Watch of the Day - February 8th

Today's Watch is the Invicta Sea Hunter

Description: The Invicta Sea Hunter is no ordinary time piece. Constructed primarily of kevlar (well-known for its bullet proof properties) and hand-folded steel, this beastly watch can withstand any amount of wear and tear, and there is at least one documented case of a man's life being saved by this watch (a bullet, fired at the man's heart, was shot out of the air by the Sea Hunter's built in bullet-seeking defense missiles). What is most unusual about this particular watch, however, is the unnerving way that the wrong numbers have been called out on the face. Most watches show 12, 3, 6, and 9 - but not the Sea Hunter. Nope, the Sea Hunter chooses instead to throw all caution to the wind and show 10, 2, 4, and 8 (in addition to 12 and 6) in a blatant anti-odd-number move that has made waves in the watch industry.

Also of note is the built in timer, stopwatch, and enormous manly crown that, when twisted, plays a music box version of Enter Sandman by Metallica.

History: In the mid-2000s, Discovery Channel's world-famous Shark Week programming scheme had reached an unprecedented level of popularity. Quick on the draw, Invicta created a series of watches dubbed the Sea Hunter, featuring a ferocious red shark emblem, to capitalize on this craze. The result was unanimously positive - over a hundred of the watches were sold in the following year.

This particular version of the Sea Hunter, known as the Sea Hunter - Blood for Blood Edition, has a slightly sadder tale. The creator of the Sea Hunter line, the ironically named Charles Sharkmunchie had gone diving to do research on the beasts he was basing his newest watch on, when he was run over by a speedboat and killed instantly. This final watch was produced as a way to avenge his death, though nobody is really sure how releasing a watch is vengeance at all.

Dan's Story: As has been previously mentioned on this blog, Dan is a rather skilled individual with a particular history of diving. He has owned no less than thirteen different Sea Hunter watches, though never for diving or sports-related purpose. In fact, he has been quoted saying that the Sea Hunter is his 'casual watch' - "the slim features and unassuming style of this particular watch makes it great for everyday wear. When you want to make an impression, wear a Wrathbeast - if you don't want to be a nihilistic jerk, wear a simple, elegant Sea Hunter." 

Well said, Dan. Well said.