Small watches are coming back into fashion (38-36mm). I had not expected it to look this small -but it does, almost to the point of being ridiculously small for my 6.75” wrist. But different watches wear bigger / smaller, and I feel this one holds its own on my wrist maybe because of its cragginess, its protruding button shrouds and that firefighter orange they’re molded in. But I do not recommend this watch for bigger wrists as the strap isn’t very long and barely fits mine.
As advertised, the watch is solar charging / powered, and seems to have a mineral crystal barely protected by the bezel protrusions. Washing and dunking it didn’t faze it at all as it has 10bar WR. It also has an amazing 5 alarms. I will be using those. Don’t think I’ll need a lap timer tho.
Originally, I had planned to use my Solar MudMan as my beater. It cost almost 4 times this one, at just under 600RM. But at $33 ($10 cheaper on the gray market), the S300H is much more wear and forget. It doesn’t interfere with my work / life despite being essentially a basic vanilla digital watch. Probably, the MudMan is too hulking to be nondescript. I have had comments on it wondering if it were expensive. Also, in danger of repeating myself, the fireman orange in the highlights is really striking.
There are times when wearing my Edifice 580 is just absurd, like when I run, distance walk, or work out. So this is my co-EDC of choice. Pics later…
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| Has sufficient wrist presence |
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| The band is skinny and a bit stiff |
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| It really is small! |
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| Next to a MudMan Solar 9300 |
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