe a comparison review between a Helm and a Zelos?

The clasp is stainless. Just ordered the same watch, and can't wait. I would have happily paid another $20 and had a miyota 9015 or an ST5000 movement. Should also mention the clasp is a replica of the Chris Ward Trident

I really like it, and for half the price of a watch I think it looks a bit like and I really love. The Zodiac Super Sea Wolf 53 Compression. Good to see Zelos has moved past the overwhelming amount of bronze in the lineup. Love bronze but they're capable of a lot more.

Stunning watch and superb review Dave, but I think your cat stole the show! Just put my Swordfish 40 review video up. Love the Zelos brand 👍🏻

I purchased thr Horizons GMT a few months back (teal dial), I love it! I totally recommend Zelos.

Great review, thanks for bringing the 2 new Zelos to us. At that price range one gets x2 (min) their money value.

It's a great watch, I'm assuming a prototype...quite a lot of dust on the dial and hands. I'm sure won't be present in production versions. People don't appreciate the costs associated with the quality control required to ensure there is not a single particle of dust on the dial. It is literally hours of work. One of the primary reasons that Swiss Made usually means additional price. Swiss labour is very costly

Great review Dave, zelos definitely on my wish list. Not sure about titanium I am a bit clumsy therefore worried about scratching it, but design wise it’s fantastic.

Just purchased after watching this. Thanks!

Your editing has clearly improved. I don't know why it strikes me now, it's probably the case since a while. Maybe you improved details here and there with time and it's showing up. But it's really noticeable, well done.

I'd love to get one if there were any ever in stock

If you've never seen screw links on a sub $500 watch, you've obviously never shopped at Ali Express! lol Thanks for the review.

Love your reviews mate👍

I've got a zelos swordfish bronre meteorite. Thats zelos are very good timepieces. The titanium uhas the same movement. I want this watch too. Thanks for great presentation.

I am one of the lucky souls that were able to snatch up the 40mm version with meteorite dial. Those were sold out in about 40 minutes! So I cannot really justify to buy this one. I am a little miffed though that I didn't get the clasp with the fast adjust system that this one gets.

All Helm watches are around $300 and they all have screw links (screwdriver included!!) plus they are iso certified and come with an actual - individual - test document for that. So yeah, there are brands that offer screw links for way less than $500... But indeed you didn't hear of them. Now, if this comes out for under 500 this will be my first Zelos for sure...

Loved the vid mate

i like the designs of the zelos watches, but i am done buying microbrands with seiko NH35 and miyota movements. time for zelos to step-up the movement choice to match the quality and popularity of their watches

I like that your disclaimer on the gushing review turns out to be a pretty realistic and not at all gushing review of the watch....nice work! I like the unique look of the brand, and of course their lume. Have not scratched that itch yet, but it is on my long term list. I own one titanium watch (a citizen) and likely would opt for steel. Titanium is cool and glad I own one, but I prefer steel and wouldn’t pay extra for titanium in general. And yes, the whole sell out quick thing is mildly annoying for those that don’t get the fever for a brand. I guess once you commit to getting one, you will make sure you get in right away, but the whole line up at 3am the day before for that 65” Black Friday TV mentality is not where I am at with my collecting ATM. 😂

Dude, your hair game is on point as your wrist game lol

You're right on this being a great value. Lot's of watch for the money.

Never been tempted by a microbrand, but Ti and price make this quite compelling. Cheers 👍🏻👍🏻

Disagree about the bezel, I think it is close to perfect. I would have preferred a better movement, and whilst mine is titanium, I wish I had bought the SS. Great watch though

I got a Ti teal on the way, it'll join my hammerhead II and a bunch of non-zelos.

