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HALIOS Watches runs on three principles: 1) offer a quality, well-built watch that
HALIOS Watches is a boutique watch company located in Vancouver, Canada.
HALIOS Watches is committed to providing uncompromising after-sales service and
PRICING: USD$775 for rotating bezel on rubber strap; USD$735 for fixed bezel on
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PRINCIPLESHALIOS Watches runs on three principles: 1) offer a quality, well-built watch that you can take into the water; 2) exceed your after-sales support expectations; and 3) strive to design cool things!
I started this company in 2009, wracked with an increasingly all-consuming obsession with watches. HALIOS is the natural progression of a near-lifelong infatuation with these magnificent machines. It began with analog, moved on to digital, then lingered on almost everything imaginable in between. These days, you can see my interests reflected in the current HALIOS lineup: small, water-ready, spirit very much shaped and informed by the sport watches of the ''60s.
HALIOS got its start on the online forums dedicated to dive watches, where lively and frank discussion by enthusiasts can readily be found, relatively uncoloured by the gloss of "official" corporate PR messaging. While the hardcore enthusiasts still make up the bulk of the HALIOS customer base, an increasing number is now comprised of first-time watch owners.
Our manufacturing partners are based in Asia, Switzerland, Germany and the US, with final QC and testing taking place in Vancouver, Canada. Watch movements are typically sourced from either Japan or Switzerland, depending on market availability and watch model. Production runs are small to ensure timely fulfillment, uncompromising quality control and the flexibility to dedicate resources to producing new designs.
I am very excited to have you discover the watches. Thank you for visiting, and please drop me a line if I can answer any questions.
Jason Lim, founder and eternal watchaholic
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"Art and function seem to be two mutually exclusive things a lot of the time, so to be able to actually use a well-designed, beautiful object is really fulfilling."
"If I can capture at least a little bit of that emotion and excitement when I see a beautiful thing, I proceed."
Despite my eager and bleary-eyed attendance at both SIHH and Baselworld this past year, the release of the Halios Seaforth has nevertheless become a highlight of my 2017 horological calendar. Halios, a darling of the now-maturing internet micro-brand dive watch scene, launched the Seaforth this past July in a mix-n-match format, offering multiple dials and bezel options to maximize appeal for the widest possible audience. From black dials and black sapphire bezel inserts to pastel blue dials and fixed sterile bezels, the handful of options makes for a wide range of possible Seaforth expressions. For the purposes of this review, I''ll be focusing on this lovely pastel blue Seaforth and its steel 12-hour GMT bezel.
Unlike the Tropik, which was also offered in bronze, the Seaforth is available only in steel. This Seaforth is 41mm wide, 12mm thick, and 47mm lug to lug (fixed bezel versions are 40mm at the case edge and the rotating bezel grip adds 1mm). Viewed in profile, much of that 12mm thickness is derived from the curved edge of the Seaforth''s vintage-style domed sapphire crystal. Meant to evoke the box plexi crystals of ''60s and ''70s divers, the Seaforth''s crystal has an internal anti-reflective treatment and presents very little distortion or magnification from its bubbled edge. While the exposed crystal edge is undoubtedly a touchstone of a bygone era in sports watches, the Seaforth design does not feel especially dated or laboriously "new vintage."
Halios is a Canadian watch brand based in Vancouver.
The case is svelte and presents minimal visual bulk, allowing the dial and the bezel to do all of the heavy lifting. With a simple brushed finish complimented by an expanding polished bevel on each lug, the Seaforth is casually elegant and, depending on your choice of dial, decidedly low-key. In use, the crown is quite sturdy, feeling directly connected to the movement and aided by a smooth and well-implemented screw down. Flanked on both sides by protective guards, this is not the sort of crown commonly found on a sub-$1,000 watch and the Seaforth is entirely dive-ready with 200m (660ft) of water resistance.
The Seaforth features a vintage-inspired dome crystal.
The pastel blue could be had with a range of bezels, including the sterile fixed bezel, a traditional 60-minute steel dive bezel, or the as-reviewed steel 12-hour GMT bezel. I adore GMT in all of its myriad variations and the useful simplicity of a 12-hour bezel is no exception. For the curious, a 12-hour bezel displays a second time zone by allowing you to rotate the bezel to place the hour difference between your current home time and a selected 2nd time zone to the twelve o''clock position on the dial. With the bezel set, you can now read the second time zone via the hour hand''s indication on the bezel. It''s easy, clever, and provides real functionality with no additional mechanical complexity.
The bezel itself is brushed, with a matched circular finish and simple engraved numerals alongside a lumed triangle at the 12 marker. The grip is precise and easy to use, offering a progressive and smooth action with a strong, if tinny, click and no wiggle between each position. This is the best bezel I''ve come across on a Halios and, like the crown, it is simply better in use than what is generally found at this price point.
The solid screw down caseback.
The side profile is particularly appealing with the beveled lugs.
The Seaforth''s dial variations include black, black with gilt markers/hands, a blue sunburst, and the pastel blue dial seen here. I am a sucker for a small amount of strangeness in a watch (such as the stepped 24-hour hand on a Seiko 6117-6400 or the internal cyclops magnifier on some old Skin Divers) and I found the use of such an uncommon color very appealing. The matte dial is almost a desaturated Gulf Blue, fading from bright sunny blue to a faded blue-grey depending on available light. With black surrounds for the markers and hands and minimal black dial text, the Seaforth offers excellent contrast and strong legibility. The hands and markers use C3 SuperLuminova for low light viewing and the application is ample, providing a strong and enduring glow.
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