“It's a great watch, if you're a fan of diver watches in general, I think you'll get a kick out of it. There's a lot of nods to classic divers, at least to me.
The lugs and crown guards remind me of the early Panerai divers, the bezel insert with its sapphire reminds me of a Blancpain 50 Fathoms. The chunky squared off indices have a Breitling Superocean look about them. Hands a similarity to Doxa but with some skeleton you might see on a Seamster, and the finishing you'd find on an Omega or Submariner.
But... It also feels unique and I'm not suggesting these features have been borrowed, which is fairly difficult with a diver these days to be unique, but they've managed. Even though I've never been diving in my life and if I do I'm probably not going to wear any watch... This one can do it.
I appreciate it appears to acknowledge most buyers don't need this, but it's nice knowing it really can do it. It's not just a pretty bezel stuck on an OEM case. This is truly a dive watch, the nice hidden HE valve seems to be a nod to that. The luminous coating on the hands and indices is two tone, similar to an Omega PlantOcean, the 12 index, pip on the bezel and minute hands are a green, while the others are more like a teal. (I don't know the official colours). The extremely legible dial, topped up with a reassuringly heavy bezel - I've nudged bezels before, it seems unlikely to happen here. But it's not too stiff, purposeful if I had to say.
After owning a couple weeks, I've noticed a lot of small details. The dial is almost like slate, I don't know how they describe it, but it's textured without being distracting.
The M on the crown lines up perfectly when you screw it in - though I appreciate I might just be lucky - but it's the only Marloe I've had.
The 310 is a nod to loch Morar, the deepest freshwater body in the UK and is 310m deep. On the case bag the loch monster Morag features, Vostock have their Scuba Dude, Marloe have Morag... I'm backing the monster.
As for the overall design the yellow/gold is influenced by the search and rescue helicopters. I don't know this for sure, but some details I think are inspired by these are the black lines on the crown guard, like the instructions you see dotted around the choppers. The red for both the final bezel numbers and seconds tip. The hands look to resemble the rotors, but again I might be looking for these and forcing a link that isn't there - but I'm enjoying them nonetheless.
Definitely worth seeing one in the flesh, but I'm still in the honeymoon phase.”
“Very nice watch purchase. Love the search and rescue helicopter yellow colour, having family members who served on search and rescue helicopters for years it’s a gloriously familiar sight. The watch sits nicely and is a good case size as I prefer larger sized gents watches compared to the new fascination with tiny sized cases. The packaging is very neat both smart and contemporary made to look like a book that opens out.
So far so good been wearing this happily for over a week and already had some nice comments on the positivity of the bright yellow colour standing out. Well done Marloe! Great work!”
