Which is cheaper, the AVI-8 Dambuster Chadwick Meca-Quartz or the Marathon GPQ-D (Officer's Quartz with Date) Field Watch?

At MSRP the AVI-8 Dambuster Chadwick Meca-Quartz is the cheaper of the two at $195, against $650 for the Marathon GPQ-D (Officer's Quartz with Date) Field Watch — a $455 gap before any retailer discounting.

Which is bigger, the AVI-8 Dambuster Chadwick Meca-Quartz or the Marathon GPQ-D (Officer's Quartz with Date) Field Watch?

The AVI-8 Dambuster Chadwick Meca-Quartz wears larger at 43mm versus 36mm for the Marathon GPQ-D (Officer's Quartz with Date) Field Watch — a 7mm difference across the dial.

Which has better water resistance, the AVI-8 Dambuster Chadwick Meca-Quartz or the Marathon GPQ-D (Officer's Quartz with Date) Field Watch?

The AVI-8 Dambuster Chadwick Meca-Quartz is rated to 50m versus 30m for the Marathon GPQ-D (Officer's Quartz with Date) Field Watch.

What movement does the AVI-8 Dambuster Chadwick Meca-Quartz run compared to the Marathon GPQ-D (Officer's Quartz with Date) Field Watch?

The AVI-8 Dambuster Chadwick Meca-Quartz runs a meca-quartz caliber, while the Marathon GPQ-D (Officer's Quartz with Date) Field Watch runs a quartz (Swiss High-Torque Quartz (3J, EOL)).

Side by side

AVI-8 Dambuster Chadwick Meca-QuartzvsMarathon GPQ-D (Officer's Quartz with Date) Field Watch

The numbers, the dial colors, the calibers — laid out so you can stop flipping between tabs.

AVI-8 Dambuster Chadwick Meca-Quartz

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MSRP $195

Marathon GPQ-D (Officer's Quartz with Date) Field Watch

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MSRP $650

At a glance

10 of 29 specs differ

Diameter

Dambuster Chadwick Meca-Quartz43mm

GPQ-D (Officer's Quartz with Date) Field Watch36mm

Power Reserve

Dambuster Chadwick Meca-Quartz40h

GPQ-D (Officer's Quartz with Date) Field Watch40h

Water Resistance

Dambuster Chadwick Meca-Quartz50m

GPQ-D (Officer's Quartz with Date) Field Watch30m

MSRP

Dambuster Chadwick Meca-Quartz$195

GPQ-D (Officer's Quartz with Date) Field Watch$650

Full specifications

Case

6 specs

Crystal & Dial

2 specs

Crystal

Mineral

Sapphire

Dial Color

Blue

Black

Movement

1 specs

Caliber

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Swiss High-Torque Quartz (3J, EOL)

Pricing

1 specs

MSRP

$195

$650

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