“Great specs and comfortable band. Competes with the $1K + range of watches. I like to milled clasp and smoothness of the Sellita movement. The lume is nice but it does seem to taper off quickly but I need to spend more time with it in real night situations. I recently got the Seiko SSK003 so I’ve been comparing my Republic to that watch. Virtually the same size case measured at the bezel and overall the Republic has better specs all around. There are some small quality issues like a piece of lint in the watchface by the 5 o’clock marker another marker corner edge but nothing visible to the naked eye like Seiko’s misalignment reputation (my SSK003 has no such issue). I actually use the GMT for flying general aviation aircraft so the function with the third time zone capability at the collar indices is appreciated. I learned to fly at the namesake of the watch (Republic Airport - KFRG) and flew out of there for 11 years so this watch has special meaning.”
“This is simultaneously the finest movement watch I own, while not being the highest priced!
The finish on this watch is outstanding! With excellent lume, great wearability, with the ability to feel substantial inhand, and unobtrusive on the wrist. I am currently fighting my urge to immediately by the other two in this line. I will however wait for the latest releases using other non-seiko movements. Absolutely nothing against Seiko, however I already have a collection of those watches and look forward to the ability to collect other movements while supporting a wonderful creator with this attention to detail.”
“Bezel doesn't line up. Movement started out running -2 minutes a day and has settled to -30 sec a day after a week. Still pretty bad for this movement.”
