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

The Praesidus A-11 Origin is rated to 100m 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 Origin?

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 Origin uses the Ronda 763.

Side by side

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

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

At MSRP the Praesidus A-11 Origin 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.

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

The Praesidus A-11 Origin wears larger at 40mm versus 36mm for the Marathon GPQ-D (Officer's Quartz with Date) Field Watch — 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 Origin

P-40-MB-GRK1

MSRP $195

At a glance

7 of 29 specs differ

Diameter

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

A-11 Origin40mm

Power Reserve

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

A-11 Origin40h

Water Resistance

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

A-11 Origin100m

MSRP

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

A-11 Origin$195

Full specifications

Case

5 specs

Diameter

36mm

40mm

Thickness

11mm

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Lug-to-Lug

44mm

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Lug Width

16mm

20mm

Water Resistance

30m

100m

Movement

1 specs

Caliber

Swiss High-Torque Quartz (3J, EOL)

Ronda 763

Pricing

1 specs

MSRP

$650

$195

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