I hope you will try a Protek and add this to your watch assortment. I am confident you will love our watches.

Sad, but so true.

I aree

*agree!

YES, I am very happy to be on my own doing this as I know it should be done and without the constraints of partners telling me to cut this corner or that corner or do other things I think are .... well, frankly stupid.

It was my honor to make those for them, and I would love to do it again. I you know of any such opportunities pls let us know. We are already in development for several law enforcement agencies but would love to do work for military groups too.

I met a few of those guys when they relocated to Spangdahlem. I believe they were pushed out of Aviano due to so many aircraft coming there. The F-117 guys moved to the Spangdahlem base hotel. My wife stocked the mini bars there. She would talk about the pilots when she got home, but she usually only remembered their call signs. I wouldn’t be surprised if your brother remembered her. She was a pretty blonde in her 20’s with a southern drawl. In an area with heavy German accents, she stood out. During Kosovo, I was sent to Rhein Main to support cargo jets, tankers and JSTARS aircraft. When I came back to Spangdahlem, the home station fighters were gone and the base had been taken over by F-117’s. It was a great aircraft and I enjoyed watching them fly around our home. I’ve not seen any in recent years, but I hear that they are still flying out there.

Thank you so much for your purchase. It means a great deal to us as such a young brand.

Wow, thank you. I'm thrilled you will now consider our ProTek watches and I can assure you when you get one you will be more than pleased. I guarantee it. BTW, and onoy as an FYI, it's Ronda without an H. Certainly nothing against Ronda - they are great people and make great movements, but this time since we are building these in Hong Kong opted for Citizen's Miyota movt, considered by many to be the most robust in the business.

I'm curious if you ever pulled the trigger and picked up a Protek? We want you in our fold and with us.

Yes, it's sort of unfortunate that marketing is so important in getting products to the people. We see plenty of sub-par products that can be big successes solely because of this, because of massive amounts of money being spent to scream their story, and show their goods, but I can assure you our manufacturing is exemplary with all built in clean-room conditions. I would also beg to differ with you on the design, but of course this is a very subjective assessment. Our designer created some of the best TAG Heuers ever including the Formula One, so he is no slouch, and I think he did another masterful job on ProTek designs. But agian, I'm subjective and love what we created. Thankfully, most have agreed, at least thus far.

Thank you.

Thanks. Always available for more discussions with Marc, who is a terrific guy. All his videos are great.

I think we will have another discussion soon. Stay tuned. I do have a VERY FUNNY Ball story to tell Marc.

Sincere thanks. All true.

Did you ever pick up a Protek yet? We hope you will.

Very kind comment - thank you. As for your offer, we already have a "through line" of Rugged at Heart to define the brand, and a tagline of All Terrain Watches.

Curious if you ever picked up a Protek yet?

@@barrycohen3733 No I haven't. The summer has flown by and along with it any spare shopping time. My "collection " is in fact shrinking. Hope business is going well.

Thank you for your very kind words. We can help you if marc does not ship to Australia. We ship globally.

First, thank you for picking one up. The Field series has T-100 lume if this is what you'd seek, so of course it reads as brighter since it has more tritium in the watch. As for the price, we just got a stellar review from A Blog to Watch on the carbon watches from a certified watchmaker, and he opined that we offer the best value in tritium watches for what we put into the watches, and build quality. Sure, they can be made to sell for less, but then we would have less quality features and lesser components in them. When I conceived this brand, the whole idea was to make them the best way I thought they could be made without compromises. and in in fact we are living with smaller margins than watch industry standards in order to offer more quality for less and offer an outstanding value for what one gets.

Def like the looks and feel of the 1000 series Barry. Thx

Thanks. Needless to say, we would love to welcome you to the brand.

Did you ever pick up a Protek?

i have not yet!@@barrycohen3733

Deeply humbled by your more than kind comment.

I enjoy sarcasm if this is what was intended.

Humbled by your kind comment.

For Marc to respond but more than happy to help him.

Of course we would love for you to do so. I think you'll be more than pleased.

@@barrycohen3733 So far I'm loving my carbon case Protek Diver! I wear it over my other watches because it is so lightweight. I dislike how much the crown needs to be spun to advance the date complication by one; thankfully the movement is quartz and hardly requires any adjustments. If Protek offered a pure white fkm rubber 22mm strap I'd buy it as well as the steel diver with white face in a heartbeat, although the included dark brown strap is alright.

You could pick up a watch and then look for an after market white strap? @@ComeOnPelican91

For waht it's worth, I had some trepidation about going down to 40mm and was waiting for some of the bigger guys we met at the SHOT Show to challenge the size. Remarkably, not one did even when asked for their thoughts on the size! I think you will find it to be wonderul as a dialy-wear timepiece.

@@barrycohen3733 hey Barry, thank you for the reply especially from the owner of the company… it shows that you care which means a lot to the customer. I will be purchasing one very soon and hopefully it fits my wrist. It should because it has a short lug to lug to fit on my 6 3/4 inch wrist The thing that made me want this watch is the T 100 tubes. I already have a tritium T25 marathon GSAR

@@garyz0611 I hope you do pick one up and enjoy it. and yes, I do care ..... a lot. I also have a small wrist and they all fit me perfectly.

did you ever pull the trigger and get a Protek?

@@barrycohen3733 Yes Barry I got the blue field watch version with the T 100 tubes and I love it and it’s much brighter than my Marathon GSAR….. I have been wearing it almost nonstop since I’ve got it….oh I wear it now on rubber straps…..Thanks for a killer watch 👍

One what?

I wore the luminox for years love that it

I'm sure Marathon is quite secure, and no way Luminox is going under.

@@barrycohen3733 oh ok thanks Barry ! Great interview looking forward to more!

@@jjjfffppp Very kind of you to say this. I'm open to move interviews if Marc is. Always stories to tell.

Did you ever pick up a Protek? @@jjjfffppp

We just put on a European distributor. Get my email info from Marc and I will get you in touch with him. Hes a great guy!

Trek is a journey, Tek is for our (lume) technology. Very different things.

@@barrycohen3733 But very small edit distance; surprised that PTO were willing to approve the tm.

Of course, sorry to read this. I know the quality is actually very good so that is not in question. If that night view does nothing for you, I'm really sorry. I find it mesmerizing.

@@barrycohen3733 I want to like it, really. And I’m sorry I had to say that, but I can’t. I went ahead and put in my box and will revisit it in a few months

@@meskes4059 I'm glad you were honest about it, but of course I'd love it if you got to enjoy it and wear it.

Pls revisit it and wear it and see if you fall for it. @@meskes4059

Those in the know tell us we have the best value in tritium lume watches on the entire market so that should men ours are worth the prices we have set. Try one and see if you love it. I think you will.