Which has better water resistance, the Marathon GPQ-D (Officer's Quartz with Date) Field Watch or the Boldr Venusaur?

The Boldr Venusaur is rated to 200m 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 Boldr Venusaur?

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 Boldr Venusaur uses the Seiko (SII) VK64.

Side by side

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

Q: Which is cheaper, the Marathon GPQ-D (Officer's Quartz with Date) Field Watch or the Boldr Venusaur?

At MSRP the Boldr Venusaur is the cheaper of the two at $449, against $650 for the Marathon GPQ-D (Officer's Quartz with Date) Field Watch — a $201 gap before any retailer discounting.

Q: Which is bigger, the Marathon GPQ-D (Officer's Quartz with Date) Field Watch or the Boldr Venusaur?

The Boldr Venusaur wears larger at 41mm versus 36mm for the Marathon GPQ-D (Officer's Quartz with Date) Field Watch — a 5mm 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

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MSRP $650

Boldr Venusaur

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MSRP $449

At a glance

11 of 29 specs differ

Diameter

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

Venusaur41mm

Power Reserve

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

Venusaur40h

Water Resistance

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

Venusaur200m

MSRP

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

Venusaur$449

Full specifications

Case

7 specs

Crystal & Dial

2 specs

Dial Color

Black

Venusaur

Lume

None

Super-LumiNova

Movement

1 specs

Caliber

Swiss High-Torque Quartz (3J, EOL)

Seiko (SII) VK64

Pricing

1 specs

MSRP

$650

$449

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