Which has better water resistance, the Marathon GPQ-D (Officer's Quartz with Date) Field Watch or the Praesidus A-11 Combat?

The Praesidus A-11 Combat is rated to 50m versus 30m for the Marathon GPQ-D (Officer's Quartz with Date) Field Watch.

What movement does the Marathon GPQ-D (Officer's Quartz with Date) Field Watch run compared to the Praesidus A-11 Combat?

Both watches run quartz movements — the Marathon GPQ-D (Officer's Quartz with Date) Field Watch uses the Swiss High-Torque Quartz (3J, EOL) and the Praesidus A-11 Combat uses the Ronda.

Side by side

Marathon GPQ-D (Officer's Quartz with Date) Field WatchvsPraesidus A-11 Combat

Q: Which is cheaper, the Marathon GPQ-D (Officer's Quartz with Date) Field Watch or the Praesidus A-11 Combat?

At MSRP the Praesidus A-11 Combat is the cheaper of the two at $129, against $650 for the Marathon GPQ-D (Officer's Quartz with Date) Field Watch — a $521 gap before any retailer discounting.

Q: Which is bigger, the Marathon GPQ-D (Officer's Quartz with Date) Field Watch or the Praesidus A-11 Combat?

The Marathon GPQ-D (Officer's Quartz with Date) Field Watch wears larger at 36mm versus 32mm for the Praesidus A-11 Combat — a 4mm difference across the dial.

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

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

officers-watch-with-date-gpq-39mm-case-crown-defstan

MSRP $650

Praesidus A-11 Combat

P-32-MB-GRK1

MSRP $129

At a glance

7 of 29 specs differ

Diameter

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

A-11 Combat32mm

Power Reserve

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

A-11 Combat40h

Water Resistance

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

A-11 Combat50m

MSRP

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

A-11 Combat$129

Full specifications

Case

5 specs

Diameter

36mm

32mm

Thickness

11mm

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Lug-to-Lug

44mm

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Lug Width

16mm

20mm

Water Resistance

30m

50m

Movement

1 specs

Caliber

Swiss High-Torque Quartz (3J, EOL)

Ronda

Pricing

1 specs

MSRP

$650

$129

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