Which is more worth buying, Longines Concas and Captain Radar Cook?
Exterior design, radar Captain Cook compared to Longines Concas more historical heritage and design characteristics, although the two watches are ceramic outer ring to increase the scale of the dial of the diving watch conventional design ideas, but the radar dial is the middle high edge low style, which is very uncommon in the watch, and the production difficulty will be higher, enhance the three-dimensional sense of the disc surface at the same time have a higher sense of quality.
Longines Concas's disc surface uses a more common flat design, especially the design of the hands, which I think is backwards and is not as recognizable as the previous generation of triangular red seconds. At the same time, we can see that the disc surface around Captain Cook's central axis is this gradient design, which undoubtedly adds a bit of lively texture to the monotonous watch, which is more eye-catching than The solid color dial of Concas, the scale and calendar Captain Cook uses an oversized polygonal hard time marker and a red calendar font. Concas used easy-to-read Arabic numerals at 6, 9, and 12 o'clock. To my regret, neither watch has a calendar box magnification function.
In the design of the strap and housing, both watches use the design scheme of the high-gloss Galas. Although Captain Cook looks brighter overall, this is because its case is not brushed at all, and it is high-gloss polished, although beautiful, but it is really not wear-resistant; Longines' shell is brushed, which is better resistant to wear, and provides flying wing handles and shoulder pads, which is also superior to Captain Cook's production process.
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Compared with the production process, both watches have something that makes me feel unsatisfactory. First of all, Cancas's ceramic circle night pearl can always find a depression in it, and the inverted triangle coating is not particularly uniform. Captain Cook's problem mainly focused on the strap of the 19 models, when I got this watch, the first feeling was that the strap was relatively light and thin, I even suspected that it was not a solid strap, in terms of texture it was significantly worse than the Concas at the time, but the 20 models of Captain Cook have been significantly improved. Another problem with Concas's clasp is that no matter how much I adjust it, I can't find a comfortable position, which is not as reasonable as Captain Cook's design.
Caliber quality comparison, Longines 888 movement can be said to be the benchmark product at this price, no card degree silicone oil wire, 72 hours of endurance are quite eye-catching configuration, after all, it is based on ETA 2892 developed, 20 models of Captain Cook equipped with ETA C07.6 movement is not equipped with silicone filament, but the movement tuning is also quite in place, the daily error of 3 seconds really gives me a lot of surprises, 80 hours of battery life is also very convenient. In terms of configuration and underlying movement, Concas's movement is indeed superior to Captain Cook's.
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Wearing feeling contrast, for me personally, in the actual wearing process I prefer Captain Cook, the feeling of the three plate belt is not very obvious, the commemorative seven-plant belt is really very comfortable, the brightness is far more than Concas. Of course, this is not a matter of craftsmanship, Concas's design style is not high brightness, I really suggest that Longines can improve the color of Concas shell and strap, do not make it so dark. After all, when others see your watch, everyone will think that Captain Cook is brighter, and they will come to the conclusion that Captain Cook will be more advanced. And Captain Cook's lid glass is really too much of a plus. Although the cost of this sapphire lid glass is five times higher than that of ordinary glass, the visual effect of the replacement is also a first-class stick, with a prominent dial, creating a sense of transparency and high-grade, which is very in place.
Although Concas is also a good watch, and can even be said to be the benchmark product of this price diving watch, but the overly bland design and moderate wearing feeling make people not too interested in it, the two watches are more than 10,000 prices, can make differentiation is the most attractive.