Speaking of not being heritage-inspired, the Heritage Titanium Automatic case (as the name implies) sports a 42mm-wide titanium case. I’m not saying that Rotary will do that, but it certainly has the option of making the GS0549/04 part of a series, as opposed to a stand-alone product.
As this is a limited edition, it seems like the brand can simply produce a slightly modified version in the future with other movements. That said, given how nice-looking this watch is overall, it would have been nice to see Rotary up the ante with the mechanism inside the Heritage Titanium Automatic just a little bit more.
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Rotary did choose a nicer grade of 8000 series movement and, in the larger case, the movement isn’t loud as it is in some other watches. The movement operates at 3Hz with about 2 days of power reserve and is certainly on the entry-level side for a mechanical movement. As part of keeping costs reasonable, the watch contains a slightly decorated and visible (through the caseback window) Japanese Miyota 8000 series automatic movement. I’m not sure anyone other than wristwatch novices want to see “limited edition” on a dial - but I could be wrong.Īlso on the dial is a neatly inserted day/date window that has a proper frame though date and day of the week information might be too small for all but the best of eyes. To watch enthusiasts, the “Limited Edition” label on the dial where something like “Swiss Made” might be feels a bit cheesy. The dial itself is mostly matte with good legibility and an elegance that allows it to move from sporty to dressier occasions with relative ease. The hands look Submariner-esque on purpose, but instead of the Mercedes-style hour hand, Rotary has its “ox” hour hand, and the minute hand is tapered and “sword-style.” Overall, the hands and hour markers are a great highlight of the Heritage Titanium Automatic watch.
The dial has mostly the same hour markers, save for the upside-down triangle for 12 o’clock. Rather, Rotary made a modern watch with a dial that takes inspiration from vintage military designs.” I do believe that, in the past, Rotary was a supplier of watches to the British military.Īt a glance, the dial design looks like that of a Rolex Submariner, but it has enough differences to make it unique - and it’s done well with applied hour markers that have metal edges and green-toned Super-LumiNova painted in the interiors. While I generally like this watch, I find the name to be a bit misleading in using the term “Heritage.” Certainly the term isn’t a promise, but it does seem to imply that this is a remake of a historic timepiece - which isn’t exactly true, to my understanding. The sportiest of them (as of early 2020) is this Rotary Limited-Edition Heritage Titanium Automatic reference GS05249/04. To commemorate the occasion, Rotary has released a few limited-edition watches that are as decent to look at as they are to wear on the wrist. 2020 is apparently the brand’s 125th anniversary, as the company began in 1895. Today, Rotary Watches still exists, being run out of England (not under English ownership, as I understand) and with a similar approach to value. Several decades ago, Rotary Watches donned the wrists of many British people with their practical pricing and Continental approach to design. I happen not to be English, but being in the watch industry, I am the exception, having visited the headquarters of Rotary Watches in London a few years ago to hear about its story. If you aren’t English, there is a good chance you haven’t heard of Rotary Watches.
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