I recently came across a couple of interesting Nautica watches that use resin in the cases or straps. They are both attractive watches and come in around a $50 price point. In these inflationary times, $50 seems to be a rare price point for a quartz watch with a known and popular designer brand label. Let's take a quick look at the Nautica watches in question. The first is the Nautica N83 Men's Coronado Bay Black Case, Black Dial, Back Resin Strap Watch. The model number is NAPCNF109. According to the Amazon listing here, this watch has a plastic case and a resin strap.
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The Nautica N83 Coronado Bay Plastic Watch in Black |
This first watch offers a reassuring 100 meters of water resistance. It has a bit of lume on the markers and hands and Indiglo backlighting. This isn't surprising since Timex Group designs, manufactures, and sells Nautica watches under a licensing agreement. On Amazon, some reviewers criticize the Indiglo function for not working or being faint, but overall the watch gets 4.4 stars out of 83 ratings. One Spanish-language reviewer stated that the watch was a good value for the money.
The blue version, the Nautica N83 Coronado Bay is similar. The model number is NAPCNS214. This watch offers 50 meters of water resistance. The listing for this watch says that the case is made of resin and the strap is made of silicone. This Nautica Coronado Bay watch is available here on Amazon.
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The Nautica N83 Coronado Bay Resin Watch in Blue |
I generally prefer watches with metal cases. But, I have plenty of watches that have plastic or resin cases. My venerable Casio Forester has a plastic case. My LaCoste watch has a composite (plastic) case. Even my Armani Exchange watch touts at nylon case.
Poking around on the internet, I see that plastics and resins are touted as being lighter than metals and appropriate for long wear as sport watches. I'm certainly no materials engineer, but the rise of various plastics is an interesting development when it comes to name brand watches.
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