Great review and great looking watch. Have you had any experience with Phoibos? I'm wondering how this stands up to something like their Wave Master (that you can grab for $250)

lovely...managed to get one in the same sand blast colour too :)

Great watch. Great review. With another name on the dial this would sell for literally ten or fifteen times as much and guys would still say it's gReAt VaLuE fOr tHe mOnEy. If this wasn't a diver I would be all over it. Unfortunately I'm sick of dive watches. Watch guys are _way_ behind the times on titanium because knife/everyday carry guys have been on the titanium train for decades. As an EDC guy I have tons of bits and bobbles made from titanium. Watch guys are like little boys that love trucks and diggers and bulldozers. They want heavy stainless steel and BRONZE dive watches that will literally rust but think that premium titanium is "too light" and "feels cheap" and "scratches easily." The EDC world was in the equivalent of the dive watch craze a decade ago when every hot folder was a thick, heavy "overbuilt" titanium frame lock flipper and Hinderer knives went for more than retail in the resale market. Fortunately the tides turned and now slimmer, thinner, smaller, more elegant, more refined knives are en vogue. Modern slipjoints are cool now, like the Benchmade Proper or Enrique Pena's work. I'm waiting for the equivalent to happen in the watch world.

Very nice! I wish i could afford one now, cause they will not be affordable when i can spend that kind of money.

Alrighty, scored a Frost version with fully lumed dial... Now the waiting game starts...

i wish the border around the 6 o clock marker as on all of the hour markers

Dave,great channel ,what brand of strap is that,God bless

Damn nice camera

*** The Islander watches from Long Island Watch are under $500 and have screw links :)

This is now sold out. Only the more expensive Meteorite version is left. I do love that style though. I did get this first thing this morning and only 9 were left when I bought it

zelos is truly on par with some luxury brands

30 minutes in the bezel is not lined with the dial mark.

It seems to me they could have saved on the packaging and used it for dust control if nothing else.

This is a beautiful watch but those macro shots show a lack of QC by Zelos. The black dial looks sooo dusty and I've bought titanium watches from pawn shops that had fewer scratches. Are you sure this is a NEW watch?

The Paganii PD1644 giant killer has screw links at less than 100 bucks !!!

I'd bite if they'd ditch the NH35 for a Swiss Made movement with $150 increase would work for me. Anyways great review 👍

Pricey. Still a watch made in Singapore. Nice but they need to improve on finish quality.

Good review , Not Crazy about the hands or the branding , still on the fence about Titanium think I'll pass on this one !

Cool 😎

Beautiful watch, but, as reliable as the NH35A movement is, I would find it difficult to justify paying $400 for essentially a nice piece of wrist jewelry with a so-so movement.

Not a fan of their business model as it seems like their watches sell out too fast and people just buy them to resell them for a profit on eBay. Seems like a fishy model to me as this happens all the time.

Welp I'm diving in! Now for the long wait.. Mmm

Might get one when the pandemic is over

A great video of a fantastic watch. Can't wait for mine to arrive. #ZelosAddict4Life

19:30 she really has beautiful colors like that

Besutifull watch...

If they make the 40mm version in titanium I will jump on it in a second

I really dont like that these watches are not put together in a dust free room. That dust specs on the hands are just aweful

Zelos, the Rolex of microbrands. You mostly can't buy them at retail....

Greetings from portugal

I just went to grab one. 3 days after launch..... there's only the meteorite one left😫😫😫

Throw some heat on the titanium, you’ll get some cool color effects to it.

Went to site and watch is already sold out :-(

Prettier version of seiko snzh57.

Too late! Not much value in reviewing watches that are already sold out. Still a nice realistic look at a top micro brand.

Jesus Murphy they just killed any ambition I might have harboured too become a watch manufacturer 370 bucks wtf who's making these umpalumpas

Too bad they are always sold out

Love everything about it .... Except that ruddy 'Fauxtina'. Aaaarggggggrhhhh!!!!!!!!🤬

Except for the titanium case, I don’t see anything special about this watch. Sorry!!😔

I am sorry but the movement is the heart of the watch! Nothing really wrong with a NH35 but if you own this watch long enough to have it serviced you will find that it cost less to just throw it in the bin and put a better movement in it. A good watchmaker is about 100 USD per hr and it will cost you less money to just throw it in the trash. The problem with these cheap watches is they are for the most part not even worth having them serviced as the cost to do so far outweighs the value of the watch in the first place. When I was younger I loved diving and did it for about 15 yrs and can't stand a stupid date complication on a so called dive watch! The last thing to go through my mind when I was diving is Gee I Wonder What The Date Is Today? Retarded for the most part. Save some more money and buy a better watch!

it is too big for my wrist, i'll pass

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I love Titanium Watches. Lightweight, comfortable! Zeros is wonderful timepiece! I think a Gorgeous Timepiece!